Images, thoughts, and crib notes from near and far.
Posted in Photography information, Tools and Techniques on Mar 7th, 2012
I can tell you that I have been a long time user of Lightroom (LR) 3 since it was first released. Now, we have a seriously improved and massively updated version to play with. For me this will re-define my workflow from start to finish. The expanded brush controls are reason enough to jump into [...]
Posted in Photo Gear and Reviews, Photography information on Feb 10th, 2012
Well Folks the long awaited and source of many rumors, the D800 is finally out. Available with and without the anti-aliasing filter; consumers should start to see these cameras late March or April, depending upon who you are listening to. No doubt in my mind that this camera, along with the D4 will be a [...]
Posted in Kenya, Photography information, Safari, Tools and Techniques, Travel on Mar 16th, 2011
With multiple flights and time zone changes, we finally arrived at the Mara Plains Camp. Within 15 minutes of leaving the Mara Intrepid Air Strip, we were sitting on a male and female cheetah that were seriously into each other . Although we stayed with them for several hours, we did not get to observe [...]
Posted in Africa, Photography information, Safari, Travel on Aug 4th, 2010
TWELVE hours later from Washington DC, I faced a temperature of 107F on landing. Dubai, an interesting mix of modern finance, incredible infrastructure, all with a mix of classic Muslim overtones. With Starbucks on just about every block, and often sightings of everything from Pizza Hut to Tony Roma’s, it took no time at all [...]
Posted in Gear That Works, Photo Gear and Reviews, Photography information, Tools and Techniques, Travel on Apr 19th, 2010
Not very often does one run across an application that makes your life simple when it comes to taking photographs. In this case TPE is free, available for Mac, PC, was well as the the iPhone. While there are many applications for the computer and iPhone which annotate sunrise and sunset for a given location, [...]
Posted in How to, Photography information, Tools and Techniques on Nov 29th, 2009
Hyperfocal distance is a function of focal length, f-number, and the circle of confusion (or most correctly, the circle of least confusion). Simply put, using the hyperfocal distance setting at any given aperture will result in the greatest depth of field (New York Institute of Photography). At the heart of the hyperfocal equation is a [...]