Images, thoughts, and crib notes from near and far.
Posted in News, Tools and Techniques, Uncategorized on Jan 10th, 2012
Another week of announcements: The long awaited Lightroom 4 Beta is out and can be downloaded over at Adobe Labs for those of you that are willing to accept working in a Beta environment. If you decide to download and install this Beta, please be sure to read all of the fine print associated with [...]
Posted in Photo Gear and Reviews, Tools and Techniques on Jan 6th, 2012
The much awaited Nikon D4 was announced last night (Pacific Time) and if the specs pan out, this will be a killer camera. With the D3s as my primary work horse, I have come to rely on the high speed capture rate (frames per second) and the second to none low light noise free shooting. [...]
Posted in Africa, Safari, Tanzania, Tools and Techniques, Travel on Nov 6th, 2011
After each safari I consult my travelers and make a list of what went well, as well as those things that need improvement. For this post, I will highlight what worked well for us or those things that made our lives on safari just a bit better (or a lot in some cases). Before we [...]
Posted in Gear That Works, Tools and Techniques on Aug 7th, 2011
Tired of having to use a third part image viewer for a quick look at your NEF files outside of Lightroom or Bridge? Microsoft has come to the rescue with a new codec for most Nikon cameras. Just download and install the appropriate codec (32 or 64 bit) and you can see the NEF images [...]
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, Gear That Works, Tools and Techniques, Travel on Mar 12th, 2011
In the first post, I introduced my AMOD GPS tracking device followed by the various settings I used in the second post of this series. In this post, we will pull all of this together and see everything in action. First off, download and install Google Earth – something everyone should have if you are [...]
Posted in Photo Gear and Reviews, Tools and Techniques, Travel on Mar 1st, 2011
Continuing from my previous post on Tracking Your Journey: I have chosen to alter the base settings of the AMOD to achieve much greater storage capacity and to fit the particular type of travel that I do. For example, on my safaris trips I have selected to turn OFF elevation since we will either in [...]
Posted in Gear That Works, Photo Gear and Reviews, Tools and Techniques, Travel on Dec 27th, 2010
For the past several years, I have always carried a GPS logging device with me on all of my safaris. This small device records a track and waypoints for my entire trip. Once home, this becomes a record of the adventure that I can overlay using Google Earth. My choice device is the AMOD AGL3080 [...]
Posted in Tools and Techniques on Jun 29th, 2010
While discussing image storage and management the other day with a past safari client, I mentioned that I am tossing fewer and fewer images into the electronic abyss these days. If fact, I frequently find myself returning to Lightroom (LR) to process some of those shots that dropped out on the first cut. With the [...]
Posted in Gear That Works, Photo Gear and Reviews, Tools and Techniques on Jun 14th, 2010
As noted in my previous posting, I had an opportunity last Friday to participate in a Nik Software webinar previewing their new HDR solution. Nik representatives were also on hand at the Glazers Camera Shore Street Fair (Seattle) this past weekend, so I have plenty of time to pick the brains of the Nik folks. What did [...]