Westscott Skylux LED Video Lights
I recently had the opportunity to try a new set of Westscott Skylux LED video lights that I was really impressed with. Marshall Lewis from Bozeman Camera suggested I give these a try. To oblige, Colter and I put them to good use for a couple of videos we’re producing. The… Read More »
Olympus OM-D E-M1 – A Very Short Review
Update 5/26/2014 The Olympus OM-D E-M1 – A Very Short Review is in fact, very short and in all honesty barley a review at all. It’s really more of just an opinion piece and for good reason. I had a very hard time forcing myself to even use this camera after coming to grips with… Read More »
Smith Mountain Eagle Newspaper Features NE Explorers Marty and Jesse Salwen
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! NE Explorers Marty and Jesse Salwen recently traveled with Natural Exposures to Japan to photograph the charismatic “hot tubbing” snow monkeys. Following their return, the local Smith Mountain Eagle Newspaper published a story featuring some of their personal accounts and photographs from the trip. Even… Read More »
Nikon Introduces New Fluorine Coatings
Nikon introduces new Fluorine coatings made to repel all sorts of offense elements such as muddy water, grease, oil and just bout anything else you could think of. The video below shows paint actually being applied to a piece of Nikon glass that simply beads up and is easily wiped away.… Read More »
Solar Roadways – Are You Kidding Me?
Solar roadways – are you kidding me? That’s exactly what I thought when I received an email from Indiegogo a fund raising internet site for entrepreneurs needing to raise cash for interesting projects. And this Solar Freakin Roadways project fits that bill amazingly well. This technology is hard to believe but if you… Read More »
Aperture Question from Kari Lautamaki
Kari, I haven’t noticed the issues you’ve discussed when using Aperture. I’ve been very pleased with what I’ve seen with how Aperture handles the GX7 files. However, I’ve only recently purchased and started using the GX7 so maybe I’ve not encountered similar situations to what you describe. Yes the buttons… Read More »
The Lumix Diaries Italy – Final Update June 9th
The Lumix Diaries Italy is my first of what will be an ongoing diary/journal of sorts detailing my travels with the Panasonic Lumix camera system. This first installment will chronicle our Natural Exposures Invitational Photo Tour to Italy. Currenly all of my travel photography is now shot virtually exclusively with the smaller, lighter Micro… Read More »
Auto Focus Shoot Out With Lumix GH4, Fuji, Sony and Olympus
Auto focus shoot out with Lumix GH4, Fuji, Sony and Olympus. The boys from The Camera Store TV are at it again and doing another great review of several different cameras. As Chris Nichols points out, all the camera manufacturers are beating their chests with grandiose claims suggesting each of their newly… Read More »
John Nesser: VR or no VR, That is the Question
John, if it were me I would not buy the Nikon 70 to 200mm F2 .8 lens. Instead I would purchase the 80 to 400mm version ll VR zoom lens. It is incredibly sharp, easy to hand hold, has a much broader range and is about the same price. Hope that… Read More »
The Winner of the Bose $250 Gift Card is Jim Edwards
Winner of Bose $250 Gift Card is Jim Edwards. On February 24th of this year we sent out an email to everyone signed up on our email list. The subject was, “What is on Your Travel Bucket List?”. We’re always asking our NE Explorers where they want to go. To say thank… Read More »