Textbooks for Education in Kenya
Two years ago on our last trip to Kenya, Tanya and I, along with three other Explorers—Fred Kurtz, Jim Heywood, and Ed Charbonneau—decided to start a textbook fund for Kenya school kids. You can read the original post here. All four of us each kicked in $250 to buy as… Read More »
Outpostz Lap Desks For Kenya School Kids
Outpostz Lap Desks For Kenya School Kids. NE Explorer Margie Carroll recently shared with us her newest idea for helping teachers to educate children around the world. Margie has been taking pictures and inventing unique products for many years and recently she surprised us with her newest invention, the Outpostz Lap Desk.… Read More »
Christine Crosby Finalist in NANPA’s 2014 Showcase
Beloved friend and NE Explorer Christine Crosby entered 18 wonderful photographs into NANPA’s showcase this past year. She did exceptionally well, with 13 of the 18 photos being selected at the semi-finalist level or above, and ten of those at the finalist level and above! Each year, a NANPA jury panel selects the top 250… Read More »
The Lumix Diaries Heads to Patagonia
The Lumix diaries heads to Patagonia. Tanya and I recently left Kenya for the southern hemisphere. Our destination? The region known as Patagonia. All of our Patagonia adventures begin in Buenos Aires where we get everybody on the same page by spending a day in the city photographing the wonderful… Read More »
The Lumix Diaries 1/19/2015 Lions and Hyenas Clash
January 19, 2015 The morning began as it always does from our camp in the Mara. 6:45am rolled around and footsteps were heard on the path to our tent. From out of the cool morning air came a hushed, delicate, voice announcing “good morning, good morning, your coffee is here,… Read More »
The Lumix Diaries: Leaving Kenya
One of the saddest things about leaving Kenya is knowing how it affects our guides and other tourist related workers that depend on visitors. I’ve been coming to this spectacular country for over 20 years and I’ve used the same guides, same camps, same hotels, always because the people are so… Read More »
Olympus Announces OM-D E-M5 Mark II
The Micro Four Thirds world gets another interesting entry to move this category of cameras forward. Olympus today announced the OM-D E-M5 which is a rather normal 16 megapixel MFT camera with a rather interesting feature that sets it apart from almost all other cameras in any category. Its unique and differentiating… Read More »
Robert Moore asks about differences in MFT and FT
Robert, Yes, absolutely you can use the Olympus 40-150mm without an adapter AND you can use it with the Olympus 1.4X teleconverter. Four Thirds refers a larger camera system that Olympus use to produce that incorporated the Four Thirds sized digital sensor. The newer Micro Four Thirds systems are being designed… Read More »
Doug Bray Asks is DxO Mark the software for noise removal?
Doug, I have used DxO Mark Optics Pro and though I would love to say it’s the answer to all noise issues, I haven’t found that to be the case. In the spirit of complete transparency, I was given a license to the DxO Mark software. I think it does… Read More »