Winners of The Art of Nature Photo Contest by PhoozL
I recently judged a photo contest organized by an online Internet site called Phooz that’s organized by a friend of mine, Harald Johnson. Harald and I met during our time working together with Hewlett Packard. The entries were superb and it was hard selecting the three winning images. Over all… Read More »
Canon Users Wishing for a 200-400mm – Your Lens is Almost Here
Some time ago, at least a year, maybe two, Canon announced they planned to offer their photographers a 200-400mm lens. The announcement came before the earthquake/tsunami disaster and I’m guessing that the natural event put things on hold. Well last night I ran across a website that showed a huge… Read More »
Pixelmator: Watermark Copyright Protection and Practically Free at $14.99
Creating watermarks for your photographs is something every photographer should be doing. It tells people you are proud of your hard work and at the same time offers a warning to those who wish to pirate your images and use them for their own purposes. All photographs are technically and… Read More »
Photographer To Use Micro 4/3’s Lumix G5 to Cover Olympics
DPReveiw had a recent posing about professional sports photographer Dean Mouhtaropoulos covering the Olympics in London with a Lumix G5 camera. Ok, many of you know how much I love the Lumix system, but I have to say I have a hard time not laughing. I’m chuckling as I write this.… Read More »
Canon Steps Up With the EOS-M Mirrorless Camera
Canon has finally joined the mirrorless, interchangeable lens revolution and by the looks of the introductory videos all over the web, it is a great first attempt to this fast growing category in photography. This is a positive sign for all of us wanting to see this class of camera… Read More »
Comparing Nikon’s 24-70mm f/2.8 to Nikon’s 24mm PC Lens
Rainy days and time away from a busy studio setting can be very productive. Especially if you’re as far north as Churchill, Manitoba. I’m visiting Churchill documenting summer in the arctic for the Arctic Documentary Project. I’ve been here for a few days staying at the PBI house. My first… Read More »
Getting the Most From Your Mac for Photography and Everyday Use
On the eve of what is rumored to be Apple’s largest release of new products in the company’s history, I want to offer some ideas on how to get the most of the amazing tools they provide us. Tomorrow is Apple’s annual World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco… Read More »
Apple Keeping Pace With Digital Camera RAW Functionality
Apple just announced the update of their Digital Camera RAW software to the most current version 3.13. Go to your Apple logo in the upper left corner of your Mac and select Software Update to get the newest version. This is big news in my mind since this is the… Read More »
Liquid Lenses to Make All Cameras Smaller, Faster and Lighter
I’m not sure how many years ago it was that I read about liquid lenses for the first time; it might have been fifteen, probably twenty. The article was an syndicated story in my local hometown paper the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, most likely from the Associated Press, on how all the major… Read More »
Grizzly Bears Keep Threatened Status Until 2014
Here in Montana grizzly bears are a big deal. Yellowstone National Park is just south of my home in Bozeman and the park is one of only two consistent places in the U.S. you can still see grizzly bears. Last fall the the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service attempted to… Read More »