The Lumix Diaries LX100 Colorado Avalanche and Nate MacKinnon
The Lumix Diaries LX100 Colorado Avalanche and Nate MacKinnon. This past two weeks of the Christmas season has been a whirlwind of family activity. The gift of being together is better than anything I could ever imagine under the Christmas tree. Along with family comes the opportunity for lots of pictures but… Read More »
Flickr Feels the Internet Heat Stops Selling Creative Commons Prints
Flickr feels the Internet heat stops selling Creative Commons prints. Flickr does what’s fair and right by removing all Creative Commons photos from their wall art sales program. In case you missed the commotion, read the Wall Street Journal original report from almost three weeks ago about Flickr’s new program to sell… Read More »
The Gifts of Books for Kenya School Kids
The Gifts of Books for Kenya School Kids. Kenya is just around the corner and once again we’ll be working with our local Kenya guides to supply textbooks to a local school in Kenya. On our last trip two years ago, our group donated $1000 to one such lucky school. Henry… Read More »
Polar Bears Have Smelly Feet
Recently, scientists have discovered that polar bears have smelly feet. Not sweaty-gym-socks-smelly, but scent-trail-smelly. Turns out polar bears paws leave a chemical trail wherever they go. Other polar bears can glean information from those scent trails. Megan Owen, research scientist for the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, wrote for… Read More »
Canon Announces the Updated 100-400mm Zoom – Finally
Canon Announces the Updated 100-400mm Zoom. For all of you out there who have been longing for an update to the Canon 100-400mm zoom, your wishes are about to be answered. I had heard rumors about this lens for a long, long time but I just received a message from my friends at… Read More »
Olympus Currently Shipping Spectacular 40-150mm F/2.8
I just heard from the folks over at 43Rumors that at least one of their readers has shipping confirmation from Olympus of his pre-ordered 40-150mm F/2.8 lens. I have one on order with F11 Photo in Bozeman, Montana, so hopefully mine will be on its way as well. I can’t wait… Read More »
Tundra Connections with Polar Bears International
I’ve been in Churchill, Manitoba this week to help my friends at Polar Bears International with Polar Bear Week. It’s been a lot of fun and I’ll be sharing photos at a later date. Today I helped BJ Kirschhoffer with their program called Tundra Connections. If you want to see what… Read More »
Latest Natural Note Makes Some Folks Angry!
Each month I like to share one of my favorite photos that goes out to our email list of editors, art directors, and travelers as something we call a Natural Note. Typically it’s a beautiful scene with flowers, animals, landscapes, or something similar. Every now and again I like to stir… Read More »
Leica Panasonic Broaden Their Partnership
Leica Panasonic Broaden Their Partnership. It’s another great day for the world of photography and specifically for the Micro Four Thirds sector. Why? Because Panasonic and Leica announced today they’ve signed an agreement to continue with and expand their working relationship for the next five years. This is great news for both of companies. Leica… Read More »
Photokina Brings Good News For Micro Four Thirds Cameras
Photokina Brings Good News For Micro Four Thirds Cameras. One of the biggest hits of Photokina is the new Lumix LX100 which I’ve mentioned in an earlier post. However, there was a YouTube video I recently found in which Panasonic’s Matt Frazer gives more details about how its new revolutionary camera was… Read More »