Arctic Documentary Project: Svalbard, Norway Post #1: Montana to Fidembukta Harbor
July 20, 2011 Our trip from Montana was uneventful – though flying anymore I find literally painful. When Tanya and I travel overseas we always plan to arrive at least a day early, ideally two or even three. Acclimating to a new time zone slowly can make all the difference… Read More »
Svalbard Photo Equipment List
July 18, 2011 Yesterday I received a note on Facebook from a friend of mine in South Africa. He saw the picture I posted of Tanya with all our bags and asked if there was any camera gear inside. We’ve traveled together so his comment was just a friendly poke.… Read More »
The Changing World of Digital Photography- Update
Many of you may recall a post on the Corkboard I wrote a couple of years ago titled The Changing World of Digital Photography discussing my introduction to the realm of Micro 4/3s digital cameras. It all revolved around a new camera called the Panasonic GF1. I was in Yellowstone… Read More »
Countdown for Svalbard Norway-Invitational Photo Tours, ADP and Polar Bears International
June 10, 2011 My last trip to Svalbard was almost two years ago. Soon I will be there again and this blog post is the beginning of my report from what is an incredible land of ice, water, wildlife and sky. If you’re interested you can read about my last… Read More »
Major Hard Drive Meltdown-Lessons Learned
I thought I would share with you some lessons I learned recently with regards to protecting your pictures. About three weeks ago I had a major Drobo hard drive failure where I had nearly 3 Terabytes of images go up in smoke. Thank goodness I had them all backed up… Read More »
Yellowstone National Park with Montana State University Students
This past week I spent some time with a group of passionate young design students from Montana State University. MSU is located in my home town of Bozeman, Montana, and each year a good friend of mine Jeffrey Conger who is a professor as well as Chair of Graphic Design… Read More »
Always Looking for New Ideas & Chase Jarvis is Incredibly Inspiring
I’ve know about Chase Jarvis for about six months now. I can’t recall how he came to my attention but with 45,000 friends on Facebook he’s obviously very popular and you can find him nearly everywhere, doing nearly anything and everything in the world of creative visuals.. The guy really… Read More »
Aperture Applets~Is Aperture Coming to IPad?
One of my favorite Blogs for all things Apple is 9-5Mac Apple Intelligence. They recently posted a story about a patient application that suggests we may see the IPad running some form of Aperture in the future. Those of you who follow our Corkboard/Blog know that this has been a… Read More »
Nikon’s New D5100 SLR – A Hands on Reveiw
I recently had a chance to spend some time shooting with the new Nikon D5100. One of the reasons I requested this camera from Nikon was my desire to get my hands on one of the smallest, lightest bodies they are currently making. Also, I do get people that travel… Read More »
Introducing Aperture Applets~Tips and Tricks for Aperture Workflow
One of the most difficult aspects of the digital photography workflow is finding software that helps us process thousands and thousands of captured images. Back in the mid 90’s when the internet came alive and gave us the opportunity to present our images like never before, I was introduced… Read More »