Arctic Documentary Project Official Launch In Winnipeg
Tonight was the official launch of the Arctic Documentary Project here in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It’s been a long time coming, something I’ve been working on unofficially for many years. It wasn’t until I was inspired by a good friend that offered a substantial donation that I realized I really needed… Read More »
PhotoPlus Expo Starts Tomorrow-I’ll Be Covering Right Here
I just flew into New York in preparation for PDN PhotoPlus International Conference & Expo. I’ve been attending this show for nearly twenty years, sometimes as a guest of Nikon and others, sometimes just on my own. This trip qualifies as just on my own. It’s a great trade show,… Read More »
Nikon Joins the Mirrorless Camera Game
About two weeks ago I posted an entry on the Corkboard titled My Predictions of Changes in Camears Coming True. It was a short piece that included a news item from Bloomberg highligihting the Mirrorless revolution taking place with nearly all camera manufacturers except Nikon and Canon. Well, a lot of… 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 »
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 »
Starving Polar Bear Family
Starving Polar Bear Family This blog post was taken from my field journal where I described seeing a starving polar bear family during my time at Cape Churchill. Nobody can say for sure why this happened but more than one scientist I work with, at Polar Bears International, feel it… Read More »
Shooting Aerial Pictures from a Helicopter~The Basics
Yesterday I posted a series of images shot from a helicopter that I produced while on assignment as a volunteer for Polar Bears International. I thought about how some might be interested in knowing more about the ins and outs of taking photos from a helicopter and thus the reason… Read More »
Hoping Nikon Steps Up to the Challenge of a Disappointing GF2
Panasonic recently announced the new GF2 and I am sorely disappointed. Here’s why. I fell in love with the GF1 for several reasons. It was reasonably small (not too small), has interchangeable lenses, has some (not enough) out of menu, manual controls, produces extremely high quality RAW files, has almost… Read More »
Gear for the Brown Bear Photography Adventure
Our Alaskan Brown Bear trip is fast approaching and I wanted to take a few minutes to post some information for those of you who plan to join us. For those of you reading this that may still have an interest we do have two spots open for the spring… Read More »
African Safari Photography Adventure
The text, photos and video are from our annual adventure to Kenya. The daily updates were originally sent out to friends and family of our guests to help keep them up to speed with our travels. Most places in Kenya do not have great Internet connections and at most camps… Read More »