Photography Tips

How to repair a bent aperture arm on a Nikon camera.

ShareI learned a new way to break a camera the other day, but more importantly I learned how to repair it in the field.  There I was several days from internet access let alone a Nikon Service Center; Who BTW are more often than not a pain in the ass to deal with. Apparently some […]

Which current photographers are inspiring me?

ShareWell there are the classics that I very much appreciate. Henri Cartier-Bresson and Arnold Newman to name only two. They both left large bodies of important work. Then there is the recently discovered Vivian Maier. She lived in their era and left behind thousands of undeveloped “classic” images, but who is making great photographs now? […]

The ultimate river trip photo kit.

ShareAre you going on a white water adventure river trip and want to take a camera? What camera should you take and how can you protect it from the water while rafting? I was a river guide for a few years. Running rivers became an addiction. I still try to work a few trips a […]

Long Exposures with the Fuji X100.

ShareI have been pushing the limits of the Fuji X100 a bit lately. I find the sensor to be far superior to the similar pixel count sensor of the Nikon D300 which is a bit dated compared to the X100.  The X100 does especially well for long exposure images such as star trails or moonlight […]

How about a photo shoot over lunch?

Share      So you want to star in or make some pictures that don’t suck?  Meet me at high noon for the show down.  Ya? Photography is just time and light, real simple.  More time allows more light and the inverse right?  Well yes, but then there is the quality of the light.   […]

This is terrible weather for taking pictures! Right?

ShareI can’t shoot because its all cloudy and dark or raining and snowing.  In the same way that the average person thinks a bright sunny day is perfect for photography the average photographer thinks that bad weather equals bad images.   Well if that were true Steve McCurry’s book “Monsoon” probably would have never been made.  […]