Wild Acadia Instructional Photo Tour 2013 – Acadia National Park, Maine
I’m pleased to announce that Green Mountain Photographic Workshops is offering a photography workshop this year in Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, Maine. I’ve been photographing Acadia National...
View ArticleStay Thirsty My Friends
We’ve all heard this advice before in some form or another. “There’s always something to shoot…” “Never give up…”, “Stay late…” But every once in a while I get reminded of just how important it is to...
View ArticleBack Light: 5 Tips for Taming the Beast
As photographers we’re keenly aware of light every time we head out to shoot, or at least we should be. There are few elements that can improve a shot quicker than light, it literally can make or...
View ArticleExacerbated Pixels: 5 Tips for Avoiding Them
I once listened to an interview with a film critic, or some such industry expert that described the newest spate of action films as a collection of “Exacerbated Pixels,” or EP for short. This is not...
View ArticleColor is in the Eye of the Beholder
So, I’ve got this friend… No, really I do! He’s real, not just made up. Anyway, we’ve been shooting together for a long time, routinely critique each other’s comps in the field, and email images back...
View ArticleDo The Work!
I’m not talking about your day job, although you probably should do that work if you want a paycheck at the end of the week and a fridge full of brewskis on Friday night. I’m talking about your art,...
View ArticleFilling Your Cup
I recently returned from a weeklong stint teaching at the Audubon Camp of Maine on Hog Island. This particular week was for educators of all kinds, both formal and informal to immerse themselves in...
View ArticleHard Wired for Success
I’m not talking about those among us that seem to crush it every time they walk out the door. That’s a post for another day. I’m talking about the importance of owning and using a cable release for...
View ArticlePhotographic Order of Operations
As a photographer and educator I work with a lot of folks that are fairly new to photography and/or getting a lot more serious about their shooting. Inevitably I’ll find myself in a field situation,...
View ArticleAgents of Change
I’ve been thinking about life and career a lot lately. I guess realizing that you’re in your mid-forties, the beard is looking more and more grizzled with every glance in the mirror and the legs just...
View Article5 Secrets to Killer Sunstars
Okay, I’ll admit it; I’m a sucker for elegantly crisp sunstars. I may go so far as to say that I’m addicted to them; not in a shady, I’ll break into your house for prescription meds kind of way, but...
View Article2014, In Through The Out Door
2014 was in a lot of ways a rockin’ great year for me; and not in a Dick Clark American Band Stand sort of way, but rather a Led Zeppelin, “Whole Lotta Love” sort of way. In honor of 2014, and to mark...
View ArticlePatagonia and the Sony A7R
Like many Canon shooters I’ve been long awaiting a new higher resolution, full frame camera body. Last fall, I could almost wait no longer and briefly considered making the switch to the Nikon d810. I...
View ArticleHard Wired for Success
I’m not talking about those among us that seem to crush it every time they walk out the door. That’s a post for another day. I’m talking about the importance of owning and using a cable release for...
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