Essay: Do.The.Work - Rick LePage
Office Hours - May 5th, 2020 - Primes vs Zoom Lenses + Your Images
Photo credit: Darren Lloyd
Office Hours - April 28th, 2020 - Painlessly Travel w/ Gear
Office Hours - April 21st, 2020 - Mirrorless vs. DSLR
Photo credit: Ted Warkentin
Office Hours- April 14th, 2020 - Your Pandemic Photos
Photo credit: Ted Warkentin
Office Hours - April 7th, 2020 - High Contrast, Backlight, Sunstars & HDR Capture
Office Hours - March 31st, 2020 - Manual vs Auto Focus
Office Hours, Mar. 24th - Shooting For The Edit
Join me in a discussion about all things photography. Travel locations, gear, editing, all are fair game. I may bring a guest in from time to time and there are only 100 seats each week. Please register in advance.
New Costa Rica Workshop, June 4-11 →
Just 4 Remaining Spots!
You won’t find a more biodiverse place on the Earth than the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica. This is a very special workshop designed for just ten participants with two instructors plus local guides. My good friend, the amazing wildlife photographer David Archer has explored and photographed the Osa extensively. He and I will be co-leading this all inclusive workshop teaching wildlife, macro, flash and landscape techniques while photographing throughout this incredible location. We will stay at the luxurious Crocodile Bay Resort and photograph primates, birds, reptiles and amphibians from boats, cars and foot. All lodging, food, and transportation aside from your airfare and drinks are included.
Wildlife and Landscape workshop with co-instruction by David Archer.
June 4-11, 2020
Inclusive Eco-Resort
Food / Ground Transportation and Tours Included
Approaching the Scene 077: Epic Fluid Head Upgrade + Better Panoramas (4K)
It is finally here. The final piece to simplify connecting and balancing my DSLR and mirrorless cameras to my fluid head. It lightens my bag and simplifies my advanced panorama work.. I'm proud to have helped KES design their new LRP-3 adjustable nodal slider.
This past year I asked my favorite camera support company, Kirk Enterprise Solutions to create this new LRP-3 slider (links below). After a couple of back and forth discussions, Jeff Kirk and the great folks there nailed it. If, like many others, I've converted you to using a Manfrotto 500AH fluid head for still photography, you should get this new adjustable rail clamp. If you are still living with a ball head, check this video out and consider trying a fluid head it. It's much simpler, more precise and more versatile to work with than any ball head made.
Thanks to everyone for the great questions you are sending in. Keep them coming either in the comments below or by emailing me directly. Since several viewers let me know they liked last week's 4k ATS, I'm going to start rendering in ultra hi res. Hit 4k in your settings for the best experience :-)