Here's the photo gear I chose to take to Kauai. It's never an easy process.
Gear Links:
Digital Travel Scale
Zeiss lens wipes
Hoya Solas IRND Filters
Sony A6300
My complete updated gear list
Here's the photo gear I chose to take to Kauai. It's never an easy process.
Gear Links:
Digital Travel Scale
Zeiss lens wipes
Hoya Solas IRND Filters
Sony A6300
My complete updated gear list
Updated November 1, 2016:
I am often asked what camera gear I carry on my adventures. The answer really depends on where I'm going and what I'm looking to accomplish. If I'm shooting candid travel scenes in a crowded urban area, I'm going to take a different setup than I'd pack for an expedition or a commercial location shoot. Here is a description of what I currently use and why. I'll keep this post updated and...
Read MoreOur new Google Pixel phones arrived Saturday. Here's a video with my impression after using this flagship Android device for the first day. Yeah, the phone is amazing and it's camera is fantastic.
Here is a dropbox link for you to download a few full resolution shots from yesterday. These are straight out of the Pixel's camera with no edits.
Be sure to buy your Pixel phones direct from Google for the reasons I state in the video.
Here are some pics...
Read MoreThis Halloween we're headed to one of my favorite places on earth: Kauai. The north shore of this island ignites my creativity. Waterfalls, epic ridges, pounding surf, tiny winding roads, one lane bridges, epic beaches, crazy volcanic rock formations and very little development. This is old Hawaii and it's so fun to photograph and film.
Years ago my grandmother (Nana) managed a beautiful beachside resort near the end of the road on the north shore. Nana was an adventuresome woman who traveled the world from New Zealand to the Arctic, but she loved Kauai more than anywhere. It's been several years since we put her ashes in her favorite bay.
I'll be doing a fair bit of work on the trip; what creative professional wouldn't? What I'm most excited about though is watching our now 8-month-old Pike Henry crawl around this epic place. Yeah, he's crawling now and he's headed to one of the earth's most spectacular sand features...
OUR FILM AT PDX'S HOLLYWOOD THEATER AUG 7TH
Hey all you Northwest friends. Come out to see our film An American Ascent on the big screen in Portland. Andy Adkins, star & climber Adina Scott and I will be there and we'll do a Q&A session after the film. ON1, Inc. andSierra Club are sponsoring the event. It's going to be a blast and I hope you'll join us.
You can find tickets here:
http://hollywoodtheatre.org/an-american-ascent/
After streaming on the Urban Movie Channel, touring festivals and bringing home some prestigious awards, An American Ascent is about to screen in some public theaters. I'm really excited to announce two upcoming Oregon Screenings.
I was proud to work as both a cinematographer and still photographer for this documentary about the first all African-American team to take on North America's highest peak. Denali.
Thursday July 27th at 7pm Salem's Straub Environmental Center (details). Climber Scott Briscoe, Film-maker Andy Adkins and I will be in attendance.
Sunday August 7th (Time TBD) at Portland's Hollywood Theater (I'll update with details soon). Film-maker Andy Adkins and I will be in attendance.
I hope to see all you Northwest folks at one or the other of these events. Big thanks to the Sierra Club and Straub Environmental Center for sponsoring the events.
Stay tuned for more news about the film's official website.
I had a great conversation with David Johnston in this Photography Roundtable podcast. We talk about photography, how I became a photographer, where the industry might be headed, favorite locations, and share some tips and tricks for capturing better photos. I hope you'll check it out.
This week Matt Kloskowski and I will be covering a ton of advanced printing tips and techniques every day at the ON1 Plus coaching site. It's a fun community of passionate photographers learning together. If you're not already a member then please consider joining up. The video above lays out the schedule for this week's print training. Learn more about how to take part.
Last month Stacey, some friends and I took kitesurfing gear, photography equipment, and 6-week-old baby Pike to South Texas to kite and photograph in warm water for 10 days. I'll get it right out of the way. This trip did not go as planned, but we had a blast anyway.
What went wrong? The weather. This time of year South Padre Island generally gets nice steady warm wind from the south along with lots of sunshine. The first day on the island was perfect and we all kited until we lost the light to a magnificent sunset. As I landed my kite, I grabbed my little Sony A6300 mirrorless camera out of the rental van's console and...
Read MoreThis video is one of a much larger video series course on landscape and travel photography that I created for the ON1 Plus photography community. The course has 14 videos covering everything from photography basics to time-lapse and HDR capture and runs over 5 hours of content.
How can you access these videos? You need to be part of ON1's Plus photography coaching community.
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Those of you who are members know that you get streaming and offline access to 100s of videos by Matt Kloskowski and I on everything from editing in ON1 and Adobe software to field technique training as well as regular photo critiques, private forum discussions, photo challenges, and topic discussions by us and frequent guest coaches. It's a really unique, vibrant, interactive and collaborative community. It's also a sweet deal and you can grab it here...