I visited Lower Antelope Canyon over six weeks ago and still hadn’t posted more than a few images. There are two reasons for this: I took a lot of images and each requires a fair amount of processing. Light in the canyon varies significantly so I took 3-5 images of each shot at different exposures …
Nikon Z 180-600mm f/5.6 – 6.3 VR Review
Superzooms are often a must for animal and sports photography. They make small animals larger in the frame and help keep a safe distance from larger but more skittish or dangerous ones. They help isolate players on the field and capture critical moments in the game. I bought a Sigma 150-600mm lens second hand in …
Las Vegas Adventure – Part 3
This is the third in a series of posts about my recent trip to Las Vegas. Read the second part here. Day 5 - Nelson Ghost Town & Valley of Fire at Sunset As the personal part of my trip came to a close I had reached transition day. Time to check out of Treasure …
Las Vegas Adventure – Part 2
This is the second in a series of posts about my recent trip to Las Vegas. Read the first part here. Day 3 - Casino Exploration & Neon Boneyard Part 1 My pre-conference itinerary included two all-day bus tours so I inserted a rest day in between to allow myself more than 4 hours of …
Las Vegas Adventure – Part 1
This is the first post of several chronicling a nine day trip to Vegas. The unfinished draft was over 2700 words, and well, nobody’s going to read that 🙂 I recently had the opportunity to attend a conference in Las Vegas for work. I’ve never been to Vegas before and decided to do a bit …
Revisiting My Sony a6100
I bought a Sony a6100 in 2022 as a way to dip my toe to into mirrorless. I used a Nikon D750 as my primary camera at the time, had recently added a D500 for sports and wildlife, and had tried Nikon’s mirrorless system through a used Z50. I was nonplussed with Nikon’s mirrorless autofocus …
Fun with Birds and a Small Camera
I went on vacation recently to Discovery Cove in Orlando Florida. It’s a really cool, all-inclusive park where guests can swim with dolphins, snorkel with fish, play in the water, navigate the lazy river, or just lay on the beach and relax. In addition to dolphins and fish it has a full aviary as well …
Adventures in Garbage Lenses
The Canon EOS 30D I bought from eBay for $60 was a great deal not only for the camera, but because it included two lenses. They weren’t the fanciest lenses in the world, but not owning any Canon equipment, I needed them to use the camera. I knew that they weren’t in the best condition, …
[Do] Go Chasin’ Waterfalls
We went up to "Little Niagara Falls" in Strafford on Saturday to take advantage of the nicer weather we've started having. I brought my camera, some new lenses, and a tripod along to capture the falls. The weather was overcast and everything was flat, dull, and gray, so I took the opportunity to shoot in …
Retro Review: Canon EOS 30D
I’m a nostalgia junkie. I get a high revisiting things from the past, things that I’ve owned, but also things I didn’t. I’m a technology junkie which manifests as my Mac Museum but I’m also a photography junkie, which more recently has manifested as a small camera museum. It used to consist of the first …
Relatively Ambitious 