I started out as a black and white photographer. Armed with a Pentax K-1000 from my News and Photo class, I set about taking images on Kodak Tri X Pan 400 film then processing and printing it in our school darkroom. I’ve been shooting in color since then, but I still see the world in …
Image Processing Nerdery
I posted recently about why it took me so long to go through my Antelope Canyon images. It was pretty simple: they required a lot of processing. For those that are interested, I’ll share some details about how much processing that entailed. An example of a 7-shot bracketed image. Notice how some of the images …
More Images from Antelope Canyon
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 …
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, …
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 …
Adventures with Tamron 24-70 VC G2
In the world of photography there is something called the “holy trinity”, the three lenses that “every professional event photographer” uses to take the majority of their photographs. These are the 16-24mm f/2.8, 24-70mm f/2.8, and 70-200mm f/2.8. They cover a full range of 16-200mm at a constant f/2.8 aperture, providing multiple levels of framing, …
Relatively Ambitious 