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Hi Tech Machine, Low Tech Flash
So how do you shoot a medical marvel that is an absolute tech wonder, producing and providing highly detailed maps of the interior of the human body, but, on the outside, sort of looks like a big...
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F-Stop, Shutter Speed: A Powerful Combination
When you first take a camera in hand, this black box with a lens on it can seem to be a glaze inducing riot of numbers, symbology, and menu options. 2.8, 4, 5.6, plus or minus 2 EV……..if you’re not...
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The Year Starts….
Thankfully, without too much travel, at least right away. Have a local job over the weekend, and next week, down in DC for the annual National Geographic Seminar. Photographers don’t have too much of...
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A Postcard for FDNY
Ten House is located on Liberty St., spitting distance from the World Trade Center site. They just got two new rigs, and it fell to 10 Truck chauffeur, Aaron Burns, who doubles as the house photog, to...
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Off to a Fast Start
The year, that is. The facts of the calendar. The pace. Not me, really. I haven’t accelerated at all. In fact, I might have lost a gear along the way. It’s barely mid-January, and I’m already in danger...
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The Beijing Project
The first time I came to Beijing, in 1987, I traveled in with my assistant at the time, Gabe Palacio, and somewhere around 18-20 heavy cases filled with Sports Illustrated Speedotron units, and the...
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Speedlights on the Street
Years ago, when the notion of onboard slave eyes in hot shoe flash was a new thing, I shot a street scene somewhat similar to this, with the Speedlights all triggering with line-of-sight technology....
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Hi Tech Machine, Low Tech Flash
So how do you shoot a medical marvel that is an absolute tech wonder, producing and providing highly detailed maps of the interior of the human body, but, on the outside, sort of looks like a big...
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F-Stop, Shutter Speed: A Powerful Combination
When you first take a camera in hand, this black box with a lens on it can seem to be a glaze inducing riot of numbers, symbology, and menu options. 2.8, 4, 5.6, plus or minus 2 EV……..if you’re not...
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A Postcard for FDNY
Ten House is located on Liberty St., spitting distance from the World Trade Center site. They just got two new rigs, and it fell to 10 Truck chauffeur, Aaron Burns, who doubles as the house photog, to...
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Off to a Fast Start
The year, that is. The facts of the calendar. The pace. Not me, really. I haven’t accelerated at all. In fact, I might have lost a gear along the way. It’s barely mid-January, and I’m already in danger...
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Speedlights on the Street
Years ago, when the notion of onboard slave eyes in hot shoe flash was a new thing, I shot a street scene somewhat similar to this, with the Speedlights all triggering with line-of-sight technology....
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Photographing Aliens with the Nikon Z 7!
I was really thrilled to be a part of the launch of the new full frame Nikon mirrorless camera, the Z7. My mandate for the assignment was to simply have fun, challenge the camera, work in an...
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Hi Tech Machine, Low Tech Flash
So how do you shoot a medical marvel that is an absolute tech wonder, producing and providing highly detailed maps of the interior of the human body, but, on the outside, sort of looks like a big...
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Instagram Q&A!
Had a bunch of questions about pix I’ve posted on our Instagram account of late, so thought I’d throw a bunch of them onto the blog and try to answer. Instagram’s a great forum for fielding questions...
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Hi Tech Machine, Low Tech Flash
So how do you shoot a medical marvel that is an absolute tech wonder, producing and providing highly detailed maps of the interior of the human body, but, on the outside, sort of looks like a big...
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Glamour on Wheels! Gitzo Shoot Part 2: Camera Work, Lighting!
So, it wasn’t enough to simply fly the camera on the Gitzo tripod on a moving vehicle and fire it remotely. Had to do some small flash lighting as well. It was necessary. The windy roads out in Nevada...
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New Global Warming Documentary: Cooper Island
In 2001, when I first visited George Divoky on Cooper Island, which is a deserted barrier island off the northern tip of Alaska, it was a forbidding journey into a frigid world of ice and snow. It was...
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Haunted Forests and an Upside Down World
Hoping all are staying safe in these uncertain times. Hang in there. Writing about photography has taken the place of actually doing it, for the most part, right now. Nikon has a large compendium of...
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