Doodling. That’s how I would describe the few moments I spent playing with my iPhone camera, while stranded at the San Diego airport last earlier this week. Due to poor scheduling on my part, I ended up at the airport hours before my scheduled red-eye flight back to the east coast. Too early, as luck […]
This may be the best $20 gadget on my bag. It’s by Hoodman, and it’s simply called the Cinema Strap. I picked it up at my favorite camera store, MQ Camera Center in Syracuse, NY, just the other day and I’ve already fallen in love with it. I’ve enjoyed the Hoodman Loupe for quite a […]
These tips should probably be in the category, “I should have known that.” Podcast: Tips on using Split Neutral Density Filters and Mirror Lock-up http://secure256.inmotionhosting.com/~tomdwy5/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ND.mp3
This is not going to be a definitive treatment of the pros and cons of HDR versus in-camera capture. Rather, I hope it will serve as a first step in a discussion that involves more than just my thoughts on the subject. Let me say first, that I generally want to use the technology we […]
One of the questions I’m asked most often by participants in my nature photo tours and workshops concerns what filters I use. In the days of film most of us carried (and used) many filters . . . numerous filters to affect color rendition (warming and cooling filters) for example. Most of us don’t use […]
I spent the greater part of this afternoon out in my backyard, pulling down wild grapevines and burning them along with other after winter scrub I picked-up along the way. It was a beautiful day and while I totally enjoyed the early spring feel to the afternoon, my mind kept suggesting that perhaps I ought […]
As many of my friends already know, my wife and I recently went on vacation. This wasn’t a typical vacation for us, during which we seek out photo opportunities and quilt stores/shows. We fully intended for this vacation to be a break from our norm. Toward that end my wife carried a nominal collection of quilting […]
I was visiting my friends at the MQ Camera Center in Syracuse, NY today and encountered a question about a previous blog post in which I touted the ability of some digital SLRs to be used to capture, in-camera, High Dynamic Range images. So, let me make a couple points. 1) My experience, thanks to […]
I know Christmas is history by almost two weeks, but I’m still as excited as a kid. My wife took my subtle hints to heart (she normally does) and I unwrapped a new Kirk ball head from under our tree on Christmas Eve. Unfortunately, it was dark so I had to wait until morning to […]
I wrote this a couple weeks ago and failed to post it, so it’s a bit late. Still, I think the sentiment it explores is still valid. Those in-between seasons, is what I call those long days between “real fall” and “real winter.” Between “real winter” and “real spring,” and . . . well, you […]