Archive for March, 2009
Gold Medal Water – Photo of the Day
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009Even though I don’t fish very much I love to go out with fishermen and women to capture outdoor lifestyle images. This image was taken in Waterton Canyon on the South Platte which is considered “Gold Medal Waters.” Image Stats: ISO-200, 1/500 sec – f5.0 – 300mm f2.8 L series Canon lens.
Travel Photo Of The Day
Monday, March 30th, 2009My camera has taken me all over the world…one of the coolest places I was fortunate enough to travel to was Wudang Mountain China. We were there to produce a television pilot and I took every opportunity possible to photograph the people and culture. Images stats – Canon 1D Mark II – Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 [...]
Iconic Image Workshop Series: The Cowboy
Monday, March 30th, 2009Spent the weekend organizing 4 summer Cowboy Photo Workshops…Iconic Image Series: The Cowboy. 5 and 1/2 days in Southwestern Colorado on a working cattle ranch with real cowboys and cowgirls. Great food, accommodations and most important shooting and learning opportunities make up this week long workshop. We are still finalizing dates and are planning [...]
Colorado Iguana – Wildlife Portfolio Image
Saturday, March 28th, 2009Do iguanas really exist in the wild in Colorado? Not exactly…but we do have a very colorful lizard called the Collared Lizard and they can be found thoughout much of the high deserts near the four corners region. Canon 1D Mark II and 500mm f4 lens – ISO 250 – 1/1000 sec – f9 – [...]
HDR
Friday, March 27th, 2009What about HDR? At first, I thought it won’t work for me…I tend to be to “pure” and really never manipulate any of the images I shoot, heck I don’t even crop…what I shot is what you see. But after several weeks of looking at HDR images on the internet and talking with a buddy [...]
Video and the Canon 5D Mark II
Thursday, March 26th, 2009Just got the Canon 5D Mark II and plan on shooting quite a bit of video for various projects…but first we need to set up the proper tripod. I show you how I modified a video fluid head to work with the Canon 5D Mark II and various lenses.