Category Archives: Editorial

Shamrock Run, Portland Oregon…

March 17, 2010 – 12:09 pm

Headed downtown early Sunday morning to get set up to shoot the Shamrock Run for Evan Pilchik and EP Events. On my way to the Start/Finish line, I noticed (and heard!) these bagpipers and drummers warming up. I always enjoy the hand ballet the drummers use when twirling the mallets and like the framing in [...]

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Urban farmers…

March 9, 2010 – 11:07 am

OK, so the books are out and it’s been wild getting feedback and emails about them from readers all over the world! We’re currently in discussion about another book that I am very excited about if it gets final approval. I can’t say much about it right now but suffice to say it is a [...]

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Digital Field Guides by Portland Oregon Photographer Brian McLernon…

February 25, 2010 – 12:22 pm

Two new Digital Field Guides on Canon camera and flash technologies were debuted this month by Wiley Publishing and I am stoked after all the work to finally see them in print! Find them both here on Amazon.

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Clowning around in the studio…

February 3, 2010 – 12:25 pm

Mimi the Clown came to the studio recently for some promo shots and to help me out with a few images for my new book on Canon Speedlites. After she got into costume we did various poses showing a range of her expressions. The original plan was to do some shots outside in the fading [...]

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Nighttime Portraits, Canon Speedlite System…

November 20, 2009 – 12:36 pm

Nighttime portrait of Jacqueline Joseph on the roof of her apartment building for my new book about the Canon Speedlite System, due out in January 2010. One 580EX II was used, triggered by PocketWizard Multi-Maxes, and fired through a small white umbrella on a stand camera-right.

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Adding a Second Speedlite to Your Macro Photography…

October 6, 2009 – 1:44 pm

This was shot in my backyard for the macro section of my new Canon Speedlite Digital Field Guide set for release February 2010. It shows the benefit of adding a second Speedlite for the background (triggered by PocketWizards) to counteract the tendency of the background to go black when shooting macro images at high f/numbers. [...]

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Canon 5D Mark II Digital Field Guide…

August 12, 2009 – 2:31 pm

My book is finally out in the bookstores! As many of you know,  this spring I wrote a digital field guide for an exciting new Canon camera, the 5D Mark II, for Wiley Publishing. I hadn’t wanted to blog too much about the process while I was writing it because part of me wasn’t sure [...]

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Environmental Portraits…

May 18, 2009 – 3:04 pm

Wow, interesting. The last three people who came to the studio for portraits, took one look at my wife’s creativity in the garden and all opted for outdoor portraits (what, you don’t want a boring seamless background?!). My wife is an excellent gardener (I just mow, that’s my creative input!) and I was proud of [...]

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Canon 5D Mark II…

February 25, 2009 – 10:10 am

 A few weeks ago I had a couple of “firsts”. First time on snowshoes, first visit to an ice cave and first hands-on shooting with the new Canon 5D Mark II. John Waller of Uncage The Soul Productions and I put together a project to test out the new Canon 5D Mark II, and awesome [...]

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Vagabond Opera in The Washington Post…

January 14, 2009 – 2:10 pm

Just found out from my Vagabond Opera buddies that the Washington Post.com ran a photo of mine (with a byline) to accompany a story they did about them – last year! They are a great bunch of characters who play an eclectic brand of music and just have to be seen live. Check their web [...]

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