Category Archives: Scenics

Recharging the Batteries, Columbia River Gorge Trains…

November 5, 2009 – 12:21 pm

After spending the better part of two months using Canon Speedlites to shoot lots of images for my new Digital Field Guide about the Speedlite system, I felt like I needed a break from flash photography and the computers. My photographer friend Dave Lutz suggested a trip out to the Gorge to shoot some trains, [...]

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Strobist Contest Winner – Happy Halloween!

October 31, 2009 – 9:10 am

Here’s an image I created a few years ago for a Strobist contest “Shoot Your Jack-O-Lantern” that won the top prize. Click here for the original post. Happy Halloween!

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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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High Speed Flash test…

March 25, 2009 – 9:30 pm

High speed flash test, dripping water into a bowl, for the book. It’s all hit or miss with stuff like this but I seem to like this one. I’m seeing some metaphorical symbolism in the water shapes, how about you? Exposure is ISO 800, 1/5000 sec. @f/8 with an EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens with [...]

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Lensbaby…yeah baby!

March 21, 2009 – 11:42 pm

I must admit the Lensbaby look just didn’t fit my style, or so I thought. Until I shot with the new Composer. OMG, have you ever had you head slapped up against a wall, in a good way? Everything they say about these unique marvels is true and the possibilities are really endless. It really [...]

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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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Cold One This Morning…

January 16, 2009 – 6:01 pm

…and a cold one now as I post this Friday evening!

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Christmas In Hawaii…

January 13, 2009 – 12:00 pm

Many of you know I’ve just returned from a dream photo assignment, a location wedding in Waikiki, on Oahu, Hawaii. I will be posting some wedding favs in a future post but I wanted to share a few top images from our own endeavors. We were there the same time Barack Obama and family were [...]

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Independance Day…

July 1, 2008 – 10:29 pm

Have a great 4th, enjoy the fireworks and don’t get burnt!

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Takhlakh Lake, Mt. Adams area…

September 5, 2007 – 6:38 pm

The long Labor Day weekend included the last camping trip of the season at beautiful Takhlakh Lake near Mt. Adams. The route from the south was washed out so we had to go around north to Randle, WA. then south to the lake. Incredible weather, it was a great time to get away and recharge [...]

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