This post is an expansion of my previous post about the compulsion to click the shutter. Much of the inspiration for this post came from a friend who last year went to London for the first time. She made a big deal
Category: Random Thoughts
Note: This post was started, but never finished, several years ago and references an event that occurred on January 1, 2017. Due to the lock-down, I have lots of time on my hands. As a result, I’m working on finishing some of
This is a quick post on how I know what stuff is ‘mine’ as quickly as possible. About 4 years ago, I was on a trip where I anticipated that everyone would have similar items. I wanted to ensure that I could
I am a baseball fan. And at risk of alienating many of the readers, I am a Phillies fan. I have had the chance to tour the Citizens Bank Park twice. During my most recent trip, I brought my D850, about a
I always like to put a technical look into the year before and try to summarize it in the first 3 months of the following year. The Technical Stuff In 2019, I created 21,940 photos and about 48 videos. This makes 2019
For a Thursday, here is a quick travel tip: When in a new city, always carry the business card of your hotel. This is a travel trip that I have never seen elsewhere. Everyone who uses this tip always thanks me. If
Better late than never. A look-back at 2018 and the photos I took during that year, from a technical an analytical perspective. I originally wrote this in February of this year, but never published it. I’ve done light editing, but left the
I’m currently working on finishing up something that was requested of me a few years ago. I’m working on what looks to be a 2-3 part post on traveling super light on a photo trip, based on my rafting trip down the
The inspiration for this post comes from my father. In a recent conversation, my father said that he would never visit Australia, simply because he never wanted another 15 hour flight. I showed him how you can get to Australia without any
I recently traveled on American Airlines and I discovered something interesting. I live in Seattle, and as a result, I have a Frequent Flyer card for Alaska Airlines. Alaska and American have a new partnership. As a result of this partnership, having
As a quick post, I’m going to mention something that everyone seems to have difficulty with. This is a little math-heavy and I’ll try to simplify it. F/stop progressions. Why do I have to double my shutter speed when going from F/2.0
Happy New Year everyone! This is going to be a quick post about photographing fireworks, and making the best of what you get. It also includes some tips for people who just want to go to bed early. Tip #1 – Arrive
This post is my thoughts on this well intended, but slightly misguided, post on Digital Photography School. NOTE – this post was written in June of 2016, if something changes, updates will be noted here. Personally, I always shoot at 14-bit Compressed
Hello Everyone. This past weekend, I came up with an idea for an experiment with time. I was sitting in my apartment, watching storms pass by, thinking to myself “it would be really neat to make a timelapse of these passing storms”.
This is a post I’ve been wanting to work on for a long time. This will be a much more technical post than normal. Sometime I may write more about how I specifically use Keywords. But first, some background information on how
A few years ago, a coworker of mine looked a photo of a waterfall that I made, and simply said “I don’t like these all white waterfall photos”. When I asked why, he replied “Because you see it too often”. This comment
I will not deny it. I despise facebook. I don’t like many social media, and for many photographers, Facepage is a necessary evil. Today, I am declaring that it is not. It is an avoidable evil. Facepage is the same as drunk
Many of us have a lot of equipment. Since I’m preparing for a trip, I may be a bit more aware of how much I have right now than other times of the year. On this trip, I’ll be carrying a primary
I have very little patience most of the time. I think this comes from growing up on the east coast of the USA. Everyone is always moving quickly from one place to another. This is one of the things I like about
One of the things that can be quite difficult when visiting a new place is figuring out where to take photos. Since I am currently in a new place, I’m going to write down some of my thoughts while they are still