Photo of the day

Photo of the Day – Hidden Path, Hudson Valley w/ Lightroom Tips

July 28, 2011 Craft

I love capturing fog in nature, and often the subject of the image becomes the fog itself. How do we photograph fog? Well for sure there has to be some context and that is where composition and the use of light is essential. While I was drawn to the shapes of these trees and the path that [...]

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Photo of the Day – Light Mind, Rockefeller Preserve

July 19, 2011 Photo of the day

Canon 1DS Mk III, 1/3 @f11, ISO 200, 24mm (EF24-105 f/4 L) I’m always drawn to textures and colors, especially when the light helps accentuate them in an image. Back lighting is probably my favorite light to work with, though it is also the most difficult in my opinion. But there is no better way [...]

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Photo of the Day – Hudson View, Battery Park

June 29, 2011 Photo of the day

While working on an assignment this past weekend for Ray Fusco Inc and The North Face, I had the opportunity to get access to Governors Island before sunrise, which is not normally possible to the general public. A former Coast Guard installation, this small island is now a public park and sits just 1/2 mile [...]

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Leave The Camera Backpack At Home

June 17, 2011 Craft

Nothing has influenced the way I see in nature more than learning to work with light, and its many qualities. This seems to me like an endless process, one that I will never be able to complete in my lifetime. Yet each experience I have teaches me something profound, both mentally and emotionally. Working with [...]

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The Importance of Familiarity In Landscape Photography

May 23, 2011 Photo of the day

It’s been pretty hectic schedule wise since I returned from southern Utah last week, so I really haven’t had much time to finish several articles I have in rough draft on camera lenses and new Lightroom plug-ins. Hopefully I’ll get them done soon as well as a new video podcast featuring a tour of my [...]

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Photo of the Day-”Light at Partition Arch”

May 16, 2011 Photo of the day

1/5 sec @f/20, ISO 100, 18mm I’ve been in Moab, Utah for the past 5 days, and after scouting this location in Arches National Park yesterday, returned this morning before dawn to try and capture this amazing rock formation. Located in one of the more remote sections of the park, I had to get an [...]

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