The March 2015 Free Desktop Wallpaper is now available for download. A recent trip to the Lake Placid region of NY, one of my favorite "local" landscape locations, yielded this image on a cold, cold day. As always, come closer to nature in the Adirondacks. 1920 x 1200 1920 x 1080 1680 x 1050 1280 x 800 Instructions: First determine…
Proper exposure for any photographic situation is a balancing act between light, depth of field, movement, and camera noise. Determining why you choose one exposure setting over another depends on what you need in order to capture the image in your mind, OR make the best possible photograph given actual circumstances. So lets explore these ideas using a real world example of…
I received the following two questions from a loyal reader, so I thought they would make a great post and hopefully be useful and informative for all of you who read the blog. 1. Do you use "protective" filters on your lenses -- like the UV filters? In general I prefer not to use protective filters for two reasons. First, it…
The Beyond the Lens Workshops for 2012 have been listed on the website for a few weeks now, but I thought I would mention them here as well and go into some specific details for those who are interested. First, I'm really happy to be leading a 5 day workshop in one of my favorite locations, Moab Utah. We'll be…
Inspired once again by Seth Godin and a recent blog post titled "the difference between a failure and a mistake," I wondered how I might apply it to nature photography and the issues we all struggle with in our attempt to make successful images. Of course this applies to life in general, as Seth so clearly explains, but I think…