Blue Pixel

Most of the time photographers tether their camera to the computer for instant feedback during a studio shoot. In my case, it was so I could deliver photos faster.
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PC (Perspective Control) lenses were first developed decades ago to bring tilt/shift functionality to 35mm cameras. View cameras have always been able to do this, but since 35mm cameras didn't have bellows, they couldn't. I recently had a chance to spend some time shooting one of the new models, and found it to be a lot of fun.
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Earlier this month I attended the New England Camera Clubs Council annual conference, in Amherst, MA. I'd heard good things about it for years, and was pleased to find it lived up to its reputation. If you have a chance, you should really try to attend.
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For the past nine years I’ve worked on the same big project each summer. And each fall I take that project and go on the road with it, starting another season of Nikon School.
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When I got started in photography, one of my first accessories was a cross-star filter. It created a cool effect on night shots, and believe me, I needed all the help I could get. These days I still use filters, and mostly for special effects. Now I hope that they help make an already nice scene more interesting.
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The least enjoyable part of what I do involves travel. To the airport, wait in line, wait in line, wait in line, sit on a crowded plane, wait in line... you get the picture. But the travel is what makes many of the fun things possible. And that now includes another photo safari to Africa, which I just returned from.
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When you’re lucky, everything goes right during a shoot. Subject, location, exposure and equipment all work together for you. But without good light, none of the rest matters.
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Last weekend I taught Nikon School in San Diego with my friend Nick Didlick. When the school was over Sunday afternoon, we hopped in our rental car and headed east. For the last couple of years we've wanted to go to the Salton Sea, and this was our chance.
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All of us live with things we'd rather not think about. Whether earthquakes, hurricanes, floods or snowstorms, it's easier to just hope they don't happen. Where I live it's tornadoes, and we saw this past week we really do have to think about them.
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I led two big photo trips in March and April, to Botswana and Ecuador. Both times I took the same main kit of photo gear. Which means I think I've found the perfect travel combination of cameras, lenses and accessories. A big part of that success is because the lenses behave differently on the different cameras.
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