Find Uniformity Within the Chaos
Greetings, my excellent friends!In the last four articles I’ve been driving home the importance of using contrasts in your photos. (You can read that full series here). And by now, you may be thinking...
View ArticleHow to Photograph the Aurora: 5 Things I Learned as a Newbie
Aurora over Mono Lake. 9 image panorama. ISO 2000, f/4, 13 seconds, 20 mm.Photographing the aurora is hardStraight talk: I don’t know how to photograph the aurora. Or at least, I didn’t prior to 2024....
View ArticleWhy I Started Bracketing Exposures (in 2024)
Up until a few weeks ago, if I ever caught one of my workshop participants bracketing exposures, I’d smack their hand and tut-tut at them. “There’s NO need to bracket, your camera can easily capture...
View Article2024 Year in Review
One of my favorite things to do at the end of the year is to go back through my image galleries from the previous 12 months to remind myself of all the adventures I’ve had, and relive all the...
View ArticleMongolia 2004 Part II Horsetrekking in the Mongolian Steppe
“Do you want to go horse trekking in the Mongolian steppe?” they asked me. “It will be FUN, EASY, and CHEAP.” These are the three magic words every dirtbag traveler wants to hear, so naturally I was...
View ArticleTraveling in Mongolia and the National Festival (Mongolia 2004 Part I)
It all started with watermelons. If there was space, there was a melon in it. The train was bound for Ulaan Baatar from the border city of Zamiin Uud, taking families and months worth of provisions...
View ArticleHow to Photograph a Total Lunar Eclipse
Did you know that there is a total lunar eclipse happening March 13th – March 14th, 2025? This is one of the most beautiful and unique sights in the night sky, well worth spending a few hours...
View ArticlePrinting Your Photographs, Part 1: Field Technique
Printing is one of the most important parts of photography. As beautiful as the displays of our computer monitors are, they just can’t compare to a physical print. For me, turning a bunch of digital...
View ArticlePrinting Your Photographs, Part 2: Choosing Which Photos to Print
So you’ve got a computer full of stunningly beautiful, technically dialed-in photographs. They’re gorgeous, make your friends ooh and ahh, and get tons of likes on social media. It’s time to think...
View ArticlePrinting Your Photographs, Part 3: Choosing a Print Medium and Size
Once you have a photograph you want to turn into a print, the next step is deciding HOW to print it. The sheer number of choices for print media, finishes, and sizes can be overwhelming. In this...
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