My 2011 Schedule

My 2011 Schedule

Here is my tentative schedule for 2011. I am pretty sure the dates are good but I still finalizing some of the arrangements so I don’t want to put it in stone quite yet. There is also a good possibility that I will add a few more workshops. I will put more...
Death Valley report

Death Valley report

Last week I was in Death Valley National Park doing a workshop with my friend and digital guru, Scott Rouse. We had a great group of people and really nice weather and based on the pictures Scott and I saw during the critiques, our participants got some really nice...
More on High ISO Photography

More on High ISO Photography

I am posting some more pictures that I have shot at very high ISO. It is truly amazing the quality that is to be found at high ISO these days. As a reminder, when I have to hand hold my camera I shoot at ISOs between 640 and 1250 all the time and find no degradation...
Astonishing Quality High ISO

Astonishing Quality High ISO

12,800 ISO! Really? High quality images? Can’t be! When I first started as a pro 25 years ago I used ISO 50 film for most of my photography, ISO 25 for serious, very fine detailed work and ISO 100 for wildlife. ISO 100 was my high speed film and if I really...
The Fall color season in New England

The Fall color season in New England

Its been a funny year for fall color here in New England. We had unusually early red color in mid to late September that all fell to the ground the first few days of October with torrential rains. Then after lots of muddy yellows during the traditional peak (10/10-14)...