David’s Blog
Photographing the Forest
Forests are some of the hardest environments to photograph in, at least they are for me. I doubt anyone has taken more pictures in forests over the last 30 years but still I find it an extremely challenging place to find a good image. The problem is that there is just so much stuff going on visually it seems almost impossible to make any sense of it so...
New Zealand!
For the last three weeks I have been touring New Zealand on an end of the year holiday. Just the two of us, no rushing around, no big objectives, no projects to work on, just having fun. I didn't even take a tripod! What did I take? My old Nikon D300s (because it is the camera Claire uses and taking the same camera made it easier) and one lens- my trusty...
Maine Pic
Okay, not spectacular and pretty nice. Shot on a rainy day in late October. It will be a nice splash of color for the book.
Maine Pics
Here is an odd shot. I wanted to get a shot of the cruise ships that come into Bar Harbor but I didn't want a standard ugly shot of a big boat. (Why did I want a picture of a cruise ship you ask? Because the book is geared for tourists and thousands of tourists travel to Maine on cruise ships. Everyone is a potential book buyer). So I shot this images...
More maine pics
It was a funny fall this year. Not much color at first and then nothing for the first week of October. Then, around the end of the second week of October there was a little cold snap and what leaves were left came ablaze. The only time I had to photograph it was a few hours between consecutive workshops, in the rain. But you do the best you can and keep...
Maine Pics
Boy, was it cold up here this morning! We did a sunrise shoot and my students got some very nice images. On the way back to the car and snapped of this shot looking south to the Cranberry Isles. I then hightailed it back to the warm car and we headed down to the coast.
Maine Pics
I have just gotten back from two weeks in Acadia National Park doing two workshops and in a matter of hours I will be on my way to New Zealand for a little Rand R. In the mean time I thought I would share with you a few of my last images that I am submitting for my Maine Memories book. Hope you like them!
Editing your images
I am just finishing my third workshop in a row- one in Vermont and two in Acadia National Park in Maine- and I have noticed several recurring themes among my students. The big one is that nobody seems to ever throw any of their images away! Even ones that are obviously flawed or downright bad are still on their computers many months after they were taken....
Bursts
Most of the time when I am out taking pictures I am shooting a single frame at a time. This is because I am taking my time, waiting for just the right moment where the wind, and light and subject all conspire to give me the best that I can get. But there are times when instead of being so deliberate I am just the opposite- I shoot in short bursts of 5 or 6...
Fall Color Update
So what is the status of the New England Fall color? Hard to say. Last week there were a couple of days when I thought the season would pass before it even started but now with a week of warm wet weather the color progression seems to have stalled. I now think that the season can officially be called "screwy." There are some spots at higher elevations...
New England Fall Color update
I have been asked a lot lately about the potential for fall color this year. My answer is the same for everyone- I don't know! In fact, no one knows for sure no matter how definitive he or she might sound. Here is what I know and can see- We had a bit of a cool spell in mid-September causing some trees to show some color early but now (almost October) it...