Metadata helps me decide what lenses to buy or get rid of... Lightroom has a feature that can help you use your photography metadata to make informed lens buying and upgrade decisions. In this case, Lightroom proved to me that I don’t need a 24-70mm lens. I’ll show you how. Really, why are 24-70mm f2.8 lenses so popular? If you’re a … [Read more...]
Why I Burned My Own Property and How I shot it.
I was committed to burning my property. I know this sounds a bit crazy but we’re talking about a prescribed burn. My wife researched programs in our area for homeowners to reduce fire hazard. In our area the firefighters are cross-trained for both wildland and structure fires so they are perfectly qualified to do prescribed burns on … [Read more...]
Fuji Privilege
Five Stars for Fuji in Monte Carlo As a full time professional for 30 years I've used Canon gear for most of that time though I've also had Leica rangefinders, medium format and various other systems. But now I’m definitely in a minority of full time professionals using Fuji cameras and lenses. Although I also have a Sony full frame system, the … [Read more...]
Is Fuji My New Leica? What About My Sony?
Fuji vs Leica vs Sony...What to do? Leica gear is beautiful but will likely always remain the domain of the wealthy hobbyist or the hardcore, sacrifice-what-it-takes-to-own-a-Leica photographer. I’m one of the few full time pros that uses Leica. Although, at the moment, I am Leica-less. Even though photography is my full time … [Read more...]
Capturing Nature with the X-Pro2
What? Nature Photography with a Rangefinder? Now it’s time for something different. Because I love to shoot many types of subjects I decided to tell you about using the X-Pro2 with one of my favorite subjects, nature. This isn’t something that comes immediately to mind with a rangefinder type camera, but with a capable EVF … [Read more...]