New York View – 10.29.06

Fullfilled a long time desire, to walk the Brooklyn Bridge at dusk. My good friend Joe McNally made it happen for Sharon & I tonight. No, there was no wildlife about except a lonely gull, it’s just a very cool place to watch life and light go by.

Photo captured by D200, 28f1.4 on Lexar digital film

McNally Shoot – 10.27.06

Wow… what a day! I was very fortunate today to spend it with my bud Joe McNally while he was shooting for his latest editorial shoot. Shooting on location at U.Conn, he took an otherwise disasterous “set” and made the magic Joe is lengdary for producing. Being an “assistant” on a stills set takes me way back. It was darn, good ole fashion fun! Thanks Joe!

Photo captured by D200, 28f1.4 on Lexar digital film

Vermont DLWS #8 – 10.25.06

We spent our last evening in Woodstock, my favorite town. The light was iffy until sunset when the God Beams came shinning through providing everyone with killer light and images. I spent most of my time this trip doing a study in brick which, as you can see, varies greatly.

Photo captured by D200, 105VR on Lexar digital film

Vermont DLWS #7 – 10.25.06

Quechee Gorge was what our lenses locked on this morning. This black and white was taken by standing out on the bridge, leaning over and shooting straight down onto the rapids. Gorgeous morning of shooting!

Photo captured by D2X, 70-180 on Lexar digital film

Vermont DLWS #6 – 10.24.06

We spent the evening at a favorite town of mine, Weston. It has a killer old mill, this is the waterfall that powers it.

Photo capture by D2X, 200f2VR on Lexar digital film

Vermont DLWS #5 – 10.24.06

Plymouth Notch was the summer home for Coolidge and looks a lot today just like it did in his day. If you’ve never been there, great place to snap a few.

Photo captured by D2X, 200f2VR on Lexar digital film

Vermont DLWS #4 – 10.24.06

No rain, no snow and no locus, it was a good morning shooting at Plymouth Notch. The light danced for us across the hillside, Vermont’s calm sucked us in.

Photo captured by D2X, 200f2 on Lexar digital film

Vermont DLWS #3 – 10.23.06

A beam of light light up this Vermont barn and allowed me to make an unique portrait of my good friend Scott Kelby who along with David Moser from NAPP, are part of the great gang having fun and enjoying our Vermont DLWS.

Photo captured by D2X, 200f2 on Lexar digital film

Vermont DLWS #2 – 10.23.06

The afternoon started off with stormy skies. But than, God beams came through an opening and the landscape was painted with light. But it was the wet trunks that eventually sucked in my lens.

Photo captured by D2X, 200f2 on Lexar digital film

Vermont DLWS #1 – 10.23.06

The rain stopped and the fog started its dance amongst the fall color just the sun rose. Yet for me, the most meaningful moment in time for me was our time in the graveyard at the graves of soldiers from the Revolutionary War.

Photo captured by D2X, 200f2 on Lexar digital film

Vermont #2 – 10.21.06

Wow, another killer day. Some great fudge, amazing cheese and 21GB of images. Can’t wait for tomorrow!

Photo captured by D200, 10.5 on Lexar digital film

Vermont – 10.20.06

Most definitely past its peak, the fall color in Vermont is still mind boggling! Heck, what is peak anyways? Vincent, Laurie, Sharon & I had a great day checking out some old favorite spots to shoot, found some new ones and picked up a few jugs of Jenne Farm Maple syrup. Darn good day out shooting!

Photo captured by D2X, 200f2VR on Lexar digital film

Texas Safari – 10.18.06

Just heard from Laurie that she has an opening in her 07-11 May Texas Safari. If you were really lucky, you would be heading down to TX with Laurie to photograph those amazing birds 1 on 1 like I will be shortly. The next best thing is going down with this really small group. Laurie, a former assistant of mine and now one of the lead instructors for DLWS and with NAPP is one of the best in the business. Give her a call, you’re in for a safari of a lifetime!

Enough Already! – 10.15.06

Which DAM (Digital Assest Management) program do I use? This is the HOTTEST and most frequent question I get. After spending the entire summer using Photo Mechanic, Aperture (yeah, had a Mac for a short time) and even Adboe Lightroom (beta4), DigitalPro for me beats them all hands down. Why? It’s real simple…SPEED!

I want one thing from my DAM program, to get back out shooting again, FAST! I want to be able to upload images fast (DigitalPro being the ONLY program taking advantage of Lexar’s multiple readers so I can upload up to 4 cards with one click), I want to sort my images FAST (DigitalPro again being the first to nest NEF files behind the Jpegs for single click editing/filing) and I want to find ALL my folders & images at once and not have to sort through or create new libraries all the time (DigitalPro like myself, is Window OS only). Lastly, I don’t want my computer’s resources swallowed up by my DAM and DigitalPro takes up the least of all DAMs. Hey, there’s no team of Window programers as good or know how to get the most out of Windows like David Caridnal, the genius behind the DigitalPro coding!

When it comes to Post Processing, if I’m going to post process I’m doing to do it right. I’m going to use DigitalPro to Publish (copy) my NEF to a Temp file and then open that file copy with Capture NX and process it properly and fully. Than, I’m going to finish that photo in the only program, the ONLY program for finishing images, Photoshop. Yeah, you can buy DAMs that do all of that, but if you’re going to make a large print from those programs, someone like myself is going to see the difference.

Now if working quickly so you can be back our shooting again isn’t important to you; if you’re not sending your images to a client or gallery and just printing for yourself; if you’re just wanting to make yourself happy, than Adobe Lightroom is the way to go. But if you want to maximize your time, you’re in the business of photography, your image quality is imperative and make the best from your efforts behind the camera, DigitalPro is the DAM for you. Hopefully now, with this blogged, folks won’t need to email me asking which program I use. There is no ONE program IMHO that does it all. The digital photographer needs a DAM, Raw processer and Photoshop to get the most from their digital capture.

Yellowstone DLWS #8 – 10.11.06

Last night in Yellowstone and while it was a quiet aternoon, the last light show was gorgeous. This is the Madison River, a place we love to just sit, watch and take in all that is Yellowstone.
Photo captured by D2X, 17-55AFS on Lexar digital film.

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