Not Squirrelin Around

Oct 10, 2016 | Random Thoughts

Red Squirrel
captured by D5 / 300PF

Let’s Shoot Some Birds!

Oct 5, 2016 | Random Thoughts

Interested in learning bird biology to improve your photography? Interested in better learning your camera technology? Want to learn to combine that biology with technology to capture those gorgeous bird photographs? That’s exactly what we do on a Moose Adventure and we have two coming up that are just right for you to do all of this!

Elegant Trogon
Going into nesting cavity with food. Madera Canyon, AZ

We are very excited to announce a Madera Cyn, AZ bird trip 26-30 June, 2017 based out of the famous Santa Rita Lodge. This is south of Tucson, AZ and has been a hot bed for birders and bird photography for decades. This is the Costa Rica of the US with over 20 Hummingbird species, woodpeckers, orioles, owls and even the rare Elegant Trogan to see and photograph! You have options of lodging from rooms to cabins and Santa Rita Lodge, all with thier own private feeders literally right our your window chuck full of great birds. The birds come right to the camera. This is an old haunt of ours we’ve not visited for a decade and we’re very excited to be going back!

This is a long lens, short lens, flash, ambient light intense workshop working with birds, lots of birds! We only have room for 5 shooters with only 1 spots remaining. Price is $2600 which includes instruction, transportation to and from Tucson and all the sun tea you can drink. This is an adventure you can bring a spouse at no extra cost. If you’d like to join us, give Sharon a call 661.204.1506!

Kung Fu Chicken

Winter is giving way to spring, the grasslands of the midwest have an erie and haunting sound floating over them as the sun rises. You can see in the faint light little bundles floating over the landscape, every so often colliding and bursting into the sky and then landing again. A right of spring that’s as old as the grasslands celebrating the longer hours in the day. A dance so celebrating new life it was imitated by Native Americans. K&M Adventures is heading to Nebraska next April 3-7 2017 to photograph Prairie Chicken and Sharp-tailed Grouse on their leks.

This very unique Adventure is all about birds. Besides the Prairie Chicken and Sharp-tailed Grouse, we work the Sandhill Cranes on the Platt and many other bird species of Nebraska. We might even stop for some amazing landscape scenes you’ll find nowhere else. The Adventure is limited to JUST 6 shooters (sorry, no spouses) for this four day adventure with one spot open. The price is $2695 which includes lodging, breakfast and dinner, transportation during the entire time once in NE, access to the leks and blinds as well as guide and photographic instruction. This is an incredible shoot, can’t wait to go back! To reserve your spot, give Sharon a call 661.204.1506 today!

Axler Mirrorless Camera Gimbal

Sep 30, 2016 | Random Thoughts

This is a thing of beauty! As you know, I use the Nikon 1 V3 alot and often for video which it does beautifully. But doing walk around with it shooting video don’t turn out so well. I’m just not that steady. So a while back, I got the Osmo which does a great job but needs the iPhone for a monitor. Well, problem solved. The new Axler Handheld Gimbal for Mirrorless Cameras connects right to the Nikon 1 or any mirrorless camera taking all the jiggle out of the walk around. In addition, it has a joystick permitting camera movement, rotation and elevation changes. You can look at the video below that I included my shadow just so you can see how easy it is to use. Seriously, it’s marvelous. The only thing I recommend getting a charger hub for the rechargeable batteries. I got the 2.4A USB Charger with Folding Prongs. Oh, why is the audio in the video, so you can hear that the gimbal adds no sound to the recording.

D5 Special – Trade Up & Save!

Sep 29, 2016 | Random Thoughts

Axler 30″ Carbon Fiber Slider

Sep 28, 2016 | Random Thoughts

Axler 30″ Slider

It might sound funny, put there are times when you need to bring movement to video. The movement is the camera moving in relationship to the subject. We needed a very light weight, very strong and very portable slider. My friends at B&H told me about the Axler 30″ Carbon Fiber Slider so I checked it out. It fits in my luggage, weighs just a couple of pounds but solid as a rock. The most important thing is it is smooth as silk. Had it up on a ladder, down on the ground, with D750 & D5 and it was great! Here are some examples …