Jan 3, 2011 | Field Reports
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How many times have you read in last couple of days, “I can’t believe a year’s gone by?!” If you have kids or a busy life or very happy or all of the above, you know just how fast time flies. This is especially true the more years you’ve celebrated. While we take this time of year to reflect on our lives, you might wanna reflect on your photography. Where has it come and where’s it going?
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For myself, it was one year ago that we did our first air to air shoot over Lake Tahoe. We decided at the end of 2009 to take a risk and expand our business, push my photography by entering a new genre. I ended the year doing a air to air shoot with the B-17 Sentimental Journey. WOW! I’m constantly pulling on threads in life. Some play out with a couple of tugs and others, well we’re still pulling on them. Aviation it turns out took flight and 2011 has some amazing projects ahead, I can’t wait!
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We had a big year on the wildlife side with the highlight for sure being one of the 1st to photograph the Alaska Marmot. If just half of the projects come to fruition in 2011 that are planned, it will be my biggest year yet. The one variable you can’t plan in advance is the weather. I was little blown and rained out of major projects in 2010, but that’s just the way it goes with wildlife photography. While I’m constantly throughout the year reflecting back and looking forward, I find many photographers don’t take that moment to do that. Looking at your images from a year ago and recognizing your successes and analyzing your failures really helps planning your next year and making the most of it.
In doing this for myself, I know one of my biggest challenges will be this blog. For a couple of years now, I’ve been blogging continually new material I take almost daily. In 2011, many of the projects I have slatted, I can’t blog until the client has first made use of the material. I’m just not sure I have the skill base to create as much content that is required to take care of clients and this blog. I’m really looking forward to that challenge. Being pushed by your photography can only make it grow and that is a great resolution for the new year!
Jan 1, 2011 | Field Reports
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Dec 31, 2010 | Field Reports
Got a great tool for my latest project that I wanted to share with ya. The Pocketwizard MiniTT1 along with FlexTT5 and PocketWizard AC3 ZoneController really extends the capabilities of Nikon’s CLS system. I’m using these pretty cool units not to extend the range of the iTTL a great distance but rather to “see around corners” and so far they’ve lived up to my expectations. I’m still in the “testing” phase, testing not only the units but the entire set up for the project.
Dec 29, 2010 | Field Reports
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As a photographer, this is a great site. As a home owner it means wet snow, what we call Sierra cement.
Dec 28, 2010 | Field Reports
Most of us take around with us a piece of our parents (and I’m not talking DNA), a seed, an idea, a dream that just lingers with us until the time is right. I bet that for many of you, the photography bug came about for just this basic fact of life.
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In my case, I had a father in Japan after WWII and the Korean conflict. He brought back everything from using chopsticks to tea sets to Mahjong (I kill at Mahjong) from his time there.
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The art of Japan is something I grew up with. To understand what my dad found so enticing about Japan, we made our first journey to the island a number of years ago. We learned alot, enough to know we needed to go back.
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Then there is that photography thing. Seriously, I came back with some pretty unimpressive images! There are a number of reasons for that, all of which have now be dealt with so I’m going back figuring on coming back with some amazing images.
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And all of this I’m going to have a ton of fun sharing with the folks venturing with us. And that’s the last reason why we’re doing this adventure with M&M Tours. From the Tokyo Fish market auctions to distribution to the amazing modern architecture to the simple joys of walking in the amazing gardens, this is just a small sample of the culture we are so fortunate to explore. So yeah, our reasons for going to Japan are pretty darn simple. That’s why it’s going to be a ton of fun that we can’t wait to share!
Dec 25, 2010 | Field Reports
May the Reason for the Season be part of your daily life!
