Tag: photography

  • Rim to Rim in the Grand Canyon

    Rim to Rim in the Grand Canyon

    Deanna and I booked a 3 day hike with ‘Just roughin’ it‘, down the North face of the Grand Canyon, across the width, and up the South face. To use the vernacular of the kids, it was awesome. Three days carrying everything we needed to camp, eat, hike and generally survive. None of this would…

  • Review (Fuji X-Pro1): Our Fuji X-Pro1 weekend in Calistoga

    Review (Fuji X-Pro1): Our Fuji X-Pro1 weekend in Calistoga

    Ah Calistoga, home of the wine country, heart of Napa. Place where I drank beer. Oops. It’s a truly magnificent area. You should visit. We spent the weekend hiking with the new FujiFilm X-Pro1 brick. There I said it, it’s a brick. It’s a fabulous brick. It looks old-skool and it’s solid enough that you…

  • Review (Nikon V1): Our Nikon V1 weekend atop Mt. Helena

    Review (Nikon V1): Our Nikon V1 weekend atop Mt. Helena

    I’m still looking for the perfect camera to carry in my hand as I spend 3 days hiking the Grand Canyon. Having dismissed the 4/3rds cameras as “shit” (read the full review here) I decided to try to the Nikon V1. You’ll recall that I was unhappy with the 4/3rd’s slow focusing and lack of…

  • Josie gets published!

    Josie gets published!

    Over at Digital Photography School they’ve decided to publish one of my dog shots. The picture was taken a long time ago and shows how you can get some great HDR like effects simply by using camera raw and pushing the black, recovery, and fill lights sliders too far. I hope you enjoy the picture,…

  • Sutro Baths and Bird Crap

    Sutro Baths and Bird Crap

    The Bay Area Night Photo group met recently at Sutro Baths in San Francisco. Once upon a time the place was magnificent, now it’s just a pile of decaying concrete.   Which makes it perfect for setting fire to! One day I’ll show you how we make these fireworks. In the meanwhile I’m sure a…