Tag: tripod
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Hiking the ‘W circuit’ at Torres del Paine, Patagonia
TL;DR; We went for a walk. It was very nice. For 3 years we’ve been talking about hiking in Torres del Paine, with the sole purpose of capturing ‘that pic’. The reasons for not going sooner have been various but were led by the simple fact that we were intimidated by the idea of spending…
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Tutorial: Milky water and Misty Forests
We spent the weekend in Paso Robles, deep in the heart of the ‘other’ grape growing place in California. In addition to all the fine wines, there’s art everywhere, some of it even quite nice. The pictures that captured our attention was a series of paintings that depicted landscapes as viewed through thick fog. We…
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3 Essential Tripod Modifications
In our opinion, this is the world’s greatest tripod. It’s made by Really Right Stuff, weighs less than nothing, is phenomenally configurable, nearly indestructible and costs more than my first car. We love it. Love it. Love it. That said, it suffers from the same three missing parts that every single tripod on the market…
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Tutorial: Burning the Jeep
With a friend heading in to town for the weekend, we started planning our most elaborate burn shot yet, we wanted to surround our Jeep with fire and smoke. The fire was the easy part, we’re getting quite good at that. We simply took the fire whip idea (tutorial here) and made a 9 foot…
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One Nite In Yose-Mite
[wzslider autoplay=”true” info=”false” lightbox=”true”] I was lucky enough this week to have a spare few hours, so I ran away to Yosemite national park to play in the snow. Prep-work Check the weather forecast. Perfect. Big blue sky, little cloud, and shockingly low temperatures. Check the moon phase. Perfect. 20% waning crescent from 2pm to…
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Grand Canyon Golden Falls
If you’re going to carry a tripod all the way to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, you may as well use it for something interesting. This is Angel Falls. And it is spectacular. You get to climb up behind the water and look out over the alien landscape. To get some idea of just…
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Slinging Fire in the Fog
The above photo is not mine. It was taken by May Wong. She kindly allowed me to showcase it here, I’ll explain why in a mo. Here’s her Facebook page. For a while now Eric and I have talked about teaching a light painting class, and while nothing has come of it, we have used…