Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 12:50pm
I’m making this brief post in haste as our ship the Polar Star is about to depart Ushuaia, Argentina for the Falkland Islands, and the weather looks favorable for good traveling. That means less chance for sea sickness. The skiffs are docked on the top deck of the ship and I’ll be driving one of...
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Monday, December 28, 2009 at 4:00am
Since I’m currently traveling to Antarctica, I thought I would schedule this post which includes 100 favorite photos from 2009. Of course, this is a highly subjective process, but for one reason or another, these caught my eye when I was reviewing the year. You can view the Flash gallery on my website at 2009...
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Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 10:25am
The internet is full of the “BEST OF” anthologies from any category one wishes to direct their voyeuristic energies. I thought, what the heck, I’d make a slight deviation from the norm and indulge in a self deprecating list of photography-related mistakes. After all, the mistakes we make often teach us best, even though the...
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 4:00am
In a few days I leave for a month long trip to Antarctica as a staff member of Cheesman’s Ecology Safaris. Based on a 300 ft. Russian Ice Breaker, 100 passengers will voyage to the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia, the Orkney’s and the Antarctic Peninsula. I’ll be giving photo instruction and operating an inflatable boat...
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Monday, December 21, 2009 at 12:43pm
I’ve been reviewing some files from the summer, and thought I’d share this image of Cascade glacier, taken from a rock island prominence in Barry Arm, in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. The sedimentary layers reveal and amazing pattern of lines and the surface rock has been ground quite smoothly from the ancient work of an...
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Friday, December 18, 2009 at 8:44am
Monitor calibration borders on an evil word for many who sit in front of these light emitting monsters. Its one of those things that all photographers know they should do, but take the guilt over the trauma and complexity of color profiling and monitor calibration. Well, to replay the mantra one more time, yes, you...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 8:22am
The pursuit of northern lights photography led me to the purchase of Canon’s 24mm 1.4L, and the following updated version II of the same lens. My comments are derived from experience with this lens in the field and are not a comprehensive review by any measure. Here is what Canon has to say about this...
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Monday, December 14, 2009 at 9:15am
I was all ready to photograph the Gemenid meteor shower last night, but clouds moved in around midnight, which was a disappointment. However, on Sunday morning, I woke up to a faint aurora display, directly over my house. I grabbed my camera and took a few experimental shots. I say experimental because I was testing...
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Friday, December 11, 2009 at 4:00am
First of all I updated the slideshow header on the blog, but you might not see the new images until you hit the F5 Key.
We recently photographed some artwork for one of Fairbanks’ very creative and talented artists, Karin Franzen. She works in the medium of fabric, but don’t be fooled by the term fabric....
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 11:13am
The pre-sunrise light in Fairbanks this morning was of a particular brilliance. Some fear the thought of a residence in this reputedly dark winter region of the northern hemisphere. The former two adjectives are somewhat accurate, but mostly in that they serve to keep the general population growth in check. In my opinion, they are...
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