So What’s all this White Balance Suff? (From Summit Daily News, May 23, 2008)

May 22nd, 2008

I’ve been teaching beginning digital photography workshops here in Summit County for several years, and one of the most common points of confusion for my students is their camera’s white balance setting.  Many of my students are new to digital photography, and white balance is something they never had to deal with when shooting film.  Or did they?  In fact, when we dropped off our print film at the lab, the lab technician actually determined the white balance during printing.

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Look to the Desert (From Summit Daily News, May 16, 2007)

May 19th, 2008

The snow is leaving, but the wildflowers are still months away.  Consider a weekend trip to the desert for a chance to make some great images.  Wildflowers abide in the desert around Moab from mid April through mid May.  Just don’t expect the same blooms you find here in the mountains.  The desert is a sparse place, and you will have to look carefully to find flowers like this desert primrose, but when you do, your reward will be some gorgeous wildflower images. 

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Sandhill Crane Wildlife Photography

April 4th, 2008

This past week I had the good fortune of travelling to Nebraska for three days to photograph the Sandhill Crane migration along the Platte River.  These are just a few of the thousands of images I made there. Read the rest of this entry »