Yellowstone - Landscape/Wildlife Photography Workshop

There are still spots available for our fall Yellowstone Landscape and Wildlife workshop.

Dates: September 24th through 29th.
Location: Threebear Lodge, West Yellowstone, Montana.
Cost: $1649 per person including Workshop, instruction, lodging, and ground transportation.
Photographers/Guides: James Neeley and Christopher Balmer


You may register by calling (208) 523-6789 or go to Perfect Light Camera and Supply.

And the Rockets Red Glare...

A few more shots from the spectacular 4th of July Fireworks over the Snake River in Idaho Falls. I have missed the fireworks the last couple of years for various reasons so it was fun to see this excellent show and put the D800 through it's paces...

Celebration

It was an enjoyable day of smiles, noise, marching, flags, family, and cheers as we celebrated the Fourth of July in Idaho Falls. The fireworks, reflected in the Snake River, were great as always!

A note about technique - A common mistake people make in photographing fireworks is to over expose the image thus robbing the fireworks of their color. The individual points of light from the fireworks are very bright so for this image I used ISO 200 and f22 to bring out the color and keep them from "blowing out." To capture enough ambient light the exposure was stretched to 15 seconds.

This logic is very similar to flash photography where you would use your ISO and aperture to correctly expose the flash. Shutter speed, which does not affect the light from the flash, is used to control the ambient light.

Announcing a Fall Yellowstone Workshop

We are now taking reservations for our Fall Yellowstone landscape/wildlife workshop done in conjunction with Perfect Light camera store in Idaho Falls. We are excited for this 6 day workshop during one of the most beautiful times of the year in Yellowstone Park. We may even make a jaunt down to Grand Teton National Park during this time of peak fall color.


Click here to view a full screen slide show.

Dates: September 24th through 29th.
Location: Threebear Lodge, West Yellowstone, Montana.
Cost: $1649 per person including Workshop, instruction, lodging, and ground transportation.
Photographers/Guides: James Neeley and Christopher Balmer


You may register by calling (208) 523-6789 or go to Perfect Light Camera and Supply.

You're Gonna want to shoot that again, Sorry!

I've shot this scene many times before but today I had new equipment and as the D800 ad says,"SORRY BUT YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO RESHOOT EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER SHOT." I'm sure this applies to any new camera, lens, or technique.

One of the fun and challenging aspects of photography is progression, doing something new or better, learning a new skill or method. Jay Masiel said that while art is thousands of years old, photography is a little over a hundred years old. We have barely scratched the surface of what can be done! So...shoot it again, make it better, make it unique, make it new again and relish every step of this journey that has no end.