I’ve said before how hard it is sometimes to decide what camera equipment to bring along – if any at all. Sometimes you want to take photos of the location, sometimes you just want to be on vacation. This was one of those “I’ll leave it all home” moments. Continue Reading
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
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As an organization grows and succeeds, it sows the seeds of its own demise by getting boring. - Seth Godin
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Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. - Napoleon Bonaparte
After using a Canon 300mm f/2.8 prime for sports action shots, I wanted to see what a 400mm f/2.8 prime performed like on the field. Often you get in spots that you wished you had a little more reach. I had the chance to give the 400mm a try for a game I was trying...Continue Reading
Sometimes you just don’t notice features of a landscape until something happens to show you a new angle. This image was taken just after a rainfall on a road I drive by ever day. This day, I noticed, stopped and took some shots. Continue Reading
This image is from a photo shoot I did mid-season soccer. Soccer is a great game to shoot because generally the games are early enough that there is good light – until the sun goes down and the field lights come on. The golden hour is when the sun is just going down – everything...Continue Reading
Some of the best photos I’ve ever taken have happened suddenly. Sometimes I’m on a shoot on location with all of my equipment and a plan to get the perfect image. But sometimes, I’ll find myself in a situation where a scene presents itself that just communicates a feeling or an idea. This photo is...Continue Reading
I heard about Ryan Holiday years ago as a marketer for American Apparel and as they guy who pulled off some pretty incredible publicity promotions through subtly controlling and feeding the news machine ever hungry for stories and ever willing to be “duped” for the sake of a clicks and page views. You’ve seen it...Continue Reading
I absolutely love Canon’s cameras and lenses. I’ve tried everything else and have always come back to Canon. I’ve gone through several Canon body variations, some lower cost (and fewer features) and some high end like the Canon 1D Mark IV (which is my absolute favorite) but I’ve settled into a mid-range camera body that...Continue Reading
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