As fall approaches we wait for the first rains to help the water flow in the rivers along the coast of Vancouver Island. Here on the Island, the main species I like to photograph that benefit from this abundance are the Black bears….
Read MoreSigma, Please bring it back!
For many years my go to lens for nature photography, especially for lower light conditions, was the Sigma 120-300 f/2.8. This was by far the sharpest lens I had ever owned at least until the Canon 500 f/4 II.
Read MoreWinter trip - Stage 2 - Quickly down the US west coast
Coastal photography, we have spent a great deal of time shooting on the east coast of the US when we lived in South Carolina. The west coast is a different beast altogether. Rocky coastlines, big waves crashing, fantastic tidal pools all make for very different shots and of course the fact that the sun goes down over the ocean instead of rising again makes shooting very different.
Read MoreNature photography on the road - Chasing the sun (blog version) part 1.
I had a plan. This plan was to reduce the amount of time I spend working in my real job (I am a physicist who migrated to the financial world to build computer software and systems for mathematical modeling). If I did this right I would be able to take some long trips to do the types of photography I love in new places for extended periods.
Read MoreLatest Gear - Sometimes you can get what you wish for.
Technology moves ever forward, and the improvements that I have seen in capabilities of cameras for photography and more specifically for nature photography just in the last few years are pretty amazing.
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