You've heard of the old adage: "If you haven't used it in a year, get rid of it"? At the end of each year we take an inventory of our equipment, identifying what hasn't been used in a while and what will be needed for upcoming productions. We then take those two lists and determine what we want to sell to raise capital in order to reinvest in new equipment for 2010. Read More
Category Archives: Still Photography
Photo/Video Equipment Sale
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Going to Press – Monarch of the Sky
I approved the final proof for our new poster project "Monarch of the Sky." We are going to press next Tuesday and will be printing 2000 of these posters at a size of 18 x 24 inches. Read More
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Photo Of The Day – Bull Elk
"The Rut" - Bull Elk - Colorado
Mature bull elk photographed in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Canon 5D Mark II – Canon 500mm F4 IS lens – Gitzo Tripod and Sachtler video head. No the lens wasn’t dirty…it’s actually…
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Rocky Mountain National Park – Photographing the Annual Elk Rut
- Bull Elk – Rocky Mountain National Park
There are four weeks I look forward to each year, roughly from the middle of September to the middle of October. As the temperatures become cooler and daylight decreases, the season signals the elk…
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Wildlife Photography – Life of a wildlife photographer
Within the sphere of wildlife photography, 56-year-old Steve Bloom has few peers. After five best-selling and critically acclaimed books and an international series of exhibitions, much of his work has become instantly recognisable. But how did he get to where he is now? Read More
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MacWorld Cover Shoot – Peter Belanger
This is a cool video of a product shoot from start to finish that Peter Belanger posted on his blog (here). You even get to go into the Art Directors office and see him slap the cover lines on the…
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A Willingness To Experiment
A couple of months ago I ran across an impressive photography blog by an up and coming photographer named Younes Bounhar. If you get a chance and you enjoy reading about other photographers trials and tribulations in…
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Spring is time for baby wildlife!
Every year I look forward to May and early June. A time when the Colorado comes alive again...the brown of winter gives way to the green of spring. From the urban greenbelts near my studio in west metro Denver to Rocky Mountain National Park baby wildlife can be found just about everywhere. One of my favorite places is a fairly large green belt about 4 miles away where I am almost guarenteed to find baby foxes. The area is frequented by joggers, walkers, bikers, and birdwatchers Read More
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HDR – High Dynamic Range Photography
What about HDR? At first, I thought it won’t work for me…I tend to be to “pure” and really never manipulate any of the images I shoot, heck I don’t even crop…what I shot is what you see. But after…
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Truth in Photography
Sometimes, something strikes you as too good to be true and this was one of those instances. Looking at the photo in question at the time of it's winning, I questioned if the story was as reported. Now, I know. Read this article and judge for yourself. Read More