DETTIFOSS, Iceland. The most powerful waterfall in Iceland with 35knot winds and driving rain. I’m pretty brave when it comes to hanging off cliffs to take photos, but the tiny dude in this picture standing at the mouth of that bad boy waterfall was really pushing it. I was up top hunkered against a huge rock because the wind was so strong I couldn’t stand up. I watched him take 1 million selfie stick photos on those insanely slippery rocks…
My moon shot with a 70-200mm+1.4ex. Even if you don’t have the perfect gear for the job, it’s always worth trying. You learn something every time you attempt to capture a new shot. I spent my first two years as a budding photographer with a Canon Xti and one lens, the 50mm prime. I shot everything with it. One of the joys of photography is the challenge of shooting new things. I’ve always been interested in astrophotography, but I’m not…
All images taken on an iPhone 4s with Camera+ during my iPhoneography World Trip. In every country, I find myself drawn to taking pictures of people. For me it’s the people that really tell the story of a place. Cambodian people seem modest and shy. They are light on their feet and move with peaceful stillness. Chugging motor bikes kick up clouds of fine red dust as school children run along the side of road after school just minutes away…
A fallen maple leaf caught my eye on the edge of a beautiful stream in Gowlland Tod Provincial park just outside of my hometown of Victoria, BC. I thought I would share some secrets to shooting a water scene like this and why using a polarizer is an absolute must. Canon 5DMK3+16-35mm, 5s at f/11, ISO 200. …
This is probably the most dangerous photo I’ve ever taken. I was perched on the side of a sheer cliff, my tripod barely gripping the side of the ledge. I have no fear of heights, but a strong fear of my beloved camera tumbling to the rocky depths below. Thankfully there was no wind and I kept an iron grip on my tripod, so no such sad camera tumbling occurred. I think it was worth a bit of danger to…
In the past eight years, each new advancement in iPhone camera technology has made dramatic improvements to image quality. The new 12-megapixel iPhone 6s iSight camera is no exception. With 50% more megapixels than the last four iPhone 8-megapixel models, the iPhone 6s boasts a number of key improvements including: improved auto-focus, local tone-mapping, noise reduction, and colour separation, with that fancy “deep trench isolation” technology Apple is raving about. In this follow-up post to my previous iPhone comparisons, I…
In my life and work as a photographer, I try to focus on the BIG PICTURE. I strive towards achieving my ultimate goals and giving my time to the things that matter – love, health, happiness, family, inspiring others & creating meaningful projects. Sometimes I linger on the small distracting things and I feel heavy with negative thoughts. As soon as I start to worry, I say my words “BIG PICTURE” over and over until I remember what really matters…
