Entries from Ann-alog: a pixel remix tagged with 'gear'
First shot with Nikon 16-35 4.0 VR
New Pope John Paul II candles in stock-first shots with Nikon 16-35 VR (ISO 1600, 16mm, f 5.0, 1/200th second I had to go to the grocery store right after I picked up my new Nikon 16-35 lens from...
Ready for spring
Nikon D700, 50 mm 1.8, PK-13 extension tube (27.5mm) In principle, extension tubes are one of the cheapest ways to play around with macro photography, using the high quality optics I already own. By stretching the distance between the...
Mythical $10,000 solution
Glassware at Pago For as long as I've owned my Nikon (2002), I have had a wish list of glass that always seems to add up to around $10K. Every time I upgrade my gear, another item of desire...
Defining success, part 2
Matkatamiba Canyon mile 148 I wrote my last post about defining success during the interval that I teach a winter photography short course for Lifelong Learning. I talk a lot in class about what makes a successful photo outing...
Million Dollar Bokeh for only $135
The first SLR I ever had a chance to use regularly was kitted out with one and only one lens: a 50mm 1.8 lens. And for every camera body I have owned since then, I also picked up a...
4 cameras at Camp 5
Camp 5 Still in the Inner Gorge, we made camp early enough that I could get out all of my gear: D700 for most everything, D2X as a back-up and for wide angles (I don't have a full-frame wide...
Cathedral of the Madeleine
Ceiling detail, Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City Since December, I have been shooting for another book project. The Cathedral of the Madeleine will celebrate its centennial, and my friend Gary Topping, the diocesan archivist, is rewriting the...
D700 test shots: Cathedral of the Madeleine
Recessional, Cathedral of the Madeleine Today I took my brand new Nikon D700 out of the box, slapped a lens on it and raced down to the 5:15 mass at the Cathedral of the Madeleine to test it out...
Winter weather photography tips
Taken at the 2007 Temple Square photowalk I, for one, am hoping for some wet weather for the December Photowalk because of the reflections of the lights in the wet concrete at Temple Square. The Highway 89 project has...
Maddox Redux
Multiple exposure When I started out with my Nikon N80, I made some multiple exposure images that I liked. I now think of them as precursors to the remix series. Then I got my D70, which didn't have multiple...
Lensbaby Composer
Lensbaby Composer with 4x macro lens, f4 aperture My Lensbaby Composer arrived this week. I have the original Lensbaby, the ghetto one that looks like a section of dryer hose. Despite the original's limitations, and two-handed action, I have...
Inevitable dust - North Rim, Grand Canyon NP
Sunrise at Bright Angel Point, Grand Canyon National Park I scored a last-minute reservation at the North Rim for the last night of my tour through Arizona for the Highway 89 project. Not that I spent much time in...
MacGuyvering - Zion National Park
We were discussing the MacGuyvering of photo gear on the PhotowalkingSLC Flickr site today, which reminded me that I had rediscovered this pair of photos. The location is the Big Bend pull-out in Zion canyon. It was mid-afternoon on...
Photowalking studio workshop - lessons learned
The models. And some interloping photowalker who couldn't stay out of the picture (Rich!). They were everywhere The Photowalking Utah group had a very successful studio lighting event in lieu of an outdoor walkabout in the January cold. We...
Photowalking rehash with the new G9
ArtSpace entry during Gallery Stroll Bryan and Scott covered the who-what-when-where of photowalking last Friday night. I for one was very happy about the weather. Check out the Flickr pool for more shots. What I want to talk about...
Why I don't have an IPhone
Gathering up my wits and gear for a 4 week journey to Montana, via Highway 89, of course. Second trip to Montana in 10 days, bad luck on the timing, but this one will cover the same 1200 miles in...
Photography gear from the outdoor store
I just updated at.com with a post on useful photography stuff from the outdoor store ....
