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2024 Costa Rica Wildlife Photography Workshops

Available Dates:

Week 1: July 5th – 12th, 2024 (1 Spot Open)
Week 2: July 15th – 22nd, 2024 (2 Spots Open)
Week 3: July 26th – August 2th, 2024 (1 Spot Open)

Meet Your Photo Guide!

Note that Steve is NOT running workshops at this time – however, you …

Posted in Misc, Photo Trips
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Game Changer – Shootin’ Eye Level

OK, I’ll admit it, this is a weird post for me. The thing is, I realize I’m covering a topic that pretty much every photographer already knows:

If you want better wildlife photos, get to eye level or even lower.

In fact, getting eye-to-eye with my subject(s) is something I’ve …

Posted in Opinions, Techniques, Using Your Gear, Wildlife
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All About Auto ISO (Nikon Cameras)

Auto ISO is a frequent source of confusion but it doesn’t have to be that way! In this comprehensive video, we’ll cover how Auto ISO works in Nikon cameras (although it’s likely very similar for all brands). We’ll start with what it does, why / when you should use it, …

Posted in Nikon Gear, Photo Trips, Techniques, Using Your Gear, Wildlife
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The Cropping Epidemic

I see it all the time – lens jockeys hacking off pixels and tossing them out like they were last week’s kitty litter. It pains me to witness such rampant cropping with so little regard for the consequences – especially since I know how potentially devastating it is to a photo. …

Posted in Techniques, Tests, Using Your Gear, Wildlife
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New Book – Exposure And Metering For Nikon!

Hey everyone!
 
It’s finally here, Secrets To Exposure And Metering For Nikon!
 
Are you ready to finally master exposure and metering? The you gotta check out my new e-book – the biggest and best yet! (670 pages – over a year in the making!)
 
This new book is jam-packed with every exposure
Posted in Techniques, Using Your Gear
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All About Your Camera’s Crop Modes

First, let’s get one thing out in the open – I’m not a fan of cropping and I normally tend to avoid it as much as possible. So please don’t take the remainder of this article as some kind of an endorsement for reckless pixel pruning, it’s really not. 

Don’t …

Posted in Photoshop Tricks, Techniques, Using Your Gear, Wildlife
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Nikon 500 PF Review

It’s finally here – my Nikon 500 PF review and full field report! And let me tell you, it’s a doozy! 

In fact, I may have to apologize for the length. This review is really detailed and goes on for a bit longer than I wanted. I’ve had so many …

Posted in Nikon Gear, Reviews, Techniques, Using Your Gear, Wildlife
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New Video Workshop – Noise Reduction Using LR & PS

For a LONG time now, I’ve had people asking if I was ever going to do a post-processing guide of some sort. I have gone back and forth on it, waffling between e-books and videos, and finally decided to do a video series. (I just think that for post processing, …

Posted in Photoshop Tricks
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Swap Tripod Heads The Fast Way!

Question – What happens when you have multiple heads that you want to use with multiple support methods?

Maybe you have a gimbal head and want to use it on a tripod, then later want to use a ball head on that same set of legs. Or perhaps you want to use …

Posted in Techniques, Using Your Gear Tagged , , |
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Using A Gimbal Head On A Monopod

So…

A few months ago I released a video where I discussed my various tripods, heads, and how I use them. It generated a lot of comments and a few really stuck in my mind – they were about using a gimbal head with a monopod. 

At first, I sort …

Posted in Opinions, Techniques, Using Your Gear, Wildlife