Three Days of Biotech – Day 1
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has slated me to cover their booth at the 2011 BIO International Convention in Washington, D.C. this year. Companies from all over the world and all over the U.S. prop up booths to display their services and achievements. Think of it as an international car show, but for bio ...
Smartphone Butterflies
Photographing butterflies is hard enough with a high performance SLR, but with your phone it’s another thing! A camera phone doesn’t transmit much detail and it’s AF is really slow, two things butterflies don’t have much patience for. So, getting in close and quickly snapping off was key. I found that previsualing the composition helped ...
‘Made in Japan’ Hard to Find
To many of you, the shortage of Japanese electronics, particularly professional photography equipment, is old news. But I hadn’t experienced the stock slump until recently when I went hunting for a Canon 1D Mark IV. British newspaper, The Guardian, reported back in mid-March that the Great East Japan Earthquake would create a shortage of ...
Welcome!
I’d like to introduce you to my new blog. Although I’ve been photographing for over a decade, this is the first time I contribute to my own site since I launched it in 2006. In that time I’ve been busy photographing for news media, artists, weddings, non-profits, government agencies, and a bunch of other things. ...