When this episode goes live, I'll be teaching a workshop in Michoacan Mexico for Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead). One of my favorite celebrations in one of my favorite places. Choosing what gear to pack for a big trip like this -- it's one of the hardest things we photographers have to do. Here I'll show you what I'm taking with me on a trip that combines handheld, low-light street photography with landscape and travel. All the gear I showcase is linked below.
ATS 014: Sharpening & Noise Reduction When & How
Lets talk about noise reduction and sharpening. I've had a lot of questions about when to sharpen images as well as how to sharpen and do noise reduction both in Adobe's Lightroom and ON1's Photo RAW. In this video I'll talk about when sharpening makes a difference and show you my workflow in both Lightroom and ON1's brand new Photo RAW 2019 which I'm beta testing for them.
ATS 013: How to Clean Your Sensor
Eventually it happens to everyone, You get back from a shoot and find your images are littered with sensor dust. As an photographer of kiteboarding, mountaineering and desert adventures I have to constantly check and clean my sensor. With mirrorless cameras and their exposed sensors, the problem is even worse. In this video I'll show you how to clean your sensor and then take a question about slotted filters vs round filters.
Sensor Gel Stick (approved for Sony), Sensor Light, and Rocket Blower
ATS 012: A Lightweight, Affordable Fluid Head System
If you follow me, then you know I think fluid heads are much better than ball heads for both stills and video. I'm frequently asked whether there is a lighter and/or more affordable fluid head solution. Well — I've found this Benro system that is both. At $350 for the carbon legs, leveling base and head, it's a screaming deal. At 5 pounds, it's surprisingly light for a solid fluid head that goes to eye level without raising the center column. At the end I cover a question about using step up adaptor rings with filters.
Pickup my Pano eBbook.
ATS 011: Focus Blending, Focus Breathing, & Fall Color
Sometimes it's impossible to get a single sharp image from the foreground to the background even stopped down to a narrow aperture with a wide angle. That's where focus blending (or stacking) comes in. What is focus blending and how does focus breathing complicate using this technique? Watch and I'll demystify that and show how I overcome focus breathing in the process.
It's fall and the colors are changing here in Portland. I'll work through a focus blended fall color image to show how this technique works while answering some questions and giving a sneak peak of my new Syrp Genie II Linear motion controller.
ATS 010: Capturing a Lowlight Scene Handheld
Skeletons, candles, children on the street late at night -- no this isn't Halloween -- it’s Michoacan's Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration. In this video I'll take you on a tour of this incredible place and cultural event while I cover how I created one of my favorite images of moving subjects handheld in low light. Spoiler alert: I had to leave an incredible margarita melting away to capture it. From equipment choice and settings to having the right state of mind, I'll cover how I approached this scene.
I'm headed back to Michoacan with a very small group of photographers in late October for a special, all-inclusive workshop. A last minute cancellation has left a couple of spots open. If you're interested, more details are here.
ATS 009: Creating Mount Hood Panoramic Merger
Here's how I captured one of my favorite panoramic mergers ever. Getting lost in dark, snowy woods, nearly stepping off a corniced cliff, barely sleeping , scaring my wife to death --- yeah that all happened on this trip and it was worth it. In this video I'll share the story of this adventure with photos and time-lapse while I detail the research, planning, equipment and technique that I used to capture a crescent moon rising over Mount Hood in winter.
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ATS-008 How to Protect Your Tripod
No matter what type of tripod legs and head you carry (metal, carbon, fluid or ball) they take abuse on a daily basis. I just got a brand new "Dream" tripod to replace it's 14 year-old predecessor. I'm using the occasion to show you how I set up, protect, and maintain it. The same tips and tricks will apply to your tripod and I hope this helps you protect yours. (links are below the break)
My last tripod has been in oceans and on mountaintops all over the world with me for well over a decade, from Kilimanjaro and Denali to Patagonia and the Arctic. I want to make sure this new one lives just as long and happy a life
My next workshop is in Portland, Oregon!
Sept 21st-24th, 2018
ATS-007 See Inside My Mount Rainier Workshop
Join my good friend David Archer and I inside the national park to see what the workshop experience was like as well as some new tricks that I learned during it. We also address the continuing mirrorless vs dSLR debate and how we feel about Nikon's new Z-series cameras. Watch
My next workshop is in Portland, Oregon!
Sept 21st-24th, 2018
Approaching the Scene, ATS-006
How To Cull Your Images
Ever feel overwhelmed or bogged down when sorting and editing a big folder of images from a shoot? Here's some tips and tricks for importing and quickly culling a big memory card full of images down to just those essential few you want to actually edit while simultaneously marking images to delete later when you're sure you've gotten all you need out of the shoot. At the end of the video I answer some of your questions about print proofing and Milky Way photography.
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