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The Northern Lights Have Seen Queer Sights…

There are strange things done in the midnight sun, by the men who moil for gold. The arctic trails have their secret tales that could make your blood run cold.
The Northern Lights have seen queer sights, but the queerest they ever did see, was that night on the marge of Lake LeBarge, I cremated Sam McGee!

A Puff Of Life

Yes, it’s been a while, but decided with 2022, it’s time to breathe a puff of life into the blog. In recent years, I’d been more inclined toward the written word over the photographic story-telling. That journey has led me…

Hardware review: Sigma 8-16

As an avid proponent of doing due diligence, I’ve always encouraged people to do research on lenses before buying them.  Whether it means renting them from vendors like LensProToGo, Rent Glass, or through vendor relationships, it’s a great way to…

Birds Galore

For the last month or so, I’ve been sitting on the back porch looking at and listening to the songbirds of the morning fly about the trees in our abode here east of Nashville, TN. Finally decided to get a…

Skin in the Game

Whenever photogs start conversations with me about their gear, their studios, their work, or any other such thing, I get a lot of questions. Once we get the normal fun stuff out of the way (new gear, new shoot locations,…

The Exposure Triangle – A Primer

When we look at the elements of composition, the three that everyone constantly considers are shutter speed, aperture settings and ISO (or ASA in the old days of film). These three factors make up something called the Exposure Triangle. Readers of…

The Smart Phone Versus the SLR?

Lately the internet has been teeming with people fixating on the latest iPhone release, and questions are coming through the woodwork asking the same question over and over. Everyone thinks they are coming up with an original question, just because…

Pano Testing

A while back I was doing some testing of new software for displaying larger panoramas on the blog here and came across a site called Momento360. Has anyone heard of this company before? I bet there are some truly spectacular photographs on display there but I’ve not uploaded enough to try to start finding others and sharing! So, in a lame attempt to see how well my photographs convert and then show up when shared, I thought I’d give it a try:

[momentopress url=https://momento360.com/e/u/88c5e3d1c5804283bd1558b79dddcde1?utm_campaign=embed&utm_source=other&utm_medium=other]

This photograph was taken a few years ago when I was down in Panama going from the one side to the other, and we hit the lake at the top between the locks. It was an amazing trip, but am not sure the photograph really conveys it well enough. That said, what I am more interested in right now is the user experience.

Did this work for you when you viewed it? If so, did you view it on a desktop computer, a laptop, or a mobile device? Were you in an app or on a browser like Safari, Chrome, or other? Let me know your experiences here…

Additionally, do you have any particular software programs that you have used for photographing and then sharing panorama photos in your social media streams? What has worked (or conversely, not worked) for you?

Finding Clients…

I don’t often use the blog as a venue for talking about photography business, but recently many colleagues have asked me about how I approach things here, in terms of finding sponsors for contests, giveaways, workshops, and all the content…