If You like Bears this looks like a Great Trip
Gary Detonnancourt
An overview of the experience of photographing bears at Lake Clark National Park
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Top 10 Photography Workshop Destinations for 2016
Gary Detonnancourt
Top 10 Photography Workshop Destinations for 2016
For those who love travel photography, heading to workshop destinations that also offer stunning scenery and ample opportunities to take exceptional photographs makes for a wonderful adventure. The good news is that for 2016 there are ten photography hotspots that you can make travel plans and have a great time discovering new worlds.
Cuba with Art Wolfe
In many ways, Cuba is still untouched and offers an incredible opportunity to visit this island nation which is just now opening up to American tourists. See Old Havana, Vinales Valley, and many other destinations. http://www.jimclinephototours.com/
Ethiopia Easter Festivities Photo Tour
Visit remarkable Ethiopia and become exposed to a clash of cultures that makes for one of the best photography workshops in the spring. Nomad Photo Tours
Europe
Travel to several exotic locations in Europe includes off the beaten path destinations in France and discover the many excellent travel photography opportunities that await you.
Iceland Aurora Photo Tours
Iceland in the winter is a remarkable sight thanks to black sand beaches, waterfalls, and so much more. Winter landscape photography workshops are available for individuals and small groups through icelandaurora.com.
Mexico City – Land of the Aztecs
Find the rich beauty of Mexico City and venture out to many of the colorful buildings, structures, and giant Toltec stone warriors that dot the countryside. Santa Fe Workshops
New Orleans w/National Geographic
This remarkable city is an excellent destination for travel photographers to capture the unique combination of modern living amid old French architecture. This is a great place for a quick visit in one of the best photography hotspots.
Central Oregon One-on-One Tours w/ccophoto.com
The sights of central Oregon are unique and offer plenty of great opportunities to brush up on your photographic skills. You get personal, one-on-one training in an incredible environment.
Santa Fe Workshop w/National Geographic
Led by a National Geographic photographer, you can visit the wonders that surround the Santa Fe area in this five day trip that is scheduled for three times this year. Find out why famous photographers like Ansel Adams were drawn to this unique part of the world.
West Virginia Nature Image Photography w/Bill and Linda Lane
Cover the back country of West Virginia with this remarkable workshop that offers nature at its most stunning. Contact lanephotoworkshops.com for more information about their three to five-day field workshop destinations.
Yosemite National Park
You can enjoy one of the best workshop destinations that capture El Capitan, Half Dome, and other attractions in this marvelous US national park in all its glory. You can sign to see the many waterfalls and even rent a bicycle for this workshop by Ken Rockwell.
In addition, you can check out a number of different travel photography destinations that are well suited to individuals and groups that offer great photography hotspots. For those who want to get away and discover whole new worlds while expanding their photographic skills, these workshop destinations are for you.
First Look at the Retro Olympus Pen F
Gary Detonnancourt
The Olympus Pen F was a popular film camera in 1963 and now it's back again. It doesn't replace the E-P5 but adds to their high-end line. It's sort of OM-D like and it has a new 20 MP fours thirds sensor wich is probably the same as the Panasonic Lumix GX8.
Olympus PEN-F features:
- 20MP Live MOS Four Thirds format sensor
- 5-axis image stabilization with automatic panning detection
- 2.36 million dot OLED electronic viewfinder
- Up to 10 fps continuous shooting (20 fps with electronic shutter)
- Highly customizable interface, twin controls
- Fully articulating 1.04 million dot, 3" LCD touchscreen
- 50MP High-res Shot mode
- 1/8000 sec top mechanical shutter speed (1/16,000 with e-shutter)
- 1080/60p video recording
- $1199
Uploaded by dpreview com on 2016-01-25.
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What's New with the Fuji X-Pro2
Gary Detonnancourt
Fuji has just released a beta of the new Fuji X-Pro2 to replace the X-Pro1 APS-C camera. Fuji has made some important updates to the sensor taking it from 16 MP to 24 MP with their new quad-core X-Trans CMOS sensor. They have improved the auto-focus system and added 273 autofocus points and a nice joystick for changing focus points like you would see on a Canon DSLR. They have also improved the back screen and the viewfinder, which people are now saying refreshes fast enough not to have any lag, which is a nice improvement. They have also added Acros black and white film simulations which will produce really nice B&W images for jpg shooters.
Why would you buy this camera? Fuji's are known for great image quality, color rendition, and they have some great lenses. It's also very compact and retro styled. If you like the old rangefinder look or if you prefer to use dials and buttons over menus, this camera might be right for you.
Even though this camera shoots a respectable 1080p/60 fps video, this is a still shooters camera, there are better options on the market for video shooters.
Here are the basics specifications:
Fujifilm X-Pro2 features
- 24MP X-Trans CMOS III sensor (APS-C)
- 273 Autofocus points (169 of which PDAF)
- 2.36M-dot OLED/Optical hybrid viewfinder with pop-up picture-in-picture tab
- ISO 200-12800, expandable to 100-51200 with Raw shooting at all settings
- 1/8000 sec maximum shutter speed and 1/250 sec flash sync
- Acros black and white film simulation
- Grain Effect option for JPEGs
- 1080/60p movies
- $1699.95
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Nikon Releases a 360 VR Action Camera
Gary Detonnancourt
This camera looks really cool. It's an action camera that can show you a 350 field of view. Watch some of the sample videos and make sure you use the arrows in the upper left hand corner to look around during the video. I'm not all that active but even I want one.
This movie was recorded and edited using a Nikon action camera KeyMission 360, which is currently under development for pre-announcement at CES in 2016.
This movie was recorded and edited using a Nikon action camera KeyMission 360, which is currently under development for pre-announcement at CES in 2016.
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Nikon Unveils 2 New DSLR's and a Speedlight at CES 2016
Gary Detonnancourt
Nikon Unveils the Nikon D5 and the D500. The D5 is a pro level camera with a fast 12-14 fps shooting speed, tons of AF points (153 AF points, 99 of which are cross-type sensors), and up to ISO 3 million (3,280,000) and it also shoots 4k video. The new D500 is a new fx sensor camera that shoots 4k video. Check out the full story here:
http://imaging.nikon.com/library/news-archives/2016/news160106.htm
The SB-5000 will be Nikon's first radio controlled speedlight - $599
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A Behind the Scenes Look at My Photography Courses
Gary Detonnancourt
Free Live Webinar: Improving Landscape Compositions with Marion Faria
Gary Detonnancourt
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Adam Savage's Tintype Portrait
Gary Detonnancourt
Meet photographer Michael Shindler, who creates one-of-a-kind tintype photographs using a 19th century wet plate collodion process. At our recent live show, Michael transformed an entire theater into a dark room to photograph and develop a large-format portrait of Adam Savage. The process is beautiful and mesmerizing!
