Fall Photo Safari Announced Join Jason & Rick in Colorado Oct. 1-5 to photograph landscapes and wildlife in and around Rocky Mountain National Park! This is a photo safari we’ve done in the past, and it’s one of our favorite places to shoot. Registration is discounted if you book by April 30th! Photographer Spotlight: Vivian … Continue reading The Image Doctors #181 →

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RIP DPReview Earlier this week we learned that the massive photography review and discussion site, DPReview, will be shut down April 10th. We were quite surprised by this news, and we’ll share our thoughts on the announcement. Photographer Spotlight: Margaret Bourke-White This week, we’re continuing to feature photographers who made significant contributions to the field, … Continue reading The Image Doctors #180 →

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Photographer Spotlight: William Eggleston This week, we’re starting a new series where we take a look at influential photographers. For our first segment, we’ve chosen to highlight the works of William Eggleston (American, b. 1939). Eggleston’s unique approach to “snapshot” style, color photographs made his work stand out in the early 1970s. Learn more at … Continue reading The Image Doctors #179 →

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Is a Full-Spectrum Infrared Camera Right for You? This week, we’re back from our travels and we’re discussing full-spectrum infrared conversions. A full-spectrum conversion allows you to use your camera across a variety of infrared wavelengths, plus as a standard visible-light camera. There are pros and cons of these conversions, but we are very happy … Continue reading The Image Doctors #178 →

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Happy birthday, Ansel Adams! This week, we commemorate Ansel Adams’ 121st birthday by taking a look at how his approach to photography still inspires us as photographers. We’ll also discuss modern techniques for black and white processing of digital images, and offer up our tips and tricks for getting better monochrome shots.

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A timeless classic: Nikon’s 105mm f/2.5 Nikkor Today’s mirrorless cameras make it really easy to use older, manual focus lenses. The ability to use focus peaking and zoom using the electronic viewfinder can give new life to older lens designs that may have been challenging to use with traditional DSLRs. This week, we take a … Continue reading The Image Doctors #176 →

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New products from Nikon, Olympus, and Canon; Budget portrait lenses This week, we got a raft of product announcements: We then took to answer a listener question about using manual focus portrait (and other) lenses on mirrorless cameras via a mount adapter. There are quite a few very good manual focus lenses that are inexpensive, … Continue reading The Image Doctors #175 →

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How to Choose a Tripod Tripods, our three-legged friends… we sometimes have a love-hate relationship with them because we hate to carry them around in the field. Nevertheless, the current range of tripods offer incredible stability and great value. Carbon-fiber tripods are no longer reserved for the wealthy enthusiast; you can get some very good … Continue reading The Image Doctors #174 →

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Bird Photography in California This week, we’re in San Diego, California where Jason has just wrapped up a bird photography workshop. This was a great opportunity for us to continue to explore camera settings for bird & action photography, and we both changed up our approaches to image review and triage.

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Tips for getting started in photography As long-time photographers, we’re often asked by friends and family what kind of camera to get for a beginner. With the rise in smartphone camera quality, that question isn’t as easy to answer as it used to be. If you, or someone you know is considering making photography your … Continue reading The Image Doctors #172 →

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