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Today the Mavericks Surf contest official waiting period begins. At any point between today, December 7th 2007, and March 31st 2008 the contest can be called. Once the contest is called invited surfers and surfing fans have 24 hours to travel from where ever they are worldwide to the event. This past Tuesday waves reached nearly 70 feet at Mavericks. With great surf so early in the season lets hope the contest happen

I was a hold out when it came to digital photography. I love shooting wide so the prevalence of magnification factors was very unappealing. When I could afford a digital SLR that enabled me to get into the realm of 20mm equivalent, even if not enabled with a full frame sensor, I broke from my film camera. That was in 2004 and since that time I’ve shot less than a dozen rolls of slide film versus tens of thousan

It’s been interesting to see how people are operating in relation to Copyright versus Creative Commons. Brian Auer ran a counter point article to my Creative Commons: A Great Concept, I’ll Never Employ article and received 500+ Diggs to my 10 Diggs. Yet according to my poll (see below) the vast majority (68%) of respondents are leveraging a straight “All Rights Reserved” license. Brian also ran an

This weekend I was back in Los Angeles visiting family and couldn’t help myself in going out to photograph some areas I’ve long been meaning to. Being a little rushed before flying out I forgot to bring freshly charged batteries for my camera. The result was a weekend of shooting on a batteries 1/3rd fully charged and another 1/8th fully charged. Yes, I’m embarrassed to say I fell prey to a variatio

For the past few years I’ve been making holiday cards with my photos for friends and family. This year I’m thinking about testing the water with two limited run products for the holidays: ———————————————————————————————

I dread falling into a techhead mode, but this Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III Hands-On Review video was too funny not to post. One thing that instantly made me chuckle is the porno music and the visual inspection of the sensor which by appearance clearly demonstrates how great it is. All teasing aside if you’ve never unwrapped a Canon 1 body this is a must see. I have to admit I found the comparison of the 1Ds Mark III

So what makes a viewer say, “Wow!” about a photograph? The answer… great lighting. Great lighting is the key to high impact photography. Even the most mundane subject will look amazing with the right lighting to paraphrase Gary Crabbe from my EXIF and Beyond interview. When is the lighting best you ask? For outdoor photography the lighting is best during the “Golden Hour” when the light

The terms “magic hour” and “golden hour” are often used interchangeably, both describing the same lighting phenomenon. The “golden hour” is the hour after sunrise and before sunset when the light is less intense and fittingly golden. At this time sunlight shines through the earths atmosphere at a more acute angle resulting in wavelengths of light, other than red, being scattered at