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A surprising observation I made a couple years ago is that of all the places I’ve traveled Crows have been everywhere but the Arctic. This includes 13,000 foot mountains down to sub-sea level Death Valley. Not only are Crows everywhere its easy to determine that they’re a thinking animal with problem solving skills. I’ve seen them wait out people to get their trash and I’ve seen Crows gang up

In mid-April there was an excellent panel discussion “Copyright in a Hyper Digital Age” put on by ASMP discussing the changing landscape of Copyright law as it impacts photographers. A variety of discussions took place, but the most timely and interesting was about the Orphans Work legislation that is again being discussed in the US Congress and US Senate. No other legislation is likely to have as big of an impac

I decided to pull my camera bag from the back of my car today to put together a short video detailing what I carry in it. From the look of this video you’d think I’m a pack mule when it comes to what I carry in my camera bag. In actuality this is what I have with me when I head out, but not necessarily exactly what I’ll hike with. Granted there are times I’ll hike with all of this, but in many

A friend tipped me off to this video of Joe McNally photographing the changing of the light bulb at the top of the Empire State building. This was too cool not to pass on. Enjoy! [tags]New York, Empire State building, Manhattan, photo, photography, video, Joe McNally[/tags]

I think this may be my favorite April Fools Day prank this year. The BBC released a TV advertisement for a new documentary on a newly discovered colony of flying penguins. Here you have it… hosted by Terry Jones Behind the scenes making of the prank video… [tags]BBC, nature, documentary, prank, April Fools, penguin, television, video[/tags]

For over a week now I’ve been fighting off a really bad cold. A couple doctors appointments, a trip to the ER, lots of coughing, asthma attacks and walla! I’m back after a bit of being hibernation to recover. For those who’ve yet to get this bug do your best to avoid it. I’m still going to be shaking off the effects for a week or two I’m sure. So with all this drama I’ve fallen way