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Borrowlenses.com has been kind enough to make available yet another free week long lens rental (excluding super telephoto lenses) to be given away here on the JMG-Galleries blog. In order to be eligible you need to: Contest open to only those in the US. Lens rentals cannot be shipped to other countries. The lucky winner will place the order online at BorrowLenses.com and they request a credit card number to cover the

This past weekend I was able to share an amazing sunrise with a client at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley National Park. The scene as it unfolded was amazing to witness. Clouds formed unexpectedly in the extremely dry air and were illuminated with an unreal pink color. I couldn’t imagine a better morning to photograph this iconic location.  Mother Nature never fails to impress! Photo Info: Canon 1Ds Mark III, 2

Last year I kicked off the first year of the Buying Prints from Your Favorite Photographers blog project and was really happy with the participation, but even happier with the prints I purchased. In the hope of building upon last years effort I’m kicking off another blog project with the exact same goals. For details see below… “It’s not a photo until its a print“ One of the unique aspec

The work of Guy Tal is the fifth of five prints to highlight from my Buying Prints from Your Favorite Photographers blog project (see results here). I’ve been long over due in posting the 5th installment of my print purchase highlight from last years blog project, but in this case I saved the best for last. Guy Tal is a photographer, author and friend whose work I’ve enjoyed for many years. He is one of t

As part of Blog Action Day ’09 (that’s today) I wanted to share 5 tips on how to leverage your passion for photography to document the impact of climate change and other environmental issues. One of the most powerful tools to make people aware of the change that is happening around us is to document our environment. Photographs are great motivators and in a world where Social Media has taken root it’

I recently received the following reader question from Michael S.: Does the size of the raw file make a difference as to the quality of the final image? Looking at nikon d90 with raw file size around 10mb, sony a550 about 14 and the canon t1i around 20. is larger better? I have googled this question for hours and cannot find an answer. My answer is after the jump, but if any of my readers have additional information

Photography, like all forms of art, is an incredibly difficult skill to master and adding to that difficulty is being able to find your own style or original perspective. As we make our individual journey, camera in hand, there is a time when we look to emulate or pay tribute to other photographers we respect and there is also a time when we break out to see and document the world as only we see it. The moment we fin

It hasn’t been that long since my first iPhone application post 11 Must Have Photography iPhone Applications, but there have been some great additions on iTunes as of late that you should definitely know about. onOne dSLR Camera Remote Professional Edition When I first heard about this application it definitely grabbed my attention. At the time it was only compatible with Canon cameras, but now it supports Niko