Portrait Photography: 85mm (Canon f/1.8)

Hi Gang,
Today’s post is about a new portrait lens I’m using.  Its also about lighting.
The lens I’m using in these images is an 85mm f/1.8 (Nikon also makes this lens, but the reviews aren’t as strong as they are for the Canon).   Its amazingly sharp, gives GREAT control over depth of field, its fast (f/1.8) [...]

Landscape Photography: Lake Superior Memorial Day Weekend

Hi Gang,
Had a chance to get out this past weekend and do some landscape work.  Today’s post features some of the color images I want to share and the following post will feature a set of black and white images.
One of the issues I was reminded of this trip was JUST HOW DIFFICULT landscape photography [...]

Death Valley Mesquite Dunes Singh Ray Polarizer 3

This week I’ll finish with a couple more dunes images then move to some different images from Death Valley. Then we’ll take a break for the holidays and come back strong afterwards with some new images, new video content and a new….?????
Technical: Canon 1Ds MarkII, 24-70mm@43mm, ISO400, f/13, 1/200 sec hand held, singh ray [...]