The Tony and Keith photographic workshop for both the northern and southern Oregon seacoast would not be complete without capturing some shots of one of the biggest and oldest industries in the Northwest: commercial fishing. Towns like Astoria, Garibaldi, Newport, Port Orford, and Brookings have large fleets with docks and shipyards to support them...
2022 Tony & Keith Photographic Workshops: Photographing Bridges The Tony and Keith photographic workshop to the Oregon north coast spends its first night under the shadow of the Astoria-Megler Bridge. The structure, opened in 1966, is over 4 miles long and connects Washington to Oregon over the Columbia River. Depending on conditions, wonderful...
The Tony and Keith Photographic Workshops really stress the necessity of a good tripod. Keith never had to be convinced because he owned a camera store and too often saw the results of the use of a bad flimsy one. On the other hand, Tony's first tripod and ball head were so-so at best, but he lived with them. Whenever Tony had saved enoug...
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These 5 images were bracketed 2/3's of a stop apart. So the image spans 3 1/3 stop total. Landscape photography offers many opportunities for High Dynamic Range shooting(HDR). The dynamic range of an image or a scene explained in rough terms is the light range between the brightest part of the shot and the darkest part of the...
In 2015 Tony Reynes and I teamed up in the photo educational world co-hosting photo walks and classes in the photo conference arena. Originally Tony took on the role of "Bird dog" or the guy who found and pointed out the shots, I took on the technical role, or how to set up your camera and other gear to record and maximize the shot that He or I poi...
The arrival of summer brings the airshow circuit back to life in the Upper Midwest. For many the sights and sounds of high performance jets and vintage war bird aircraft is enough to bring chills up and down their back. For others like me the chills are only half the thrill, nailing a few sharp close ups of these aircraft in flight is the payout of...
17° below zero was not your normal shooting environment. In fact most people might think going outside to take pictures under 32° might be a little insane. As for me, getting accused of being a little crazy is not unusual. I enjoy taking pictures in places many people won't go to or at the time of day where people will not venture out and if that i...
I finally was able to dedicate some time to shooting my new Lumix G9. Now I haven't had to learn a new camera since 2004. I'm not making excuses for the Lumix G9, or me but when your muscle memory has barely been challenged for that long there is a serious learning curve. Even in my days at the camera store, where I was demonstrating 4 or 5 differe...
Invoking personal changes. Every once in a while it is good to step out of your comfort zone and test your mettle. That's my opinion anyway, as long as it doesn't affect my business. Well I took a bit of a leap this past weekend and went on a photo shoot with out my camera gear. Yep!!! That's right, I left my full frame DSLR(s) and my bag fu...
Winter photography involves shooting in the cold weather which is usually a fascinating experience. Winter transforms different locations and landscapes into dream-like scenes which become somehow different from any other time of the year. The challenge of winter photography is the cold temperatures which makes most photographers shy away from leav...