The above isn’t a picture I’d normally share outside of instagram. Seen from a distance at web resolution, it looks like a real nice photo. Seen properly, it’s obvious that the camera hit focus on the back leg rather than the face. Great pose, great light, bad photo. This photo isn’t focused on what’s important.Continue reading “Focus on What Matters”
Tag Archives: Artiodactyla
The First Shot is Always the Best
Buy a print. If you’ve been shooting photos for even a brief amount of time, you probably remember the joy of seeing your first shot. Maybe you got a new DSLR or new lens and you remember the joy of the first shot you took with that new bit of equipment. Maybe you met aContinue reading “The First Shot is Always the Best”
OVER 9000!
What was the power level involved in this shot? Well it wasn’t just over 9000, it was over 400% of that. This shot is brought to you by an early morning volunteer shift and the Z6’s ability to shoot incredibly usable images at ISO 40,000. I’ll do something I don’t normally do: here’s the fullContinue reading “OVER 9000!”
Morning Light
Part of my volunteer duties at the Denver Zoo is showing up at the crack of dawn twice a month to help prepare animal diets. I always have my camera on me, just in case I want to do some shooting afterward, but this time I couldn’t help but pull it out on my wayContinue reading “Morning Light”
This one’s For Cliff
This is Cliff. You unfortunately can’t see him in person anymore, but he was a handsome old man who really brought some majesty to the concrete forms of Denver Zoo’s Sheep Mountain. Back when I got out of high school, I supported myself though photography and a jazz trio I ran. I did a fairContinue reading “This one’s For Cliff”
It’s a Frame Job
Buy a Print. Was driving through Arsenal, late evening, very overcast. Dark enough that we’re looking at f/2.8 at 8000 iso. I catch mama and bebe to my right through the passenger window. I turn around to get them on the good side. Mama knows what’s up; some looky-loo with a big lens wanting toContinue reading “It’s a Frame Job”
A Day That Shouldn’t Have Been
Buy a print here. My trip to Arsenal today had no right to be as good as it was. I had planned on an early trip to the Denver Zoo, but a late night at work left me sleeping in until 1400. Woke up, had some breakfast, and decided to go to the Rocky MountainContinue reading “A Day That Shouldn’t Have Been”
Hip to be Square
Buy a print here. This was luck and not luck. Luck was baby jumping out of the grass whilst I was making pictures of mom. Not luck was getting one sharp shot in the 3/4 of a second I had before baby ran behind my car. 8 fps on the d700 with the battery grip,Continue reading “Hip to be Square”
Wrastlin’
Franklin and Marshal have a special place in my heart. Part of being a volunteer at the Denver Zoo is getting a tiny bit of insider information. These were the first animals that I got to know about before the public learned about them. They also have a special place in my heart because they’reContinue reading “Wrastlin’”
Deer diary
Buy a print here. Deer diary,I definitely can’t get enough of this place. Seriously still can’t believe it’s only 10 minutes from home.
The Zootographer 