New Canon Gear Announced

Well, Canon has announced some new photo gear of interest to nature photographers (and others too, of course!). The big DSLR announcement is the Canon EOS 60D, the replacement to the Canon EOS 50D. It now has HD video, an articulating LCD screen (could be interesting for Live View when doing low or awkward angle [...]

Canon 7D Setup and Menu Videos, courtesy of B & H Photo Video

The Canon 7D, judging from the high number of visits to the great 7D setup guide for birds in flight that my friend Doug Brown wrote for this blog a while back, has been hugely successful in terms of sales. I personally do not own the camera but I have had the chance to use [...]

Fine Art Hummingbirds

I had a chance to take a few (literally just a few!) hummingbird pictures yesterday and was able to get some that I really liked. When I was in grad school, I worked at the Missouri Botanical Garden and always enjoyed the botanical illustrations in many of the books in the fantastic library there. There [...]

Costa Rica Ecotourism Video

Hi to everyone. This blog is obviously about photography but those of you who know me will know that I did my doctoral research on the politics of ecotourism in Costa Rica. This very well-done video, which was produced by some of the biggest names in ecotourism research and practical application, is interesting for any [...]

Sensor Cleaning — How To Video Link

Sensor cleaning is looked upon with dread by many photographers. Check out this video from lensrentals.com to see that it’s not all that hard…

Featured Photographer — Michel Bury

I’m starting a new feature here on the Deep Green Blog — interviews with my photographer friends so we can learn some different approaches to photography and post-processing. For the first feature, I interview French-Canadian photographer Michel Bury.

On Location Images — Something Different

Though I’m a nature photographer at heart, I occasionally do an on-location shoot here in Costa Rica for tourist attractions and ecolodges. This is not my bread and butter but it helps pay the bills and offers a fresh challenge from a photographic standpoint — dealing with tricky lighting, varied subjects, time limits, and compositional [...]

Lightroom Tips

I love Lightroom. In fact, I use it for 90-95% of my digital workflow. For those of you who also love Lightroom or simply want to learn more about it, check out www.lightroomkillertips.com. I’m not affiliated with the site in any way but I visit it regularly for new tips and ideas. Matt over there [...]

May Advanced Digital Photography Tour

I still have a few spaces left for the May 15-25 Advanced Digital Photography tour that I’ll be leading here in Costa Rica. We’ll be doing lots of things to expand your creative photographic horizons, from long exposures at night to multiple flash for hummingbirds. Check the itinerary here if you’re interested: http://www.fotoverdetours.com/advanceddigitalphoto2010.html Cheers, Greg

Poison Frogs at Selva Verde Lodge

The other day I went to Selva Verde Lodge for a photoshoot. Andrea Holbrook, president of Holbrook Travel, which runs the lodge, had hired me to do some updated shots of the renovated rooms, new staff, and the buildings and grounds. I started out with sun and a nice breeze at home but as I [...]

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