Don DeHart, the late Alaskan hunting guide, once wrote a book entitled, “Oh, For the Life of a Guide.” It took just a short immersion into the guiding profession for me to fully appreciate the irony. At first blush, professional guiding seems a great way to make a living. You do th...
Continue readingI keep hearing that traditional photography has changed—digital is killing it—photography is on its way to hell in a hand basket. To those who feel this is the end of traditional photography, my question is: What is photography? For that matter, what is traditional photography?
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Introduction: In January 2005, a trip of a lifetime started for United Kingdom professional photographer George McCarthy, and his wife, Angie. Having arrived in Miami, Florida, they purchased an RV to live out of for the next year as they toured and photograph...
Continue readingIntroduction by Heather Forcier: United Kingdom photographer George McCarthy had the idea years ago to take an extended photo trip through the United States, and the idea never really went away. A pro wildlife and nature photographer since 1986, George travels frequently but to date had not ta...
Continue readingAn epilogue: 10,000 more: Since purchasing a digital SLR, my camera has passed 9999 for the second time, giving me even more experience in the field and time to reflect on thoughts and ideas that led me to that quick slide down the learning curve. As I mentioned in part one of these DSLR adven...
Continue readingA quick slide down the learning curve.
With all the advertising, hype, and testing, you would think that the last four years of digital SLR advancements have been the saving grace of photography. Everything is better with a fancy new digital camera at your side. So how could my own experienc...
Continue readingDear Canon: Please Produce My Perfect Digital Camera
I have now been fully converted to digital camera bodies for two years. Over those two years I have taken approximately 35,000 images with the Canon EOS 1D, EOS 1Ds, and EOS 10D and have traveled over 100,000 miles with them to photograph la...
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