ShareI guess it was bound to happen. After years of pounding the trails with a 30-lb camera pack on my back, several months ago I developed Plantar fasciitis. It’s now been 4 months of treatment including two rounds of cortisone injections, icing the affected area, anti-inflammatory meds and $550 worth of orthotics and I’m still in pain. I just left the podiatrist’s office today and will now begin a 6-week try at physical therapy before we go to DEFCON 6, which I understand to be a radical therapy involving beating …

ShareIf you are interested, here is a link to a feature travel article I wrote and photographed for The Baltimore Sun. It recaps a trip I took this summer with 5 of my closest friends. Be sure to check out the images that accompany the story.

I hope you enjoy the article. Comments always welcome.
Les
http://www.baltimoresun.com/travel/bs-tr-yukon-trip-20111201,0,410319.story
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ShareFolks:
I’m excited about the newest PR image I managed to snag while in Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada last month. What do you think?
Les
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ShareI’ve been a bit spotty blogging lately, but lots has been happening on my side of the screen. Perhaps even too much. Managing a photography business isn’t easy in today’s world, especially with the high degree of travel that landscape/nature/travel photography entails. While I’m away things tend to pile up.
I guess the biggest thing to report is that due to the addition of a Hasselblad system, in addition to my Nikon system, I have had to make major changes to my workflow. The biggest news is that I am in …

ShareWhat a bummer! Instead of leaving for Zion National Park for a glorious week of photography, I’m on the couch, alternating between a heating pad and ice packs, along with doses of muscle relaxants and pain killers. Yesterday evening I pulled my back out, but thought it was minor. When I woke up, ready to go to the airport, I couldn’t even walk. My back had spasmed and I was in pretty extreme pain.
Tonight I feel considerably better, so I’m in hopes that I’ll just be delayed a couple of …

ShareIf you wonder what the state of photography is and where it is headed, PhotoPlus was the place to be last week. The annual show was held at the Jacob Javits convention center in New York City. It was not just huge, it was mammoth. Vendors of every major camera brand had large, walk-through display booths. Accessory makers had tables or even, in some cases, display booths themselves. Thousands of people streamed through the show.

There were several developments that impressed me. Of course, digital photography will continue to evolve, much …

ShareTomorrow Bob (my assistant) and I are off to NYC for PhotoPlus, a 2-day photography convention. The Jacob Javits Conference Center will feature camera and equipment exhibitors from around the world.

Our main purpose for going is to spend time interacting with the Hasselblad people, since I’m still on the learning curve with my new H4D-50 camera and lenses. I have so far found the technicians and the sales people to be incredibly helpful and highly knowledgeable. I’m looking forward to some workshops and discussions with staff and hope to learn …

ShareI’m very excited to announce that the newest eBook in my The Photographer’s Eye series is now available. Titled People 1, the eBook takes you behind the scenes as I explain the how, why and technical challenges I faced for ten selected images I have taken of people over the years.

Following on the heels of my first eBook, Landscapes 1, the newest addition describes in detail the process I went through to take images of people that my editors and clients have loved. You’ll learn the dos and don’ts of …

ShareAfter a year of researching, testing, talking to colleagues and trying out various cameras, I finally made the plunge. Just last week I purchased a digital medium format system, after researching both the brand new Pentax 645D and the relatively new Hasselblad H4D system. The hammer came down on the Hasselblad (oh, God, please not literally!!).
If you’re a regular reader of my blog you know that I tried a large format (LF) system for nearly a year. I finally decided it was too cumbersome for my needs, of which mobility …

ShareAs you can see, I had a bit of surgery two days ago.

This is the second time I had to undergo this repair of the arthritic base of my left thumb. The first time, about 5 years ago, the repair did not work and it’s been getting steadily more painful as I balance my camera in my left hand. So I felt I had little choice. So I’m typing this with one finger, just to let you know that my communications this week will be a bit sparse.
I’ll have this …