Hey guys! I spent some time this weekend and got some new pages of content up in my Wildlife, Landscape and Field Report sections in hopes that it will help others with their photography. All of what I talk about is going to cover the upcoming Fall weather and photo opportunities. The old pages aren’t gone, they have just moved to the bottom where you can still access them by clicking on them.
The Teasers
New Gallery Images Are Up
Hey folks! I just updated my web Gallery to include a whole bunch of images for Summer time in the Rockies. If you need a little inspiration this week, then you might want to check it out.
New Additions to the Gallery!
Since it’s Spring time, it seemed to be a good time to update my online Gallery, powered by Adobe Portfolio. It’s a great tool and a great resource for anyone wanting to build there own gallery and for all those CC members out there it’s free. Here is the link to the new galleries. Enjoy.
The D850 is Here!
The Nikon D850 is here and available for pre-order! Click here to get yours.

Here are some specs on the new camera body. To read more about the D850 straight from Nikon click here.
Effective Pixels (Megapixels)
45.7 million
Sensor Size
35.9 mm x 23.9 mm
Image Sensor Format
FX
Storage Media
1 XQD card and 1 Secure Digital (SD) card
SD
SDHC (UHS-II compliant)
SDXC (UHS-II compliant)
XQD Type Memory
Top Continuous Shooting Speed at full resolution
7 frames per second
ISO Sensitivity
ISO 64 – 25,600
Can also be set to approx. 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, or 1 EV (ISO 32 equivalent) below ISO 64 or to approx. 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 1, or 2 EV (ISO 102,400 equivalent) above ISO 25,600; auto ISO sensitivity control available
Movie
4K UHD 3,840×2,160 / 30 fps
4K UHD 3,840×2,160 / 25 fps
4K UHD 3,840×2,160 / 24 fps
Full HD 1,920×1,080 / 60 fps
Full HD 1,920×1,080 / 50 fps
Full HD 1,920×1,080 / 30 fps
Full HD 1,920×1,080 / 25 fps
Full HD 1,920×1,080 / 24 fps
HD 1,280×720 / 60 fps
HD 1,280×720 / 50 fps
Slow-motion: Full HD 1,920×1,080 30p (x4)
Slow-motion: Full HD 1,920×1,080 25p (x4)
Slow-motion: Full HD 1,920×1,080 24p (x5)
Actual frame rates for 60p, 50p, 30p, 25p, and 24p are 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25, and 23.976 fps respectively
Quality selection available at all sizes except 3,840 x 2,160 (when quality is fixed at high) and 1,920 x 1,080 slow-motion (when quality is fixed at normal)
Monitor Size
3.2 in. diagonal
Monitor Type
Tilting TFT touch-sensitive LCD

Photoshop World is Around the Corner!
Photoshop World 2017 is just five days away! I can’t believe how fast the year has gone by since Vegas but I can’t wait to be back in Orlando teaching. It’s been so long since Orlando I don’t even have a recent photo from there. But that’s okay, with great classes and lots of great people I have no doubt this year will lead to a few. I’m honored to be teaching two classes this year so be sure to check out the Kelby Theater Thursday and Friday.

Just Keep Pushing
The one piece of advice that Dad taught me that always stuck, keep pushing. It’s not a very complicated thought but it is certainly one that means a lot. In this business it’s either do or don’t and there really isn’t much middle room. I bring it up today since I recently got my third cover for the year, last month with Trade a Plane’s special Aero Friedrichshafen tradeshow cover. It features the Texas Flying Legends Museum P-51D Mustang “Dakota Kid II,” P-40K Warhawk and Supermarine Spitfire MkIX. It’s not up on the website because it’s a show only copy. Simple lesson to be learned, if I can do it then so can you. Just gotta keep pushing.

Actions are your Friend
There are many ways to speedup your workflow when it comes to post processing. One of my favorite ways is to use actions. In Photoshop, actions can be used to combine multiple steps into a single click of the button. These can be anything from applying a group of presets, a filter or different save settings. A good way to know if it’s worth making an action is if you are doing the same thing over and over again. Great example, every photograph I blog needs to go through a series of steps including bit size, color profile, image resize, watermark and saving. It takes way less time to make an action for all of that instead of doing it every time by hand.

Now I brought up actions because I recently had to redo mine. There’s one step inside each of my actions that I have to redo every year because of the date. Well that’s a lot of actions to completely rewrite. Well here is a handy shortcut. If you’re not in button mode then you can see all the steps in each action. Remove the section that needs to be replaced in one action and then highlight that new step. Go up to the top and click on the top right corner and a drop down menu comes down and in it it says duplicate. It will then duplicate that highlighted step or steps. Basically you can duplicate any step in any action and then move that step into another action. Once you duplicate, you delete the old step that the new step is replacing. This is a really simple and fast way to replace steps in actions without redoing the whole action.
B&H Photography Deals
B&H has some huge savings starting right now on a variety of different camera gear. The savings don’t last long as the offers expire Wednesday at 11:59pm EST. If you got new gear over Christmas but need that one other little item to augment your camera bag or if you got a gift card then you might want to check out whats going on at B&H.

Black Friday Deals on Apple Products
There are a lot of great deals going on still for Black Friday at B&H and not just camera equipment. There are a lot of good deals on apple products but time is running out on some of them. Click here to see what the options are.
