David duChemin is a world & humanitarian photographer, best-selling author. David recently took a fall during one of his workshops in Italy, and is still recovering from his ordeal. With me finding out last week that I have a brain tumour we find ourselves with a...
A Reminder of Our Transience
OK, so this is a difficult thing to talk about, but I'm not one for hiding things away, however personal, so here we go. About six weeks ago, on the evening of the day we'd reached Patagonia, after a few days at sea from the Falkland Islands in the last stage of my...
Episode 289 : A Chat with Ibarionex Perello
Today, I'm proud and honored to be joined by fellow Podcaster and friend, not to mention just amazing photographer, Ibarionex Perello. Ibarionex is a photographer, writer, educator and filmmaker with over 20 years of experience in the photographic industry. He's been...
Podcast 288 : Camera Straps and Safety Measures
For a while now, I've been using the Black Rapid R-Strap and Double Strap when using two cameras, but during my recent Antarctica expedition, the camera body dropped off the lens a few times. Had this happened while I was walking down the gangplank to the Zodiac, it...
Podcast 287 : Antarctica, the Falklands and Patagonia Slideshow (Video)
Here's a video slideshow of most of the photographs from my recent Photography Expedition to Antarctica, the Falkland Islands and Patagonia. I will be doing a series of Podcast episodes on the expedition in the coming weeks, but I thought I'd get the photos into the...
Podcast 286 : Camera Review – Canon PowerShot S95
About six months ago, I decided that it was time to make my compact digital camera really compact. I traded in my Canon PowerShot G10 for a PowerShot S95. The G10 was a nice camera, but it's not really all that compact. It certainly isn't small enough to just stuff in...
Some Cool New Profoto and Westcott Light Modifiers
I love it when a package arrives from B&H, and today was no exception. When ordering some 24" rolls of Hahnemuhle Photo Rag a few days ago, I checked my Wish list, and found that the Westcott 7' Octabank was down in price by a couple of hundred dollars, and I have...
Podcast 285 : Keeping Your Camera Gear Dry with SealLine Dry Bags
Following on from the last video, here's a look at how I kept my camera bag, and of course that means my camera equipment, dry during our Zodiac rides in the Antarctic recently. You often take waves over the side of the Zodiac, and even just the spray from waves can...
Podcast 284 : Keeping Dry in Antarctica with Neos Adventurer Overshoes
This is a short video to show you how I used my Neos Adventurer All Season Overshoes from Outdoor Photo Gear, to keep my legs and feet warm and dry while in Antarctica and the Falkland Islands recently. It's not an incredibly difficult subject but it took me a few...
Podcast 283 : Blakiston’s Fish Owl Feeding (Video)
Here's a short video that I shot on Feb 1, 2011, of a Blakiston's Fish Owl Feeding in the town of Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan. The pool from which the owl feeds is rocks covered with snow. The rocks were put there by locals, and they drop fish into the pool each night to...
Podcast 282 : Snow Monkey and Hokkaido Tour 2011 # 3
From February 13 to 24, 2011, I held my fourth Winter Wonderland Workshop, and after shooting the Snow Monkeys in Nagano for three days, which we looked at in Episode 279, we jumped onto a plane and made our way up to Hokkaido for a further nine days. Last week in...
Podcast 281 : Snow Monkey and Hokkaido Tour 2011 # 2
From February 13 to 24, 2011, I held my fourth Winter Wonderland Workshop, and after shooting the Snow Monkeys in Nagano for three days, which we looked at in Episode 279, we jumped onto a plane and made our way up to the northern island of Japan, Hokkaido. We were...