Zhenjiang Dingmao river wetland protection area Zhenjiang Dingmao River Wetland Protection Area… what a long name for such a peaceful area of the city. Finding some open space that is relatively free of pollution in China is really hard, but I have...
Hangzhou China 2016 Hangzhou is one of the most famous tourist cities in all of China, and thousands of people rush there each day, trying to take in the sights and have some fun on the lake. Hangzhou is really close to Nanjing, so I can take the...
Concert Photography Lesson 6 In the last lesson, we looked at how to shoot the drummer. Today, we will be looking at three different shots that are all related to each other: the hair flick, the jump, and the stomp. All three shots share the same...
Tamron 15-30mm f2.8 Di VC USD Review At the start of the 2015 music season in China, my Nikon 16-35mm F4 lens fell apart on the second day of a festival. This left me in big trouble for the festival, so I decided to incorporate my Fujifilm XT1 with the...
Concert Photography Lesson 5 Welcome to the 5 lessons in concert photography! Today, we are going to look at the almighty drummer. Shooting the drummer is one of the most overlooked shots in music photography, and we will explore the how and why of...
Shan Tang Jie Suzhou China My last trip to Suzhou for a while, and this time I was going to visit Shan Tang Jie for the evening. Shan Tang Jie is one of the biggest tourist attractions in Suzhou, and during the evening it becomes super crowded with...
Mulan Chinese Theater I got to shoot another theater show last night, and I have gotten used to shooting them now. A theater show is very different from shooting a concert, and I have simplified my gear a lot when shooting a theater show. I basically...
Shooting film February 2016 I still love shooting film, and I try to shoot a little each month, but getting film developed in China is really difficult. I am almost at the point of buying all the equipment and starting to develop the film myself....
Tiger Hill Suzhou China Suzhou is one of the tourist hot spots in all of China and one of my favorite cities to walk around in and have some fun. Today, I went to visit Tiger Hill with its extremely old leaning pagoda, AKA the Chinese Leaning Tower of...
Concert Photography Lesson 4 In the previous weeks, we looked at the mechanics of shooting a show. Today, we will go through the entire workflow for a single day’s shoot. A shoot day always begins a day or two before the actual shoot. This...
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