by Michael DeYoung | Apr 24, 2012 | Gear Review
I got a chance to take my new Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT’s on a shoot. The location was Music Meadows Ranch near Westcliffe, Colorado. I was there to create some images to promote a new workshop I am teaching this fall. The workshop is “Western Landscape and...
by Michael DeYoung | Apr 6, 2012 | Tips & Techniques
On a recent mountain biking shoot we stopped at one of my favorite overlooks of the Rio Grande Gorge. The sun was below a nearby ridge so all my foreground and most of the canyon was in deep shadow. The low angle sun about 10 minutes from sunset was basking the west...
by Michael DeYoung | Mar 4, 2012 | Gear Review
There’s been a lot of buzz on web groups about the new 5DMarkIII but almost nothing about a new speedlite – the 600EX-RT. I am far more jazzed about a new and more capable flash than another camera body. Why? Having a few more megapixels and frames per second...
by Michael DeYoung | Feb 8, 2011 | Tips & Techniques
On every shoot, whether it is landscapes for a personal project or a high pressure adventure assignment, there is a group of small “essential photo accessories” that you need to have regardless of what bodies and lenses you’re using. I think the best “carrying case”...