Mark Smith Photography

Great blue herons might be elegant looking birds but behind that beauty is a savage hunter who loves to skewer a meal and constantly dunk it in the water. Its catch in this instance is a plainfin midshipman, a type of sculpin that has come […]

When Sony let me borrow the 300MM 2.8 GM lens, I wasn’t too sure where it would fit in. Within a few days of use, I totally understood. It is tiny, lightweight, extremely sharp and renders amazing images and video but I wanted to see […]

Sony was nice enough to lend me their new Sony 300MM 2.8 lens for a week. During that week I used the lens on a variety of birds testing not only the clarity, contrast and image detail but also its bird in flight capabilities. One […]

Sony was gracious enough to let me use their new 300MM 2.8 lens. I have a series of videos planned using this little beauty of a lens. This is part 1 of 3. Enjoy.

After two years in the wild, I decided to give the Canon EOS R5 another go and I loved every second of the time I spent with it. I was lucky enough to capture and document an amazing encounter between a pesky pelican and a […]

Florida provides some excellent photography opportunities. There certainly is no shortage of subjects in the sunshine state. In this video, I take the SONY A7IV and the Sony 100-400mm lens for an early morning spin on the golden sand beaches along Florida’s east coast in […]

With cameras getting faster and giving us the ability to capture 30,60, 120 and more frames per second, it is very easy to get overwhelmed with too many images. I don’t know about you but I’d prefer to be outside taking more shots as opposed […]

In the summer of 2022 I was invited to a remote island on the west coast of Canada to bear witness to a bald eagle feeding frenzy unlike anything I have ever witnessed. It was an incredible experience and you can experience it too. Check […]

I love sharing my content with everyone but I will admit, I don’t like when it gets stolen and published commercially. Watch the video below to see what I’m talking about. Thanks to everyone for the help!

Do you know want to know the answer to the question I get asked 2-3 times a day? Whether it be on social media, meeting someone for the first time at a photography workshop, at a book signing or photographing birds on my own. “How […]