Sony A7V for Bird Photography: Can It Actually Match the Sony Flagship?
Earlier this year I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time and capture some truly breathtaking Black Skimmer shots. I put the whole experience in a video.
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My New Book, The Spirit of Birds Has Taken Flight
Over the past 15 years or so I have had some simply amazing moments with birds. I have shared space with them in locations all over the world through blazing heat, freezing cold and the occasional comfortable blind. As I watched and learned more about their world one thing became quite clear. Their lives mirrored…
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Wildlife Videography with the Sony A1 II – Insane Anhinga Fish Flipping Technique
In this video I take you out to the swamp and show you just how amazing the mighty Anhinga is. You know, the snake bird! I use my Sony A1-2 Setup guide to capture all this glorious footage. Enjoy the slo motion wildlife videography!
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Sony A1 Mark 2 Complete Setup Guide for Still Photography and Video
The A1 MARK II can do it all! That power comes with complexity. Hundreds of settings. AF modes that interact in ways that aren’t obvious. Options hidden, buried three menus deep. Sorting through all of this takes time, a lot of guessing and loads of missed opportunities. I have watched this happen hundreds of times….
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Millions of Fish. One Insane Moment.
I think most people are familiar with the great Wildebeest migration in Africa but very few people know of the great fish migration that happens each year along the east coast of Florida. It’s simply called, “The Fall Mullet Run,” but there is nothing simple about it. Millions of fish make their way down the…
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Savage blue heron spears huge prehistoric fish. Can it swallow its meal?
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 into the shallows to spawn. The real question is this,…
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Sony 420MM F4? What???? 300mm 2.8 + 1.4 Tele – Beautiful Combo for bird and wildlife photography.
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 of my biggest concerns was how the lens performed with…
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Sony 300mm 2.8 Ridiculously Good or Just Ridiculous? Part 1 of 3. Wildlife Bird Photography
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.
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Pelican VS Osprey – Who Eats Who? Wildlife Photography with the Canon EOS R5 500f4 ll
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 bunch or hungry osprey. The action gets crazy! Check out…
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Insane Bald Eagle Feeding Frenzy
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 out the video below.
