Mark Smith Photography

I never get tired of the Pacific Northwest. It is a wonderland filled with great photography opportunities and I will never pass up a chance to lead a Bald Eagle Photography workshop in this area. In the summer of 2019, I spent a couple of […]

I just made a huge investment into Sony. I purchased the Sony 600mmF4 GM OSS lens and I have to say, it is simply amazing. I’ll have some video soon but for now, here is what’s in the box. Enjoy!

Every once in a while you are presented with an awesome opportunity to photograph amazing wildlife with some even more amazing people. I had several of those opportunities in the summer of 2019. Towards the end of an amazingly successful trip to Grand Teton National […]

I get tons of requests for post processing videos but I tend to shy away from them for several reasons but I wanted to share a piece of software that I know is going to help a lot of people. The software is called Topaz […]

Grand Teton National Park is one of my favorite places in the United States so when Sony invited me to a special event that took place at this incredible location, I was more than eager to go! The good news is this. You get to […]

My good friends at B&H were nice enough to send me Sony’s new high megapixel monster, the A7R IV. I spent two days shooting this beast of a camera at one of my favorite locations. I put it through its paces and made a video […]

I have now owned and used the new Sony FE 200-600MM lens for about a week. I spent a few hours everyday out shooting with this lens and it fits perfectly into the Sony lens lineup. In my usual fashion, I’ve created a video from […]

I recently had the opportunity to spend some quality time with Sony’s new 200-600mm lens. I got to use the lens in the wonderful state of Oregon during Sony Kando 3.0. Needless to say, I was so impressed with the lens that I bought a […]

A long desolate dirt road might not seem like a good location for bird photography but this road leads to an amazing place filled with life. I’m so eager to try out my latest piece of gear that there was no time to run a […]

It’s not everyday that you walk up to your favorite Osprey photography location and find a White Morph Reddish Egret. Today was one of those days. In fact, I got to spend the entire morning with this amazing bird. Watch the video below. My what […]