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Bald Eagle, Yellowstone National Park

February 19, 2014 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

Yellowstone Wildlife

Here’s a recent shot from this winter of a Bald Eagle keeping watch over the Gardner River near Mammoth in Yellowstone National Park. This shot was a somewhat challenging one for lighting as the bright highlights on the eagle from the late morning sun were prone to being blown out and overexposed. This was an image where closely watching your histogram and constantly adjusting the exposure to preserve the highlight details were critical.

With the improved dynamic range in modern sensors, these sort of shots become possible to better balance and bring out more details in the shadows areas than in less capable sensors in past years. This was a shot that I would usually pass up  because of the lighting, but I was pleasantly surprised and glad I decided to reconsider.

Canon 1DX 500mm f4L IS, 1.4X  f11  1/4000  ISO1600

 

 

Custom Shooting Modes

September 8, 2013 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

Canon 5d mkIII mode dial
Last month I was hiking up Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park when I decided to stop and set up a landscape shot featuring the Olympic Mountains and some wildflowers dotting the hillside.

I had everything set up, my tripod adjusted, and was taking a few shots, when out of the corner of my eye a blacktail doe wandered into my frame. I had literally two seconds to adjust my camera settings in order to freeze the deer’s movement in-frame and include her in my shot.

Not an easy thing to do and most of the time when things like this happen we end up missing the shot while fumbling frantically to switch our settings. However luck and preparation were on my side this morning as I was using my Custom Shooting Mode, C1, on my Canon 5D mkIII for my landscape settings.

For those who aren’t familiar with using the Custom Shooting Modes on your camera, they allow us to preset or program custom settings into a designated mode that can be quickly accessed on the camera. Canon’s 5D mkIII has three custom shooting modes located for easy access, C1,C2,C3. Each mode is programmable and located on the mode dial. You can program any settings you like into each mode, so when you switch to that mode, your settings are ready to go and you’re not left navigating endlessly while you miss that once in a lifetime shot.

On my camera for example I have C1 set up for shooting landscapes. I have programmed all the usual settings we start out with when shooting static scenes.

C1: Aperture Priority, ISO 100, f11, mirror lockup, 2 second timer.

This makes it quick and simple when I want to shoot a landscape and especially when I need to switch back and forth between shooting situations.

Blacktail deer Hurricane Ridge, Washington
So for my blacktail deer on Hurricane Ridge, I was shooting my landscape in C1 and when the deer entered the frame, I quickly switched my mode dial to AV mode which was already set for action at ISO 800 f5.6 with no mirror lockup or 2 second timer. I was able to fire off two frames and get one with the deer right in the middle.

Now by itself my landscape shot was not a very interesting one nor one that I really cared for. But with the deer in the foreground it made the shot more interesting and added a little something extra. This was the absolute perfect example of the convenience of the Custom Shooting Modes and also an example of how they can help us capture shots that we ordinarily may have missed.

Color Management

March 7, 2008 by Jason Savage 1 Comment

Montana Photo Tutorial

Confused about the whole color management issue? Ready to pull your hair out because your prints look about as far off as they can from what you see on your monitor……

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Sharpening 101

February 12, 2008 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

Montana Photo Tutorial

What the hell is this Unsharp Mask thingy?…

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HDR Baby!

February 7, 2008 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

Montana Capitol

Well it’s about time we hit the HDR. If you think we’re talking about some sort of Hardcore Digital Revolution, read on……

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Work-Flow Part III

February 4, 2008 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

Big Horn Sheep Screenshot

Well this is the last part of our three part series on work-flow and I hope you are finding some helpful ideas to keep that flow going….

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Work-Flow Part II

February 3, 2008 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

Adobe Camera Raw

Now it’s time to bring those images into Adobe Camera Raw and start fine tuning with those tools we have under the hood… …

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Work-Flow

February 2, 2008 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

TypingWell I almost took the night off already. But I am developing this feeling of obligation to post each day no matter what, even though my eyes are thoroughly burnt out from staring at this screen all day(sob,sob…) …

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Based in Montana, Jason works as a freelance and commercial photographer, specializing in travel and outdoor photography.

His work has been featured in National Geographic Traveler, Time, Outside, Audubon, Outdoor Photographer,The Nature Conservancy and many others.
His images have also been featured in numerous advertising campaigns, books, and calendars around the world.

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