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Back from Glacier National Park

July 17, 2019 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

Glacier National Park
Wild Goose Island, Glacier National Park. Sony A7rIII 24-70mm 2.8 f11 .03″ ISO100

Just returned from another epic trip in Glacier National Park! We had a great workshop with a fantastic group of travelers. I think someone had the good sunrise mojo because we had wonderful clouds and amazing color every single morning of the trip. Two of these we had no wind which allowed for some perfect landscapes. It’s not everyday we have these conditions come together, but when they do it’s magical! 

We had great wildlife viewing as well and saw around 7 or 8 grizzlies and a black bear with cubs, along with the usually Bighorn Sheep, Mountain Goats, and some smaller critters. A wonderful trip and sorry to have to go. This workshop also marks my one year anniversary shooting Sony and I’ve been nothing but impressed with how this system is performing, still absolutely no regrets on making the switch last year from Canon. 

I’m really looking forward to getting back up to the park and will be conducting my fall workshop in late September. Here are a few shots from last week.

Mount Wilbur, Glacier N.P. Sony a9 100-400mm f5.6 1/60 ISO800

Horses Montana
Many Glacier, Glacier N.P. Sony a7rIII 16-35mm f11 1/1000 ISO3200

Mountain Montana
Swiftcurrent Lake, Glacier N.P. Sony a7rIII 12-24mm f16. 1.6″ ISO100

Fuji X-Pro2

January 4, 2018 by Jason Savage 4 Comments

Fuji Xpro2
Bitterroot Vally, Montana. Fuji X-Pro2 16mm 1.4, f8 1/100 ISO800

Here’s a shot from my first outing with Fuji’s rangefinder style mirrorless camera, the X-Pro2. I’m super excited to try out this new system and will be posting a review after I finish putting it through its paces. Being a longtime Canon shooter, I keep dipping my toes in the mirrorless waters to see if I can finally be lured into lightening my load. We’ll soon see.  

First impressions, very good so far…

Top Ten Favorites from 2017

December 31, 2017 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

It’s been a busy year and a fantastic one! Meeting new friends and seeing old friends along the way. We’ve had some really awesome workshops with some wonderful travelers (you know who you are!). There’s certainly been some memorable moments and I really love what I do because of the people I get to meet. I think as photographers we definitely share some like-minded thinking, which explains the great camaraderie, sense of adventure, and too much fun we seem to have on our trips! 

This year, like I said, certainly has had some memorable moments and below are just a few of my favorites (top ten to be exact) from our trips. I’m anxiously awaiting 2018’s new workshops and I look forward to meeting those of you who will be joining me. Finishing off 2017 I’m reminded of why I love photography, I can’t think of anything better than exploring the natural world through a lens with amazing people in amazing places. Wishing everyone the best in the New Year!

 

Montana
Glacier National Park, Canon 5DMKIV 100-400mm 4.5-5.6L IS II, f8 1/350 ISO800

Montana Hiking
Rocky Mountain Front, Canon 5Dsr 16-35mm f4L IS, f16 1/6 ISO400

Washington Coast
Cape Flattery, Canon 5Dsr 16-35mm f4L IS, f16 1/8 ISO100

Montana Cowboy
Montana Rodeo, Canon 5Dsr 16-35mm f4L IS, f8 1/2000 ISO3200

Montana Travel
Rocky Mountain Front, Canon 5Dsr 100-400mm 4.5-5.6L IS II, f8 1/500 ISO800

Hiking Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park, Canon 5DMKIV 16-35mm f4L IS, f11 1/350 ISO1600

Lewis and Clark
Montana Tipi, Canon 5DMKIV 11-24mm f4L, f16 1/4 ISO100

Washington Photography
Palouse Falls, Canon 5Dsr 11-24mm f4L, f16 1.5″ ISO100

Glacier National Park Hiking
Glacier National Park, Canon 5DMKIV 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS II, f11 1/20 ISO100

Montana Waterfalls
St. Mary Falls, Canon 5DMKIV 24-105mm f4L IS II, f16 0.5″ ISO50

Washington’s 2017 Palouse Workshop

July 26, 2017 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

Palouse Barn
First light, Palouse. Canon 5Dsr 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS II F8 1/10 ISO400

Finally getting caught up on some editing here and thought I would share a few images from our Palouse Workshop this spring. We had a fantastic trip in eastern Washington’s amazing landscape and old Americana towns. Despite a couple days of rain we managed to work some great scenes and explore some new locations this year. 

Whenever inclement weather rolls in, it’s easy to get discouraged, especially when you have your sights set on certain scenes and images you’ve envisioned. I’ve learned a while back that great images can be made in any conditions and instead of fighting the weather, use it to your advantage. Making lemonade out of lemons. Adversity in nature photography or any photography for that matter is a great teacher and forces you to really reach in and dig deeper for your inner creativity. It also is a great way in training the eye to work for compositions and studying elements. 

On this trip we had a couple days where we shifted gears from big landscapes to things that would work in our couple days of rain. Classic cars, fading paint, abstracts, old Americana. Focusing more of our attention on one of the Palouse’s endearing qualities, it’s history. After a day or two of wandering some of the small towns, I was really impressed with what our group came away with. Especially seeing everyone’s unique perspectives. 

Despite the initial rain, the Palouse did not disappoint as usual. For our night at Palouse Falls, the skies began to clear, giving us an epic sunset, intense colors, and great atmosphere that night. We came away with some of the best shots I’ve seen there. In the morning we were treated to the classic Palouse shots from Steptoe Butte and had some brilliant light turning the hills into a pastel painting. 

All in all our trip to the Palouse had some great variety, which is why I love shooting here. Barns, classic Americana, and stunning hills reminisant of Tuscany can keep landscape photographers busy to no end, especially if you visit from season to season. As the crops are harvested the landscape is ever changing making it a different scene year after year. 

Thanks to all my travelers this year for making this trip so much fun! I didn’t want to leave:)

Texaco Station
Old Texaco Station. Canon 5DMK4 100-40mm 4.5-5.6L IS II f11 1/15 ISO100

Palouse Sign
Coca Cola. Canon 5Dsr 24-105mm f4L IS II f11 1/4 ISO100

Palouse Old Chevy
Old Chevy. Canon 5Ds4r 100-400mm 4.5-5.6L IS II f8 1/500 ISO800

Palouse Canola
Photographer in Canola Field. Canon 5Dsr 100-400mm 4.5-5.6L IS II f5.6 1/750 ISO1600

Palouse Horse
Horse and Barn. Canon 5Dsr 100-400mm 4.5-5.6L IS II f8 1/500 ISO1600

Sunset Palouse Falls
Palouse Falls. Canon 5DMK4 11-24mm f4L f16 0.7 ISO100

Palouse Steptoe Butte
Steptoe Butte. Canon 5DMK4 100-400mm 4.5-5.6L IS II f8 1/90 ISO800

 

 

 

Palouse Photography Workshop

May 5, 2016 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

Washington Palouse

Hard to believe spring is already here! It’s definitely time to get back to the blog and I have unfortunately been neglecting it during my travels this winter. Plus I have been secretly enjoying some time away from the computer:) But alas it’s time to get back to it, I’ll be posting regular updates from this spring and summer on workshops, travel, and new images from around the western U.S.

On another note, we’ve just had two last minute spots open up on the Palouse Workshop in Washington State. This is a landscape photographer’s paradise and one of my favorite locations out west to photograph. If you’re itching to get out west and explore the pastel hills of the Palouse, visit my workshops page at www.jasonsavagephotography.com/workshops to secure your spot.

In the meantime happy shooting out there!

Canon 5Dsr Initial Impressions

October 15, 2015 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

The Organ
“The Organ” Arches N.P. Canon 5Dsr, 24-70 2.8L f11 1/30 ISO400

So this last month I started working with Canon’s new large megapixel camera the 5Dsr and decided to test it out in Arches National Park on some classic landscapes. I thought I would share a few of my initial impressions of the camera’s performance regarding resolution and overall image quality.

The 5Dsr packs a whopping 50 megapixels into a 35mm full frame sensor and initially I was somewhat skeptical at how the camera would perform noise-wise. And of course in processing all those pixels I was also concerned with speed and storage space.

I was previously using Canon’s 5D markIII for most of my shooting when it came to landscapes. The 5D markIII in my opinion is one of the best well rounded do-all cameras in Canon’s lineup and as far as image quality goes, it’s color rendition, resolution and ISO noise performance are superb. Of course there is always room for improvement and I think for landscape shooters, the new 5Dsr fills some of those areas.

Canon EOS Camera 50mpThe 5Dsr is an exact replica, body-wise, of the 5D markIII. So for those already shooting with the 5D markIII, you should feel right at home. Inside however, the 5Dsr is a completely different camera. The sensor packs in 50 megapixels and for the “r” version there is also an anti-aliasing filter cancellation, which essentially is providing ultimate sharpness straight out of camera, without the need for more aggressive post process sharpening.

The processors are also different using dual Digic 6 processors which gives the camera great speed for how much data you are actually moving around. This also puts the 5Dsr at 5fps for action, which when you think about it, is pretty impressive for 50 megapixels. It also gives you the ability to switch “in camera” to different crop modes, imitating either an APS-H or APS-C crop sensor at either 1.3X or 1.6X. This in turn provides extra reach for those photographing wildlife. On a side note, you do get a crop preview in camera in these modes, however the imported file is still the original full resolution file with a crop applied after bringing into Lightroom. I have used this for wildlife and it works well giving you a good visual and at 5fps, it’s still fast enough to capture most encounters.

For high ISO noise, the 5Dsr performs exactly like the Canon 7D markII and for good reason. Both cameras have the same pixel pitch of 4.14 microns. In my opinion, I am happy shooting up to ISO 1600 for most situations. However most people using this camera are going to be landscape shooters and once on a tripod at ISO 100, noise and quality are excellent.

North Window
“Turret Arch,North Window”, Arches N.P. Canon 5Dsr 16-35mm f4L IS f11 1/45 ISO 100

 

My overall impressions so far are very positive. The main impact of this camera is resolution and for those making large prints, this is the camera to get if you’re shooting Canon. I compared a 20X30 print out of the 5Dsr to an up-ressed 20X30 from a 1DX and there’s simply no comparison, the 5Dsr produces amazing detail and refined resolution. At low ISOs it’s simply amazing quality.

I haven’t had too many gripes so far with this body other than a couple of small complaints:

The battery life is not the greatest. I haven’t tested specifically how many shots out of each battery, but it’s noticeably less than the 5D markIII. Also for some reason both on this camera and the 7D markII, the color balance on the LCD screen is a very warm yellowish tint, not a huge thing, but a noticable departure from previous EOS bodies and somewhat annoying.

Other than that it’s been a lot of fun to shoot with and I would highly recommend it for landscape shooters and those making large prints. Hard to believe we’re now seeing 40-50 megapixels becoming the norm in digital photography. Now time to start shopping for some more hard drives….

Utah Landscape Arch
“Landscape Arch”, Arches N.P. Canon 5dsr 11-24mm f4L f16 1/15 ISO 100

Layers of Light and Shadow

June 17, 2014 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

Rocky Mountains Montana
Layers near the Dearborn River, west-central Montana

Going back through my archives today and found an image that I had taken a few years back. I really liked the elements of layers in the image not only with the landscape and mountains, but also with the layers of light and shadow as well. Using a 200mm focal length enabled me to greater compress  the foreground and background, creating a much more simplistic arrangement.

Canon 5D markII  70-200mm 2.8L  f8  1/60  ISO100

RMF Photo Workshop

June 7, 2014 by Jason Savage 2 Comments

Rocky Mountain Front Montana
Northfork of Willow Creek, Rocky Mountain Front

Finished our first night on my workshop with a killer sunset over the northfork of Willow Creek along the Rocky Mountain Front near Choteau, Montana. We had to patiently wait for this one, but were rewarded with a few moments of really beautiful light across the foothills and some dramatic sky.

I was very excited to finally have an excuse to break out my fisheye lens which I haven’t used in way too long. Sometimes a certain scene just calls for it. Looking forward to another great day on the Front.

Morning Light

April 7, 2014 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

Montana Landscapes
Sunrise in western Montana

I was going through my archives tonight and thought I would share an image I took a few years back in western Montana. I love those mornings when you get that perfect combination of fog and early morning light, creating a much more dramatic landscape in an otherwise average scene. A good example of how the power of light and elements can help transform and shape your images.

Canon 5D  70-200mm 2.8L  f8  1/400  ISO200

Winter Landscapes

February 26, 2014 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

Montana Sunrise

Out for a morning hike with the dog today. Helena, Montana.

Canon 5D markIII 16-35mm 2.8L II  f16  1/125  ISO100

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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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