• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to content
  • Skip to footer

Jason Savage Photography

Nature Photography Workshops Tours

Main navigation

  • Home
  • Galleries
    • Arctic
    • Montana
    • Glacier National Park
    • Yellowstone National Park
    • Palouse
    • Pacific Northwest
    • Wildlife
  • Prints
  • Books & Gifts
  • Stock
  • Blog
  • About
  • Cart

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

Fall Workshops

October 31, 2017 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

Now that fall is on its way out and things in the photo world are giving me a slight break, I thought I would share a few images from our fall workshops this year. 

September and October had me up in Glacier National Park, Seeley Swan Valley and my own backyard of the Bitterroot Valley in western Montana chasing fall colors and leading workshops. In mid September the smoke finally cleared from the fires that we were having out west and ushered in snow for the mountains and gorgeous colors throughout Montana. 

Enjoy!

 

Montana Photography Workshop
Swiftcurrent Lake. Canon 5DMKIV 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS II f11 1/500 ISO1600

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

Montana Fall Photography
Bitterroot Valley. Canon 5DMKIV 16-35mm f4L IS f16 1/6 ISO100

Montana Fall Photography Workshop
Kootenai Creek. Canon 5D MKIV 16-35mm f4L IS f16 1.5″ ISO100

Fall colors photo workshop
Daly Mansion. Canon 5Dsr 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS II f16 0.5″ ISO100

Back from Glacier National Park

August 15, 2017 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

Two Medicine
Sinopah Mountain. Canon 5D MarkIV 24-105mm f4L IS II f16 0.7 ISO100

I thought I would share a few images from this year’s Glacier National Park Workshop in Montana now that I’m back getting some images edited from my spring and summer trips. As per usual Glacier did not disappoint and as per usual I was reluctant leave:( 

Fortunately I will be returning soon to conduct my fall workshop and in the meantime here are a few images of our wanderings this go around. 

Glacier National Park
Mountain Goat. Canon 5D MarkIV 16-35mm f4L IS f11 1/350 ISO1600, fill flash

Waterfall
St Mary Falls. Canon 5D MarkIV 24-105mm f4L IS II f16 0.5″ ISO50

Glacier National Park
Swiftcurrent Lake. Canon 5D MarkIV 11-24mm f4L f16 1/4 ISO100

National Parks
Canon 5D MarkIV 24-105mm f4L IS II f11 1/10 ISO100

Two Medicine
Sinopah Mountain. Canon 5D MarkIV 24-105mm f4L IS II f19 4″ ISO50

Winter in Yellowstone National Park

February 1, 2017 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

Yellowstone Winter
Sun Dog, Yellowstone National Park. Canon 5D MK4 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS II. f8 1/2000 ISO800

Just returned from a week back in Yellowstone National Park during one of my favorite seasons to explore our first park’s incredible wildlife and winter landscapes. It seems like the theme of my trip this go around was “blue & cold”, at least that’s the way a lot of my images seemed to turn out! The weather was clear and cold with temps around -20f during the mornings in the Lamar Valley which made for some interesting landscapes and also produced some pretty cool sun dogs and overall shooting atmosphere. Not to mention some cold fingers! 

If you haven’t visited Yellowstone in winter, it’s really a must for nature photographers. Whether you shoot landscapes or are a dedicated wildlife shooter, the uniqueness and beauty of the park in winter really offers up something for everyone. Obviously its wildlife is some of the best in the lower 48, especially when winter arrives, but the landscapes as well can bring some pretty cool things you don’t normally get a chance to see. When the weather turns harsh, it gets even better with unique atmosphere producing sun dogs, trees with hoar frost, and dramatic fog in the valleys. 

Jan-Feb is a great time to experience winter in the park and also to find the solitude that comes minus the crowds. Spending a cold morning in the  Lamar Valley with only you and few others around you are quickly reminded of this. As wolves howl in the distance and frosted bison roam nearby, it’s also a reminder that you’re standing in the last little bit of wild we have here and a place that has a new surprises around every corner for photographers. 

Yellowstone
Lamar Valley, Yellowstone N.P. Canon 5D MK4 11-24mm f4L. f11 1/250 ISO100

Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone Bison. Canon 5D mk4 500mm f4L IS II + 2X III. f8 1/1500 ISO400

 

Olympic National Park

June 17, 2016 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

Photography Workshop
Photographer at Olympic N.P. Canon 7DmkII 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS II f8 1/1500 ISO1600

Had a phenomenal workshop this year at Olympic National Park! Such a fantastic and great group of travelers and conditions in Olympic’s rainforest were looking better than ever. Our weather cooperated with only one day of serious rain and we managed to get some sunsets on a couple days of our ocean and seascape work down at Ruby and Rialto beaches. One of my favorite things about photographing Olympic is its diversity. We can be in the lush rainforests one minute and move over to the beaches the next. Later in the year the high alpine areas open up and ample images await up on Hurricane Ridge in the park’s northeast corner of the park.

I’m already looking forward to next year’s workshop and will be opening up 2017 to six spots on this workshop.

Here’s a few from this year:

Olympic National Park
Rialto Beach at sunset. Canon 5dsr 24-70mm f2.8 II, f11 1/6 ISO100

Washington Rainforest
Bunchberry and Ferns. Canon 5dsr 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS II, f16 1″ ISO400

Olympic National Park
Ruby Beach. Canon 5dsr 24-70 f2.8L II, f11 15″ ISO100

 

Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks

January 29, 2016 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

Jackson Wyoming
Grand Teton N.P. Canon 5Dsr 24-70mm 2.8L II. f11 1/125 ISO100

Just returned from a fantastic trip co-leading for Natural Habitat Adventures on their Yellowstone Winter Photo Expedition. We had such a wonderful group of travelers and perfect conditions on this trip, allowing great views of the Tetons and some pretty sweet wildlife viewing. We started out in Jackson, Wyoming working our way up into the interior of Yellowstone, exploring geyser basins around Old Faithful and eventually working our way up in the northern range of the park over the course of the week. We had some great wildlife viewing in the northeast getting to spend some time observing the wolves of the Lamar Pack and also some great Bison photography.

Winter Buffalo
Yellowstone Bison. Canon 7D mkII 500mm f4 IS II. f8 1/1000 ISO800

I’m finally back at home now getting caught up on some much overdue editing and getting ready for spring (hard to believe!) and also some upcoming talks. In a couple weeks if you happen to find yourself in western Montana, I will be giving a talk on the “Art of Nature Photography” at the Bitterroot Audubon Society on Feb. 15 in Hamilton. If interested, feel free to contact me for more details or visit their site at bitterrootaudubon.org. In the meantime, I will be enjoying the little bit of winter we have left  and looking forward to getting out and about around western Montana.

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

Glacier National Park

July 10, 2015 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

Glacier National Park
Swiftcurrent Falls. Canon 1DX 11-24mm f4L. f16 1/10 ISO50

Just finished up a fantastic private workshop in Glacier National Park this last week. It was so refreshing to be back in Glacier this year, one of my absolute favorite locations right here in my backyard in Montana. Had a wonderful few days with my client with an epic fog and light show our first morning and some pretty sweet wildlife encounters during our stay.

Just arrived in Seattle for a trip out to the Peninsula, but will be back to Glacier in a couple weeks for my annual workshop and will have some more images to share soon. As of right now I’m enjoying the cool down of the Pacific Northwest temps compared to the seemingly endless heat wave we’ve had further inland in the west, next stop Olympic National Park!

 

Glacier National Park
Swiftcurrent Lake. Canon 1DX 11-24mm f4L. f16 1/4 ISO100

 

Glacier National Park
Grizzly. Canon 1DX 100-400 f4.5-5.6L IS II. f5.6 1/125 ISO3200

Glacier National Park
Ferns. Canon 1DX 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS II. f27 1/4 ISO1600

Photographer in Glacier

August 23, 2014 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

Photographer in Glacier National Park
Photographer in Glacier National Park, Canon 1DX 16-35mm f4L IS f16 1/125 ISO800

Another perfect morning in Glacier National Park from last month’s workshop.

Two Medicine Lake, Glacier N.P.

July 27, 2014 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

Glacier National Park Photo Workshop
Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park

Given we had a lot of clouds for sunrise on one of the mornings of my Glacier National Park workshop, I decided to do a little black and white while we were on Two Medicine Lake. We did have some interesting and dramatic clouds, especially wrapping around Sinopah Mountan and a calm reflection of the lake which both added a couple nice elements to the landscape. I used both Lightroom and Nik’s Silver Efex Pro2 to edit this one.

Canon 1DX  16-35mm f4L IS  f16 3″ ISO100  Singh Ray 3stop grad

  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Next Page »

Footer

Recent Posts

  • 2021 Photography Workshops
  • Fall Photography Montana
  • Perfect Photo Backpack?
  • Back from Glacier National Park
  • Sony a7R III Review

About

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.

Contact

Jason Savage Photography
546 Fox Meadow Ln.
Hamilton, MT 59840
jason@jasonsavagephoto.com
406-202-0709

© 2023 · Jason Savage Photography · Powered by Imagely