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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

Top ten favorite images from 2015

January 1, 2016 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

It’s been a fantastic year full of adventure and new friendships and I’m grateful for all the new photographers I’ve got to meet on last year’s trips and looking forward to many more in 2016. We had some great workshops this year in Olympic National Park, Montana, Yellowstone and Oregon. I want to thank all those who joined me on the 2015 workshops and those who have supported and followed my work. Being able to share my images  and meet such fantastic and amazing people along the way is a real blessing. Happy New Year to everyone, wish you the best!

Here’s my top ten favorites from 2015

Yellowstone Winter Bison
Bison, Yellowstone National Park. Canon 1DX 500mm f4L IS II+1.4X f8 1/750 ISO 200

Elowha Falls
Elowha Fall, Oregon. Canon 5D markIII 16-35mm f4L IS. f16 1″ ISO200

Montana Bison
Bison, National Bison Range, Montana. Canon 5D markIII 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L ISII. f8 1/1500 ISO400

Montana Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron, Montana. Canon 1DX 500mm f4L IS II+2X. f8 1/2000 ISO3200

Olympic National Park
Hoh Rainforest, Washington. Canon 1DX 11-24mm f4L. f16 1/4 ISO400

Washington Waterfalls
Palouse Falls, Washington. Canon 5D markIII 11-24mm f4L. f4 30″ ISO1600

Palouse Washington
Palouse Hills, Washington. Canon 5D markIII 100-400 4.5-5.6L IS II. f8 1/750 ISO1600

Rocky Mountain Front
Rocky Mountain Front, Montana. Canon 1DX 11-24mm f4L. f16 1/350 IS01600

Glacier National Park
Kintla Lake, Glacier National Park. Canon 1DX 24-70mm 2.8L II. f16 6″ ISO100

Fall Montana Tamaracks
Larch Reflections, Montana. Canon 1DX 100-400mm 4.5-5.6L IS II. f8 1/30 ISO100

 

Olympic National Park Photo Workshop

January 24, 2014 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

Washington Photo Workshop

May 7-11 I will be teaching my Olympic National Park photography workshop based out of Forks, Washington. There’s still some space available, so if you’re thinking rainforests, alpine wildflowers, and ocean sea stacks in spring, be sure to register before March 1 to receive your 10% discount for early registration. Visit my Workshops page for full details and to register.

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.

Hurricane Ridge

August 13, 2013 by Jason Savage 2 Comments

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Here’s a shot from Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park from last week. Beautiful morning on the mountain with not a soul in sight. Couldn’t beat it!

Olympic National Park

August 10, 2013 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

Lake Crescent, Olympic National Park
Lake Crescent, Olympic National Park.

This week I’ve had the pleasure to be in one of my favorite places to shoot, Olympic National Park in Washington State. Exploring the rainforest here is something else, a bit otherworldly at times. Here’s a shot looking out the cabin door early morning on Lake Crescent. Pretty rough.

Olympic National Park

July 23, 2012 by Jason Savage 6 Comments

Olympic National Park
Madison Falls, Olympic National Park. Canon 5dMKIII 24-70mm 2.8L. ISO 100 F11 4"

Just returned from a week out in Olympic National Park. Certainly one of my favorite locations to shoot on the coast and one that has endless possibilities. This image is of Madison Falls, located in the beautiful Elwha Valley. I will have some more images to post soon.

Olympic National Park

August 18, 2011 by Jason Savage Leave a Comment

Hurricane Ridge. Canon 5dmkII, 16-35mm 2.8L II. ISO 100  f16  1/4

Out on the coast this week in Olympic National Park. These are a couple shots from yesterday along Hurricane Ridge and down lower in the Elwha Valley. Not a bad time of year to be out here with warm weather and lot’s of sunshine, not to mention the as always stellar rainforest!

Madison Falls. Canon 5dmkII, 16-35mm 2.8LII. ISO200   f11   3″

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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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