This summer I had the opportunity to shoot with some amazing runners who live and train here in Santa Fe, New Mexico for part of the year but hail from Kenya. They are among the top 30 runners in the world. Bernard Langat, Aron Rono and Caroline Rotich (pictured above) train in Santa Fe for...
Earlier this year I became a columnist for Nikon World Magazine. I took over the Workshop column, which was formerly written by celebrated Sports Illustrated photographer Dave Black. The Workshop column discusses images created using specific Nikon gear and gives the details of how readers can create similar images. Nikon World is published quarterly and...
In late May I had the pleasure of working with three members of the Red Bull Air Force team while shooting an assignment for Red Bull. Jon DeVore, Mike Swanson and Miles Daisher were headed to a very remote location in Utah near the Utah/Nevada border to jump off a 3,200-foot cliff. It was my...
June 20 – June 26, 2010 This workshop is filling quickly. Please call soon to register (505) 983-1400, ext. 11. Adventure photography can be an adventure in itself, involving breathtaking locations, extreme conditions, and working with elite athletes in risky situations. It requires a host of skills, including technical excellence with the camera, familiarity with...
hypothermia (noun): the condition of having an abnormally low body temperature, typically one that is dangerously low. Half way across the Beagle Channel, just south of Tierra del Fuego and not too far from the Drake passage, I learned what it really means to be cold. Jim Wedlake, Gabriela and I were in a zodiac...
Samy’s Camera is helping promote my new book Digital Masters: Adventure Photography by having me come out and teach a few seminars in the Los Angeles area. If you out in LA on the weekend of March 19 – 21st we’ll be having a blast talking about gear, photo techniques and adventure photography with a...
If you want to get a taste of my latest book Digital Masters: Adventure Photography, my publisher has put together a sample PDF with several double-truck spreads from the book including those you see in this blog post. The spreads included are the introduction, a spread from Chapter 1 on photography gear, one from Chapter 4 on...
Really like the portraiture Michael!
Hey Michael – these are amazing shots – will share with our Whistler Half Marathon fans on facebook. Thanks for taking the time to shoot runners – as a sport it is very under estimated from an award winning photo opportunity perspective.