June 2009 - Scott Jones

Month: June 2009

Riders for Health

I’ve been speaking to some of you lately about my recent involvement with an organization called Riders for Health, and if I’ve not shared this link with you already, I invite you to check out this short video which explains better than I what Riders does that is so important. Though I had heard about […]

Winter Sunrise

Sunrise this morning was at 6:04 AM, which means that to get the shot above at this time of year, I’d have to be in position and ready to go at 5 AM, and since it takes me a good hour to get from home to this spot, I’d need to get up at 4AM. […]

Sensing New Possibilities

Some time ago I posited the notion that as technology continues to cram more and more pixels onto DSLR sensors, that growing capacity could be used not merely to make higher resolution images, but alternatively to gather more dynamic range with each exposure. Instead of bracketing a given shot twice, a 24 mega-pixel sensor could […]

Easy access to Auto Bracketing with the Assign Function Button, and setting Release Button to use Dial to make things even easier!

When I’m shooting landscapes, I like to be able to shoot an HDR set of exposures quickly and easily, and I’ve set up both my D700 and D300 to use the Function Button to allow me to enable, adjust and disable Auto Bracketing in a few seconds. It’s so easy now that going into HDR […]

Zabriskie Point, Stage Right

This image was made by turning the camera to the left of Zabriskie Point and also backing up 50 feet or so, as I recall. It had rained one of those desert rains not long before we’d arrived in Death Valley, and I think the dark path in the lower third of the image is […]

Morning at Zabriskie Point, Death Valley

The weather on our trip to Death Valley was WINDY, blowing sand and dust into the air and largely obscuring the distant mountains to the point that photographing them was often pointless. Mother Nature certainly has to be in the mood to help if you’re going to get a nice landscape. The day before we left, she was. My cousin […]