The Interrupting Shiba

I often set up impromptu portrait sessions with the wife so she can record the funky outfits she puts together. This is a very simple set up, with a single Canon 600EX on a light stand shooting through an umbrella. We’re triggering the flash with Pocket Wizards, and the transmitting unit is hotshoe’d to a […]

Shooting The 5D Mark III

Canon EOS 5D Mark III + 50mm f/1.2L | 1/160 sec, f/1.2, ISO 200 I was honored to have been invited by my cousin and best buddy, Josh Liba, who flew all the way to San Francisco from Medellin Colombia, to help shoot a fantastically beautiful wedding yesterday as his second shooter. I helped cover the event […]

Suki…Unleashed!

Fuji X100 | 1/200 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 Such a historic day for Suki, and as you can see, she’s quite happy about it. Today we granted her the most off-leash freedom she has ever had. There’s no better place in the city to do this than at Fort Funston, an old military outpost located at the south […]

Review: Think Tank Retrospective 5 Camera Bag

Fuji X100 | 1/125 sec, f/2.2, ISO 2000 The Think Tank Retrospective 5 bag: Photographer tested, Shiba approved. Ever since I started regularly heading out with smaller, lighter gear like my EPL2, X100, and even Nikon FM, I’ve been yearning for an appropriate bag. I have a “carry everything bag” already, so what I need here is a […]