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Buy a Mike Moats Macro Kit

Sep 19, 2019

Hunt's Photo has put together a great price on my three important tools that I never go out to shoot without. One Wimberly Plamp with stake,  one 12 inch diffuser, and one 12 inch silver gold reflector.The "Mike Moats Macro Kit", sells for $75.90, but Hunt's has bundled a special promo price of $55.98.Here's the link to the deal. Mike Moats Macro Kit   

Think Tank Retrospective V2.0 Shoulder Bag

Sep 19, 2019

I N T R O D U C I N G Retrospective V2.0 Shoulder Bags BLACK Classic Look - Innovative New FeaturesHi Mike,We're proud to announce that our Retrospective V2.0 shoulder bag series is back in a brand new color — BLACK! Retaining that classic, retro, minimalist look, the shoulder bags also include many innovative new features. Keeping the soft, form-fitting design that made the original Retrospective line so popular, the V2.0 bags are lighter than the original series, come in five sizes (5, ...

Fall - Artistic Teasels

Sep 18, 2019

Weather is cooling down, and time to get out and shoot.  I like shooting Teasel plants at this time of year. 

Taking the Right Path When You Venture Out.

Sep 16, 2019

When I go out into the woods or fields in search of subjects to photograph, I never know if the path I choose will lead me to something special.  Sometimes I take a path where I find some great subjects, and some days I come home with nothing. I have one image that has been my most successful image I've ever shot in terms of, contest wins, selling of prints, and for commercial use, and that is a green fern growing over a burned tree trunk which was lying on the ground.  It was ...

My Annual Flower Photo Contest Winner

Sep 14, 2019

Each year I run my flower photo contest and the winner gets a Tamron lens.  I would like to give thanks to Tamron for offering a lens for this contest. Each year I have hundreds and hundreds of entries and there are so many images that could be a winner, so it's tough to select just one image. The winner of the 2019 flower contest is Deborah Brownstein with her Lupine flower image.I liked the positioning of the flower, the slight angle of the flower,  and the framing of the ...

One on One Local Workshop

Sep 14, 2019

I'm always working about six month or more out on workshops, speaking engagements, and my annual macro conference.  As the plants and flowers start to emerge in Spring of 2020, I will be offering a new program for macro photographers that live in southeast Michigan. I will be running 8 hour one on one workshops at the local parks were I shoot.  People can sign up and decide what they would like to work on for the 8 hours, which could be the whole time in the field, or some time ...

Dreaded Lens Creep

Sep 13, 2019

If you are like me and use a zoom telephoto lens for some of your close-up photography, you know about lens creep.  It happens when you have your lens pointing downward and you manually focus but the focus doesn’t hold and and it goes out of focus,  The internal part are being pulled down by gravity.  In the past I use to put a piece of tape on it to hold the focus ring in place.One of my photo buddies on facebook told me about these rubber bands made to correct the lens ...

Litra LED Light on Sale at Hunt's Photo

Sep 10, 2019

This is my main LED light and Hunt's Photo is running and great sale price on the light. https://www.huntsphotoandvideo.com/detail_page.cfm?productid=T22BUBK&mfg=LITRA&show=yes&sp=gu2gl   

Travel Tripods

Sep 09, 2019

Sharing Our Images and Experiences

Sep 06, 2019

In 2001 I bought my first SLR 35mm camera and a set of lenses with the idea that taking picture in nature would give me another reason to be outdoors.  I would spend lots of time hiking, biking, and kayaking at the local parks and photography was another way to have fun and explore the woods and fields.  I was having lots of fun spending time capturing all the great art work in nature, but also found the pleasure of sharing these images with friends and family.  Most people never ...