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Some Notes on AI, ChatGPT, and the Photography World

pay per click advertising One of my favorite expressions is a “sea change” moment. Even Miriam Webster’s entry for sea change is highly evocative: “Archaic. A change brought about by the sea.” You can imagine a time in the past … Continue reading

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Tokyo Field Notes: What’s In the Bag?

Back home from the Tokyo Games! First off, I want to thank all who responded here on blog, or Instagram, FB, Twitter to the postings, pictures and ramblings from Japan. It was enormously encouraging to hear questions, interest and a … Continue reading

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Tokyo Field Notes: Running in the Rain

Rio de Janeiro. 8/15/16. Hurdles. 800mm lens, D5. Rain. The life of a photographer is just odd, sometimes. I love the reach of the 800, I hate trying to drag it onto an Olympic bus. Toting that thing around, about … Continue reading

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Tokyo Field Notes: Zooming with a Fisheye?

Coming to Tokyo, I knew I’d be shooting DSLR (D6) and lots of long glass. There’s certainly a role for wide glass at the Olympics, but for action and reach, if you are not a pool shooter and on the … Continue reading

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Tokyo Field Notes: Lens Reach!

The “normal” glass for an Olympics is in the 400-600mm range. Planning for athletics, I knew a few things going in. I’m not pool, so I wouldn’t have an FOP (field of play) position, eyeballing the athletes. I had duties … Continue reading

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