Month: January 2021

[NIKON D5, 120.0-300.0 mm f/2.8, Mode = Aperture Priority, ISO 4500, 1/4000, ƒ/5.6, (35mm = 360)] I wanted to open with a photo of a young baseball player at bat. A batting average of 300…

[NIKON D750, 35.0 mm f/1.4, Mode = Manual, ISO 640, 1/30, ƒ/1.4, (35mm = 35)] Why would I like this lens so much? I believe it is mainly because I can do with it what…

[NIKON Z 6, 35.0 mm f/1.4, Mode = Aperture Priority, ISO 1400, 1/1000, ƒ/1.4, (35mm = 35)] The above photo was taken with my Nikon Z6 mirrorless camera and the Sigma ƒ/1.4 Art lens. The…

This is Jo Fahringer who is a seasoned teacher in Kona, Hawaii with YWAM. [X-E2, XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS, Mode = Aperture Priority, ISO 6400, 1/70, ƒ/5, (35mm = 83)] Just the other day, I…

[NIKON D4, 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6, Mode = Shutter Priority, ISO 200, 1/500, ƒ/8, (35mm = 82) Alienbees B800 off to side fired with Pocket Wizard Remote] In 2012, my uncle Knolan Benfield helped me on…

Shooting sports was where I always compared what I got to other photographers at the same event. Theodore Roosevelt said, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” I want to modify it a little and say,…