Pierre Steenberg

Weather conditions do change

July 30, 2023 • Leave a Comment

A visit to Mt. Shasta was planned. Everything was researched. The best possible locations were found. An itinerary was drawn up. Then we got there and conditions did not play along. First, we drove up Mt. Shasta were there was supposed to be a meadow with spring flowers for the foreground (and Mt. Shasta in the background). It was still full of sno...

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Focus Stacking a landscape

July 23, 2023 • Leave a Comment

I have written before about using a wide-angle lens, not to get more into the image, but to change perspective. Our position can change the position and perspective of things in relation to each other in the image. For example, by going really close to something with a wide-angle lens we magnify that object's size in relation to what is in the back...

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Making sense of forest scenes

July 16, 2023 • Leave a Comment

Forests can be chaos, photographically speaking. There seems to be too much. Too many trees. Too many bushes. Too many branches. Too many everything to create a good composition with. It appears as if there are no patterns. Nothing stands out because all the trees look too similar. How do you find something different? How do you make something stan...

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New Luminar Extension

July 12, 2023 • Leave a Comment

As you know I use Luminar Neo extensively in my image editing workflow. Neo is an image editing platform. The platform itself offers easy, fun, and great tools for your editing needs. It also offers multiple "extensions" which you buy separately to run on the platform. For example, there are extensions that can supersize your images, smart AI sharp...

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Good landscape photography technique

July 09, 2023 • Leave a Comment

This is part II of the two-part series about an image taken at Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe in California. Today I am going to run you through the technique used to shoot that image. To refresh your memory, here is that image. Oh' and you may want to read last week's blog about this image taken with a cell phone versus my Sony Ar7 IV. I arrived in th...

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From tourist (cell phone) to serious photography (pro gear and technique)

July 02, 2023 • Leave a Comment

It is said that cell phones take well over 90% of all photos taken in recent times. I have also heard people say that cell phone cameras are so good now that they don't need a good camera and lens. In the last two blogs I showcased some cell phone photography. But how far can you go with cell phone photography and is good gear worth it? Does using...

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Grand Tetons National Park as a tourist

June 25, 2023 • Leave a Comment

I have been very unlucky weather wise at Grand Tetons National Park. Numerous visits have not paid off as I wished for. This time round I managed to get a few satisfying images but nothing that wow's me. At times, I did not bother taking out my gear. But the photographer in me just cannot be suppressed, so out came my cell phone. Regardless of the...

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Today I am a tourist

June 18, 2023 • Leave a Comment

My wife and I visited Yellowstone National Park last week. Due to being up too early too many mornings the days before, we were exhausted. So we did not get up for any sunrise shoots. I became a typical tourist for the day. That means that I arrived on the scene just as the photographers left. The sun was harsh and the light was bad. The place had...

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Go for action or something unique

June 11, 2023 • Leave a Comment

Which of these two images do you find the most interesting?: OR I like the color of the first image more. It was taken closer to sunrise on a different day. The second image was taken later in the morning on a different day with different light, so the colors are not that pleasing. But look at the subject matter only. The single bird is okay...

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Prairie Chicken Photography Equipment

June 04, 2023 • Leave a Comment

The fighting season starts in early Spring (the beginning of March). The Mid-west can be cold with howling wind. To make matters worse you have to be out there long before sunrise. So before talking about photography gear let's talk about gear for you. One of the blinds faced the wind, meaning that I had wind on me all the time. Did I mention that...

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