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NZ Trip - What worked and what didn’t

by whistlerdan
Sep 4th 2009 - 4 comments

I’ve seen similar post on a couple of other photographers blogs before and always found them to be interesting and useful.  When heading off on a long trip it can be tough to figure out how much gear to take and in what combination.  On my recent trip I had to do just about every [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/3191-extcpy/0spriggs_5440-150x150.jpg[/IMG]

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Canon Announces the 7D

by whistlerdan
Sep 1st 2009 - 4 comments

As I blogged about the other day, there’s been a lot of speculation about this camera for a few years and today is finally the day that Canon have announced the elusive 7D. It fits into an entirely new position in their SLR lineup, right between the current 50d and the 5dMKII and comes in at [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/3154-extcpy/0eos-7d-canon-rm-eng-300x239.jpg[/IMG]

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Flying with an Elinchrom Ranger

by whistlerdan
Aug 29th 2009 - 1 comments

This morning I was woken up at 4am by someone hammering on my front door.  I was ecstatic.   Why? Because the guy who was banging 7 shades out of my door, was also carrying my pelican case full of flash equipment that I had last seen at Queenstown airport in New Zealand 4 days ago.  If [...]

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Something Intersting This Way Comes…..Canon 7d

by whistlerdan
Aug 28th 2009 - 2 comments

If you Google Canon 7d you will find speculation about this camera dating back several years.  Fake photoshopped boxes and fake adverts have popped up before but over the last couple of months there has been more compelling evidence that this camera is about the make the transfer from mythical to physical. The rumors about such [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/3128-extcpy/07d-150x150.jpg[/IMG]

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South of the Equator - Chapter 1

by whistlerdan
Aug 14th 2009 - 5 comments

Eventually winter comes to an end in Whistler.  Last day of summer camps on Blackcomb glacier were mid way through July and with temperatures in the mid 30s every day I needed to get back to a cooler climate. I flew direct from Vancouver to Auckland on a new service from Air New Zealand and I [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/2919-extcpy/0img_1990-300x200.jpg[/IMG]

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Portable Storage - LaCie Rugged drives

by whistlerdan
Jul 20th 2009 - 0 comments

I just picked up another LaCie Rugged drive for an upcoming trip to New Zealand so I thought I’d take a second to post about them.  The Rugged line of drives from LaCie are designed with the traveling photographer in mind and are encased in a protective rubber shell.  I have been using a 120gb [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/2683-extcpy/0austinross_dancarr6071-150x150.jpg[/IMG]

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Summer happenings

by whistlerdan
Jul 5th 2009 - 4 comments

Bit of an odds and ends posting this one.  I’ve been shooting a few things up on Blackcomb glacier in the last week or so.  The progression of skiing over the last year is pretty impressive.  It seems everyone has a new variation on a double cork or double flip these days.  Paul Bergeron (photo [...] [IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/2514-extcpy/0paulbergeron_dancarr0852-200x300.jpg[/IMG]

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All quiet on the western coast…for now

by whistlerdan
Jun 26th 2009 - 2 comments

The blog has been pretty quiet lately.  Having finished my final shoot of the winter for Whistler Blackcomb in May I took a bit of time off after a long winter.  I went back to England to visit my family and also took some time to head to France to watch the Le Mans 24 [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/2408-extcpy/0img_20707-300x200.jpg[/IMG]

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Summer is coming

by whistlerdan
May 19th 2009 - 0 comments

Yesterday was Gaper day here in Whistler.  Blackcomb is now closed and Whistler is open for some limited spring skiing. I have one more snowboard shoot left to do here with the Sandbox crew and it looks like we will get that done towards the end of this week when the current low pressure has [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/2098-extcpy/0p5190235-150x150.jpg[/IMG]

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Ultra Portable lightstand. 386B Nano Clamp

by whistlerdan
May 14th 2009 - 0 comments

Ever find yourself skiing,snowboarding or biking with a 40lb pack? Chances are your bag is full of speedlights, cameras and lenses with 4 lightstands hanging off the side just waiting to crack you in the side of the head at every turn. This winter when I started to slimline my gear a bit in an effort [...]

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Pocketwizard TT1 Review

by whistlerdan
May 11th 2009 - 6 comments

Be prepared… this is a long one. A few months ago I wrote a post HERE about a couple of exciting new products from LPA designs, the makers of the pocketwizard triggering system.  If you are entirely unfamiliar with these products i suggest a quick read of my earlier post as there is a bit of [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/2020-extcpy/0p5060208-150x150.jpg[/IMG]

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Tweet Tweet

by whistlerdan
May 1st 2009 - 1 comments

Twitterific, twitastic, tweeps, tweeple, twitterverse.  Confused?  Then skip this post. If you do know what i’m talking about then read on…  There is a thing called follow Friday on twitter, its an unofficial thing, but people post up twitter names of people they think you should follow.  This is my version of follow Friday, only much [...]

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World ski and snowboard festival!

by whistlerdan
Apr 18th 2009 - 0 comments

Its that time again. WSSF. The world ski and snowboard festival.  Live music and the worlds best skiers and snowboarders decend every year on Whistler for the best end of season party in the world.  It’s always a busy couple of weeks shooting the various events and trying to squeeze in shoots with the skiers [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/1750-extcpy/0telus_8483-300x200.jpg[/IMG]

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Stuff and things.

by whistlerdan
Apr 11th 2009 - 1 comments

“Where can i find out about lenses?”  Answer -  http://www.the-digital-picture.com This website only deals with Canon equipment but if you have a question about a particular lens, this site will hold the answer of you dig for it.  It also had comparisons between all the lenses.  I’m afraid I know absolutely nothing about Nikon cameras [...]

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Tested my 85mm lens.

by whistlerdan
Apr 8th 2009 - 0 comments

When I sold my 70-200 2.8L IS to get one of the newer, sharper f4 versions I also picked up a Canon 85mm f1.8 to use for shooting portraits and lifestyle stuff.  This week I have been shooting with Kaya Turski , fresh off her win at the European Open and with an x-games medal [...]

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A note on remote camera shooting.

by whistlerdan
Apr 1st 2009 - 1 comments

Ever looked at something and wished you could shoot 2 different angles? Any working photog these days is going to own more than one camera.  If one of your cameras fails, you need to be able to finnish the job you are being paid for.  But other than having the camera just as a backup, [...] [IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/1453-extcpy/0img_0784-150x150.jpg[/IMG]

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70-200 f4 L IS - Initial thoghts

by whistlerdan
Mar 30th 2009 - 0 comments

Those of you who follow this blog will remember that a couple of weeks ago I sold my beloved 70-200 2.8 L IS lens.  The lens that has shot the majority of my ski photos for the last few years.  I replaced it with it’s smaller and lighter brother the 70-200 f4 L IS.  Having [...]

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Back to my roots

by whistlerdan
Mar 24th 2009 - 1 comments

Well as some of you know, I am originally from the UK.  For a country that doesn’t really have any skiing of it’s own, there is a large and talented ski scene there and several great magazines.  I often shoot stories for a magazine called Fall Line and this month I have an article about [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/1401-extcpy/0fallline81-cover-300x146.jpg[/IMG]