Tamron 150-600mm Review Now Live on DPReview
I know a few folks have followed my progress with this lens via various forms of social media and my previous post of image samples. The full review has been completed and is now up on DPReview.com.
Dan’s News
iPhone In Canada Blog Mention
Being a Canadian, and a tech lover, I’m often keeping an eye on the website iphoneincanda.com so it was a pleasant surprise to get a mention on there this week in relation to my involvement in the iPhone 6 ad campaign 🙂 Check it out HERE.
New Image Chosen For Apple’s Global iPhone Campaign
I’m pleased to announce today that Apple’s latest global “Shot On iPhone” ad campaign will feature one of my recent images taken with my iPhone 6+. Their latest campaign aims to feature the work of their customers, both amateur and professional photographers, and as a longtime Apple user, I couldn’t be more excited to be chosen as part of this project! The campaign will feature the images around the world on billboards, transit ads, magazine ads and in a gallery on Apple.com More About The Image A photo posted by Dan Carr (@dancarrphoto) on Mar 2, 2015 at 1:16pm PST …
Upcoming Photography Workshop In Whistler
Hey guys, just a quick note for any Whistler locals. I’ll be teaching a 60 hour photography course at the new Whistler Adventure School, spread over 4 weeks and starting on January the 27th. For more information, please head to the school’s website and give them a call if you’d like to join us. Would love to see you there!
New Beginner Tutorials Online
Over on Shutter Muse I have posted a set of three articles that will kick off a new Photography 101 section, highlighting the important basics and distilling them down into simple bite-sized chunks. Understanding Aperture Understanding Shutter Speed Understanding ISO Understanding Exposure & The Exposure Triangle
Guest Post on B&H Photo’s Blog
Hey guys, I’ve got a guest post over on the B&H Photo blog today which goes into detail on how I created this image of the skier. It was a cool setup using Pocketwizards, hypersync and Einstein flash. Check it out HERE!
Wildlife Photography Interview
My local new outlet in British Columbia recently published an article about me and my most recent wildlife photography in the newspaper. That article is now available online HERE. It’s a great little piece and I hope you check it out 🙂
WordPress For Video Professionals
I’ve just published my monthly article on ProVideo Coalition and this time it’s an in-depth look at using WordPress to create a portfolio website. In this mammoth article I cover the following: –>> Introduction – Why WordPress? –>> How to start a WordPress website in 5 minutes –>> 11 top WordPress themes for video professionals –>> Best WordPress video gallery plugins If you create a lot of video content and your website is a bit long in the tooth, or worse, you don’t even have a website, check it out HERE!
5 Day Black & White Challenge
I was recently nominated by my friend Matt Jacques, to take part in the 5 Day Black & White Challenge. Quite simply, post a new black and white photo every day and then nominate someone else to do the same thing. The “rules” were pretty loose, no need to have shot the photo that day for example. I ended up sharing a mixture of older photos, and photos that I hadn’t previously gotten around to processing. It was a really fun exercise and a great reminder of the power of B&W processing when combined with the right image. Here are …
PocketWizard Guest Post – Mountain Biking
A guest post on the PocketWizard blog where I talked about the setup for a mountain bike self portrait image that included both a remote camera and remote strobes.
New Posts On Shutter Muse
Along with the redesign to this website came a slight shift in how and where I publish some of my writing. My feature length reviews and articles can now be found on my other site, Shutter Muse, and this month I posted a ton of new content over there. Here’s a few of my favourite posts from the last month on Shutter Muse – click the images to get to the articles. Enjoy!
Red Bull Divide & Conquer 2014
This past weekend I was in Vancouver, BC to shoot for Red Bull and their Content Pool during their Adventure Race, Divide & Conquer. The race saw teams of three run up a mountain, bike back down it again and then kayak through North Vancouver and out in to the Pacific Ocean. Weather conditions were nearly perfect and after a 10am start I spend the next few hours chasing the competitors around to the finish line. My main duties were to capture the start, get a few shots of the runners reaching the top of Grouse Mountain and the run/bike …