Overpowering the Sun with a Global Shutter

Sony A9 III 1/80,000th of a second, outdoors on a bright day with wireless flash.

Behind the Scenes shot of the above.  Who needs a studio anymore?

Also In This Issue:

• Brief comparison between Adobe, DxO, and Topaz Noise Reduction tools
• Books in the Pipeline
• Seminars and Photo Safari!  
• More Travel Photos

But first, some announcements. 

Three amazing surprises

Greetings from Norway!  This month I'm going to share with you three things that actually surprised me (and that's not easy to do!) while processing my vacation images.  So let's get right to it.

Ten Quick Things

New Years' in Boston.  There's one fundamental thing even experienced photographers forget...

My wife and I got Covid just before Thanksgiving (then I got it again), so we were down for a month and that's why you haven't heard much from me lately.  In the meantime there's so much to share that I'm just going to do a huge data dump this month.  I'll keep it all short.  Here we go.  (As always, click on any image to make it larger and sharper!)