Resources
Here are some resources I find useful. Hopefully you will as well.
Photography
The Photographers Ephemeris is a great app for determining where the sun and moon will be at various hours of the day. Essential for sunrise and sunset locations for any spot on the planet on any date.
PhotoPils is a smartphone app that I use a lot. It has most of the features as the ephemeris above but it adds a unique feature with its augmented reality function. With this you can use your smartphone camera to show you the scene in front of you and then it overlays the star/planet/sun positions onto that scene as well. By changing the day/time settings you can see what will be visible above that mountain scene later that night. Pretty cool.
DxOMark is an independent testing organization with a wealth of technical data on lenses and cameras. If you want to see how that new lens you’ve been eyeing stacks up quality wise, this is the place.
As far as digital photography product review sites go, DPReview is one of the better ones. They have tons of content on their website and if you’re considering buying a piece of photo gear, they most likely have something on their site about it. I don’t use it a lot but I do check it periodically to see what’s new.
Photo Equipment
Amazon is self explanatory. Especially with their Prime membership for free shipping. I buy a lot of my equipment here.
B&H is a photography superstore. You’ll have a great time wandering around their store in Manhattan if you get the chance. Their website is pretty good too.
Adorama is another photography superstore. Between these three places you should be able to find anything you need.
Website Stuff
WordPress is the website platform I use to create and manage this site. It’s pretty much the defacto standard for blogging websites although there are others out there.
Bluehost is the web hosting company I use to host this website on. They have great support for the WordPress platform. Their technical phone support is also fantastic as long as you call during normal business hours in the States. Late night support seems to go to a call center in India and it’s not nearly as good.
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Elementor is a plug-in for virtually any theme that you run on WordPress. It makes creating professional looking websites a snap. No HTML coding, no messing around with CSS code just straightforward design elements with tons of flexibility and control. I tried many themes before I found Elementor and none gave me this much capability. I can’t recommend it highly enough.
Blacksilver is the theme I currently use on top of WordPress. It comes bundled with Elementor and has many prebuilt pages to start with. I have tried many themes for WordPress and this one is great for photography content.
Our Camera/Video Gear
I have a lot of camera gear and you certainly don’t need all this stuff to take good images. Below are links to some of the camera gear we use for photography and video.
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My main photo gear. I take these cameras and lenses on just about every photo shoot:
Nikon D850 (My primary camera body) https://amzn.to/2TWdeBN
Nikon D810 (Was my primary now my backup camera body) https://amzn.to/2Ogu3Cj
Nikkor 24-70mm (I use this lens all the time for landscapes) https://amzn.to/2ULCDeG
Nikkor 16-35mm (Another go to landscape lens) https://amzn.to/2YcrXb0
Nikkor 70-200mm (A super sharp mid-telephoto. Love this lens) https://amzn.to/2UQiOmN
Our primary vlogging camera & Mic system:
Nikon D5600 https://amzn.to/2OfHimF
Saramonic wireless mic https://amzn.to/2Ju0j6o
Our Drone:
DJI Mavic 2 Pro https://amzn.to/2ZfQYVT
Camera backpacks we use:
Lowepro 450 https://amzn.to/2UJwkIL
Lowepro 350 https://amzn.to/2Og0aSH
Additional Lenses. I use these less frequently but when you need them it’s nice to have them:
Nikkor 80-400mm (Good wider range telephoto) https://amzn.to/2Jm9dTj
Nikkor 50mm (A great normal prime lens) https://amzn.to/2Jp5m82
Nikkor 105mm macro (For close up photos) https://amzn.to/2UNB9AL
Nikkor 24-120mm (Good all around lens) https://amzn.to/2Fnj45Q
Tamron 150-600mm (My primary wildlife lens) https://amzn.to/2OggJOt
Samyang 28mm tilt-shift (Special purpose distortion correction) https://amzn.to/2ujSRA3
Rokinon 14mm (Super wide angle for astro photography) https://amzn.to/2UNfOHz
Our Solar Power System Components:
Below are the major items I used in the solar power system build shown in several of our YouTube videos.
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Solar Components:
Renogy 100W Solar Panel 2 Pack https://amzn.to/2IaklAA
Renogy Z Bracket https://amzn.to/2K4Zktq
Lithium Batteries https://amzn.to/2UPxkhL
Victron 2000W Inverter https://amzn.to/2Igo7ZY
Victron 150/85 Charge Controller https://amzn.to/2VH5QIm
Victron Battery Monitor https://amzn.to/2DehpzA
Spartan Power 200A fuse https://amzn.to/2HX7SAS
Cllena Battery Disconnect https://amzn.to/2OIT9Km
4 AWG cable https://amzn.to/2IbgMKq
Renogy Y connector https://amzn.to/2Ut2JGq
Battery Auto Disconnect https://amzn.to/2X5Lngy
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