Video of me learning to use the Nikon 24mm PC-E during the ANPW in Yosemite

Here is some great video of me learning to use the Nikon 24mm PC-E during the Aperture Nature Photography Workshop contest in Yosemite. Jennifer Wu provided some fantastic instruction on how to use this lens (even though She is a Canon person!) The tilt-shift, or as Nikon calls them, Perspective Control lenses offer some powerful abilities to change and shift perspectives to get maximum depth or field as those large format photographers do. I am pictured there with another legendary photographer, Steve Simon!

If you haven't entered yet, you should!!! The cost to enter is perfect... free! You have no excuse. The hardest part is figuring out which image to select (you can only submit one)


Aperture Nature Photography Workshop @ Yosemite Tilt/Shift Lens Tutorial from Scott Bourne on Vimeo.

My Aperture Nature Photography Contest Interview Went Live

My interview questions from the Aperture Nature Photography Workshop contest were posted up on the APNW site today! It is getting closer. I borrowed a pair of snowshoes that I will hopefully get to put to good use while in Yosemite. I am trying to decide if I should purchase or rent a 24mm Nikon PC-E tilt/shift lens. I haven't used one before, but it looks like it is an AWESOME lens. I might try it out first before sinking the $$ into it.

The headshot of me was done by Michael Soo, a great photographer here in Cupertino. Michael was the amatuer photographer of the year in 2005 and has since gone full time professional.