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A 10,000 View of the New Sony a7RIV camera body: 4thGen is here!
The New 4thGen Sony A7rIV at 10,000 feet:July 21, 2019 by Patrick Murphy-Racey p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 15.0px Georgia; color: #4c4c4c} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font:...
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ClickCon Intro to Sports Photography: Grant Skate Park, August 5th, 2019...
ClickCon Introduction to Sports Photography 8.5.19 by Sony Artisan Patrick Murphy-Racey This is a course offered (August 5th, 8:45am-9:45am) by a former Sports Illustrated photographer. PM-R will...
View ArticleReal Time Tracking: Sony a9, a6400, a7rIV - ClickCon Class 8-5-19
First, thanks so much for coming to the ClickCon class today at the Grant Skate Park! Feel free to add your best two images to me at my e-mail address so we can help out the models:...
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What is ClickCon? A Few Thoughts About My First Experience
First, I want to say that I am a photographer like you but I am sponsored by Sony, who sent me to ClickCon to speak, teach, and bring people on Photo Walks. I appreciate Sony's sending me to the...
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What is Sony's Kando? Thoughts About My Own High Desert Experience with Sony
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Can you shoot a 600mm f/4 for Friday Night Lights? Yes but...
I took my trusty Sony a9 and the new Sony FE600mm f/4GM lens out to a high school football game last night to see how the pair would perform. I'm glad I did! Not that long ago, trying to shoot high...
View ArticleBest Sony Lenses for Sports and Nature Photography? 9 Lenses reviewed
Links to all the Sony lenses talked about in the YouTube video:Sony FE85mm f/1.8GSony FE85mm f/1.4GMSony FE135mm f/1.8GMSony FE70-200mm f/2.8GMSony FE100-400mm f/4.5-5.6GMSony FE200-600mm...
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Sony a9II Review: 18 REASONS TO GET ONE... by an actual sports photographer
I'm late to the "game," as many other social media influencers got hold of the newest iteration of the venerable a9 camera before I did, so I tried hard to play catch up this week and shot three...
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Sony a9II Pain Points: My Top 6 Things a9II doesn't Have That I Want by...
a9II, 400GM, 1/2000th f/2.8, 6400 ISO (Anti-Flicker On) The football image above was shot last Thursday night at the ESPN College Game of the Week over at NC State. Even though NC State has a really...
View ArticleThe Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar: "Journalism Is Still Possible."
The Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar is the oldest running gathering and contest for this special area of photography in the United States. I used to attend early in my career prior to 1992 when the...
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Sony a6600: First Impression From First Shoot
The new Sony a6600 is the best evolution yet of the venerable a6000 camera that Sony produced first in 2014. The a6600 is the most expensive of all the APS-C offerings from Sony but it's for many...
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Dynalite is Closed and Is No More: What Now For Its Many Loyal Users?
Like many of you, I have been using Dynalites since about 1992, when I could finally afford to unload my Novatron gear on some unsuspecting college kid that was assisting for me at the time....
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The New SONY A7SIII: The Innovation Continues
Watch the Launch Live Here Listen to this as a podcast here This is not a review. I've never had the new Sony a7SIII in my hands. I've not even seen a photograph of it that I know is real, but this...
View ArticlePM-R's Link Page to Wescott Strobes: 10% Off!!!
This is the link for the FJ400 flash mono block unit of which I now have four—love them:https://www.fjwestcott.com/fj400-strobe-400ws-with-ac-dc-battery?acc=c9e1074f5b3f9fc8ea15d152add07294This is the...
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Peyton Manning Enters the NFL Hall of Fame: There is Justice in the World...
I wrote this on the day of Peyton Manning's retirement from the NFL in March, 2016. Five years to get into the Hall Of Fame? All I'm asking, is what took them so long? 71,940 yards and 539...
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Traveling Lite on a Motorcycle Without Compromise: The Xperia 1 II, the...
I've been a pro photographer all my life and have been riding motorcycles throughout all that time as well. While my choice in bikes is easy, choosing what to bring on a motorcycle trip has been...
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Traveling Lite Without Compromise: Sony Xperia 1 II
Since as long as I could remember, I've loved riding motorcycles and as I grew older, I began to reach farther and farther from home to explore North America. All of it. To date I'd guess that...
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Roger Federer, Bono, Michael Jordan, & Dolly Parton: What do these all have...
It's simple in that I've photographed them all. Today, I was shooting a football game at a small college south of Knoxville 25 miles and a woman was yelling and screaming the whole game, cheering for...
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Wescott FJ400: The Happy Medium in Battery Powered Strobes in 2021
For a long time I've been searching for the ideal system to use for lighting people outdoors. I've been looking for a mono-block strobe that I could really feel good about. Profoto has always been...
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here is a test post for a sony video camera:Sony CX405256G SD card for FX6end of test
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SonyAlphaSports Photography Workshop I: Track Meet April 14-16, 2023 in...
The site of the workshop is at Maryville College's brand new Austin Coleman Piper Memorial Track, which will be used for the first time for the meet on April 15th. The MC Scots retired their track and...
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Ever since my Mom's old beau David Lowe showed up in our driveway on Chicago's South Side on a Norton Commando in the early 1970's, I've been fascinated by motorcycles. Long before the Harley...
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Music Photography Workshop: September 29 thru October 1, 2023 at the Louie...
Shooting live music can be challenging and getting access to shoot concerts can be even more difficult. Finding new and more interesting vantage points to shoot from, instead of always looking up...
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Full Moon Valley of Fire Landscape Workshop: March 24-27th, 2024. $1895 Per...
To sign up, click this link: A7CR/16-35mm f/4GWe are happy to announce a new workshop experience near Las Vegas next year. The Valley of Fire is a Nevada state park that offers some of the most...
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Smoky Mountain Sports Photography Worskhop 2024, May 6-9th
Smoky Mountain Sports Photography Worskhop 2024The site of the workshop is at Maryville College's Austin Coleman Piper Memorial Track, which will be used for the Conference Meet on May 6-9th, 2024 Our...
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