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After a couple of years on Squarespace, I’ve moved this blog to Hugo hosted on GitHub Pages. Faster, cheaper (free), and I own the content in plain Markdown files rather than locked inside someone else’s platform. The migration took an afternoon. Everything that was on the Squarespace blog is being moved over gradually. A few things coming soon: Notes from recent shoots Behind-the-scenes from client sessions The Dark Sky Guide — a comprehensive astrophotography location guide for the USA I’ve been building Stay tuned. ...

Had a recent shoot for a 50th Birthday event. Every shoot I learn something, there is always a takeaway - like a retrospective! The following were the two that stood out - All party venues don’t have enough AC outlets.. better carry Extension chords Murphy’s law is irritatingly consistent! I was carrying two cameras for this shoot on a double camera strap. My D810 with a wide angle Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 with the Nikon SB-900 speedlight, and my Mirrorless Nikon Z7 Rii with my lovely 70-200mm f/2.8. Now for cake cutting, I was planning on using the wide angle. The cake cutting begins and D810 with the wide angle lens, shows “Card error”.. Removing the card, the battery, putting it back does not work. The camera is stuck. Just a few minutes back I had removed a full card when the camera was On.. This probably caused the error? Who knows.. ...