Category Archives: Digital Cameras

Roosevelt Point, Grand Canyon North Rim

Along the way to Cape Royal, one of those “must see” spots when visiting the North Rim, is a small pull off for Roosevelt Point.  It’s not the most visited or photographed point along the rim, but I decided to stop for a while and see what I could see. The walk out is a [...]

One more edit from the Belly Dancer shoot

While waiting on service for the HP Z3100 today I spent time editing a piece for George Molnar, then moved on to one of my own pieces. Why is it I don’t seem to find the time for editing my shots lately? Ah, guess I’m just busy! And that’s a GREAT thing to be! Not [...]

Sort, select, delete, and repeat……

Almost sounds like laundry day doesn’t it? Well, actually it is laundry day here at the Airstream, but we’re not talking about that right now. I’ll post about laundry some other time. Today I’m finishing the offloads from this weekend’s “Tsunami on the Square.”  I shot way too much, and when shooting with the 5D [...]

The pluses and minuses of your own photography and print business

You know, I’ve had many folks more than a little curious about what I now do for a living. And by “for a living” I mean that loosely. Getting a small business off the ground and rooted in major success takes time. Today for instance I’ve already been dealing with major victories and major defeats [...]

The Tuesday Updates – HDR Workshop, Vulture Mine, Upcoming shoots, and more

There’s a lot of news to cover today. Mostly it’s about RL Charpentier Photography, the gallery, and some fun little upcoming events! The Vulture Mine and HDR Workshops:  Well, it’s finally here and official.  R.L. Charpentier Photography, LLC is offering our first group workshop here in Arizona.  What’s it all about?  Day one involves shooting [...]

Venturing further into Flash: Wireless with the ST-E2

Finally, we get the posting up here. Unfortunately I left my portable drive at home this morning, so I had to take a couple of photos here in the gallery in order to show you my little wireless demonstration….. Someday I’ll remember that portable drive again, I just know it…… In my last posting regarding [...]

In Camera HDR….I just learned about this!

Have you heard about in camera HDR? I just learned about it. I know…..get with the times Rich! Reading “Outdoor Photographer” yesterday I learned that several manufacturers have started producing gear that will create HDRs in the camera.  It was only a matter of time, wasn’t it?  I mean, we already had auto bracketing, this [...]