Boogie Boarding at Popham Beach in Phippsburg, Maine

I have just started writing a new blog for Outdoor Photographer magazine, called "In the Zone with Jerry Monkman," so surf on over to outdoorphotographer.com and check it out (I needed to get a surf reference in there to match the photo, didn't I?)  I'll give more details about his new blog below, but before I do that, I wanted to mention some great photo blogs by a few Outdoor Photographer columnists:

PhotoDigitary, by Rob Sheppard.  Rob was the long-time editor of the magazine. He now freelances, writing great photo books and leading compelling workshops, as well as giving some good advice on his blog.

William Neill's Light on the Landscape Photoblog.  William Neill is one of the world's premier landscape photographers, and his blog is an excellent place to be inspired by his imagery while learning  at the same time.

Bill Hatcher Photography.  If adventure photography is your thing, then definitely check out Bill's blog.  Careful with this one - travelers' envy can seriously afflict you as you read through the posts.

Bob Krist's Travel Photography Blog.  Bob has long been one of the world's top travel photographers for years, and I have very much enjoyed his column in Outdoor Photographer over the last several years.  If you like photo blogs with a heavy dose of travel and some great posts about gear and technique, definitely check out this one.

Okay, back to "In the Zone."  Here's my statement for what the blog is all about:

"In the Zone" is a place where outdoor photographers can share old and new digital imaging techniques, as well as keep up to date on new products and ideas in the industry.  My job is to provide digital imaging tips and news as a way to start discourse and keep us all working smarter and better when processing our images.  My experience as a full-time nature and adventure photographer (as well as my ten years of past experience as a software engineer) will focus my posts on the imaging tips that work well and make the biggest impact on an outdoor photographer’s workflow and creative expression. Despite my technical background, I believe in keeping the “digital” part of photography as simple as possible in order to keep photography about making the pictures, not working on a computer.  I also believe in using tools and workflows that let photographers work faster on their computers, so they can spend more time in the field shooting.  Isn’t that where we acquired out passion for photography – by being out in nature behind our cameras? So, you’ll see a lot of Lightroom tips on here because that’s my current favorite place for processing large batches of images.  I’ll also visit the world of Photoshop on a regular basis since there are still plenty of cool things to do in there even if you work in Lightroom (or Apple’s Aperture or Microsoft Expression Media) 95% of the time.  And there are always new and cool imaging programs and plug-ins to try out and discuss, so I’ll touch on those from time to time as well.  Most importantly, I invite all readers of this blog to participate in the discussion.  Let me know what you think about my posts.  Have you tried the techniques I’m discussing?   Are there better ways to do things?  Is there a topic you want me to write about?  I’ve got a thick skin and a passion for learning about this stuff, so speak out and help me make this blog an important space for outdoor photographers!

So there you go.  Give it a visit and let me know what you think.

Until next time...
-Jerry

P.S. To see more pics of my kids boogie boarding, go to www.ecophotography.com and do a search on "Popham."

 

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