And the winner is….
Today is Friday, at least somewhere in the world and we promised to pick a winner of the Phottix Strato II Multi 5-in-1 Wireless Triggers and the The SpiderPro Single Camera System. Yesterday we added two more great prizes into the mix. But it really isn’t fair to just throw them in and give [...]
Angkor Photo Workshop and the Fruits of our Labour
“Hannibal” Smith in the 1980′s TV series, “The A-Team” used to say “I love it when a plan comes together”. All I need is a cigar in the side of my mouth and I could be Hannibal Smith today because the Angkor Photo Workshop did just that, it came together – perfectly. Sunday was the [...]
ProPhoto Coalition
I am tickled pink to announce that I have been asked to write for the ProPhoto Coalition website. PPC and it’s big sister ProVideo Coalition are websites that cater to pro and serious photographers/videographers with news, tips, how-tos, gear reviews and more. ProVideo Coalition has been around for a while and has a proven track [...]
Win a Zink Pogo Printer!
Remember that Zink Printer I talked about in the Cultural Insider’s post? The really cool portable printer that prints business card size prints? Well, here is your chance to get your hands on one. Pop on over to David DuChemin’s blog HERE and let him know why you want one. Tell him I sent you [...]
Welcome Acratech Tripod Heads!
I want to say welcome to yet another new sponsor to The Digital Trekker, Acratech tripod ballheads. As I write this it just doesn’t sound real sexy. But trust me, these babies are just that, sexy. I went after Acratech because one of our participants on this past Lumen Dei was using their GV2 Ballhead. [...]
New ThinkTank Product Coming Our Way.
Photo by Dave Seah All kinds of fun stuff head this way. ThinkTank Photo, a sponsor of this blog has some neat new gear. First there is the Airport AirStream. This is a scaled down version of the other Airport bags ThinkTank makes. I use the Airport International and love it! So, a much smaller [...]
PhotoFlex A Super LiteDisc!
(Click image to make larger)Photoflex 5′n1 MultiDiscs at work in the field. An image from the shoot above. We were fortunate to have a new sponsor of Lumen Dei at the last minute. The fine folks at Photoflex were kind enough to give us a whole suitcase full of 5′n1 MultiDiscs and a couple of [...]
Ladakh – Mulling Things Over.
I returned to a house full of company. It has been fun, old friends from the US and my daughter’s home school from India. All very welcome friends. It has been hard to post and it has taken time to get the two new galleries up from Lumen Dei. But they are up and running. [...]
A peak at the new 5D MKII?
Maybe it is a sneak peak at the new Canon 5D MKII or maybe something brand new. But whatever it is they are sure teasing us! Check it out HERE
The destructible, indestructible North Face Base Camp Duffle.
North Face Base Camp Duffle The Base Camp Duffle after two trips. I have wanted a North Face Base Camp Duffle for a long, long time. Almost since they came out. One reason is they just looked cool. The other and the main reason was they seemed indestructible. The PVC coated nylon looked as if [...]
Packing List Revised for iPhone
David Duchemin just posted his packing list for the Lumen Dei workshop and his time in Nepal. The pdf file is HERE. I took his list and went one step further. I transferred his list over to Lists.Zenbe.com. Zenbe is a online list that syncs with your iPod Touch or iPhone through the Zenbe List [...]
Tech vs Talent
David Duchemin has been ranting for as long as I have known him about how gear heads mix up tech for talent, vision for glass. Many, many years ago I used to work as a camera sales man in ‘Ronnie Marquin’s Highland Camera and Video’, in Waco Texas. The store is long gone now, but [...]
Review: ThinkTank's Modular Belt System
Photos of Matt by Keith Talley Click on the photos to enlarge them. I have gone through many camera bags. I have used and abused several Lowepro bags and a ThinkTank Photo bag or two. I have finally come to the conclusion there is no one perfect bag. You don’t know how hard that is [...]
I shoot for mostly NGOs and nonprofits. I photograph images of the unknown, the forgotten and the helpless. These are often the stories that most people overlook. 
