Olympus today announced they are in talks to transfer ownership of their camera business 😲
Here’s a quick video with some more information and some of my thoughts on what this means in the short term and beyond.
What do you think about this move? Let me know in the comments below!
On May 11, 2020 I did a free webinar for the National Photography Enthusiasts Group (NPEG) showing how to use Luminar 4 for Sky Replacement.
In the webinar I showed the AI Sky Replacement Tool as well as the new AI Augmented Sky Tool in action on a number of photos using clouds & skies from my 3 Cloud Kits.
This is a recording of that webinar.
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If you missed the free live webinar on May 2, 2020 where a bunch of us Olympus Educators discussed our history, work, and all things Olympus you can check out a recording of it on my YouTube channel.
Yesterday I went to the Oakland A’s preseason spring training baseball game against the visiting Los Angles Dodgers at Hohokam Park in Mesa, Arizona.
I used to shoot professional sports as a photojournalist back in the day and haven’t had a chance to seriously photograph any sports since 2006. It’s the thing I miss the most from my photojournalism days. I was a little rusty, but it was just like riding a bike 
There was no media pass for me this time out and all photos seen here were shot from either my seat along the first base side (see red circle in map) or from standing along the walkway (see arrows in map).
A few nights ago I took the newly announced Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark 3 camera to a small bull riding event behind one of the local saloons in Cave Creek, Arizona to test the camera with some action shots in really poor lighting conditions.
Well the lousy lighting didn’t disappoint, nor did the camera.
I also wanted to check out using a complete mobile workflow. All the photos you see here from the Mark 3 were wirelessly sent from the camera to my iPad Pro via the Olympus OI Share app. Lightroom Mobile was used to edit the RAW files, size them for web, and to add a watermark.
Unboxing the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III – Watch on Youtube
On February 12, 2020 Olympus announced the new OM-D E-M1 Mark III camera.
I have been shooting with a pre-production version for a couple weeks prior to the announcement. When I first received the camera from Olympus I videotaped an unboxing of it and this is that video posted here.