The Weekly Photo and Two New eBook Releases
Below is an image taken during the spring of 2008 at the Columbia Icefields in Jasper National Park that I finally got around to processing. Yikes, gotta get caught up!
The cool thing is that the longer I wait to process images the more likely I am to delete most of the photos from the shoot. After several years, my objectivity about the images is much higher and I realize that most of the photos I make actually suck! Only those images that are a tad different or say something that I haven’t said before are likely to survive the ‘aged’ editing process.
The image below was one of the few survivors. I took this image with my Canon EOS-1ds Mark III and a Canon 24mm TS-E lens (the original version). I liked the grungy look and enhanced that look by converting the image to a textured black-n-white (and then toned blue) with Silver Efex Pro 2. Any one interested in buying this software (which I am a huge fan of) can get 15% off if you use the code darwin on checkout.
©Darwin Wiggett
Speaking of the parks and the mountains and melting glaciers… I am happy to announce two new eBook releases. I have just released my latest eBook over at How to Photograph the Canadian Rockies. This latest book is a big compendium of all the great places to go in Banff National Park – check it out! You’ll need this eBook if you plan a visit to Banff National Park because it directs you to all the best spots in the the right light and in the correct season (over 50 locations are discussed).
And if that isn’t exciting news, then this is; my good friend and Canada’s best wildlife photographer, John Marriott has written an eBook for all of us Canadian Rockies fans. Check out The Icefields Parkway: Wildlife Edition
Here is more good news. I am offering a 20% discount on these $10 eBooks if you buy 2 or more eBooks by June 7 (midnight MST). Just use the code LLTL on checkout. This is the last time you’ll get this big of a discount. Going forward the standard discount will be 10% but only if you buy 5 or more eBooks.
And finally, if you want to share images you have taken in the Canadian Rockies, be sure to post them to the How to Photograph the Canadian Rockies Flickr group. Why bother? Well, I will be there to comment on your photos and also I will pick out a great photo once a week to feature on the How to Photograph the Canadian Rockies website!
Finally thanks to Stephen Desroches for his amazing hard work designing these eBooks and building the website and of course thanks to Samantha for her great editing job and moron (oops… I mean moral) support. Happy shooting!
Darwin Wiggett 
May 30, 2011 at 11:53 AM
Well, I’m sure glad to learn that I’m not the only one with a huge backlog of images! I’m also still working on images from 2008 and 2009! You’re right though. It’s so easy to delete images now. If it’s not something that wows me, it’s gone.
The frustrating thing for me is that the backlog is so huge now, that I don’t want to go anywhere near it. I’m trying to commit at least a hour a day to post processing my old images because I really want to get caught up.
June 4, 2011 at 8:21 PM
Good luck Tom, but remember, the longer you wait the more you will not process! Wait long enough and you’ll have no work at all 😉