Category: Nature Photography

Visit the new McPhotoVideo.com website and enjoy a wide-ranging selection of my photo and video portfolios from projects I’ve tackled,

New DSLRs with Auto HDR features can create high dynamic range images in just seconds, but are the results worth the convenience? Check out my cover story in the Dec. 2011 issue of Outdoor Photographer Magazine.

HD video of Tropical Storm Irene storm damage and flash floods in Hopewell Junction, NY on Aug. 28, 2011. All stills and video taken with Sony SLT-a77 camera.

Get a bird’s eye view of where I traveled, and a multimedia tour of the dive sites and islands I visited while on assignment for UNESCO.

If you’re heading North of NYC to catch the great skiing in March, stop by Starbucks in Fishkill, NY off RT. 9 and I-84 to see my photo exhibit of nearby nature attractions.

Sunny Anaheim hosted its first PMA convention last week. Wish I could have stayed longer and avoided the North East’s Nor’easter: 30 inches of snow, no power, disaster area, no water, and worst of all–no cable TV during Olympics!

Michael J. McNamara, award winning photo journalist and editor of the McNamara Report (www.mcnamarareport.com) has recently completed two photo & video documentaries for – OUR PLACE – The World Heritage Collection (http://ourplaceworldheritage.com/).

It took a custom waterproof housing and a unique lighting system to pull off a photo and video documentary of the Great Barrier Reef using the Panasonic Lumix GH1 camera, but the results were outstanding!

These mystical little birds move so fast that they’re nearly impossible to capture in flight with a camera or camcorder. But the Casio EX-F1 can slow them down with its 60fps still burst, or its 300fps movies.