About
Our passion for nature and the outdoors inspires our photography. It also motivates us to move our asses off the computer chairs and surrender ourselves to the beauty and majesty of nature.
Our Story
It all started from a camping trip in February, 2013. Camping is one of our greatest hobbies. We drove up to Yosemite National Park from California for a weekend camping trip. The fall foliage is absolutely breath taking in Northern Ontario during those times of the year. During one of the nights, the skies were clear. The Milky Way began to show itself distinctively - we have seen non-polluted night skies before in other parks but this was the first time it overwhelmed us. Uninformed and unprepared, that night, we tried everything to capture the night sky to no avail. It was such a shame because it has been one of the greatest night skies we've ever seen. We swore to ourselves to never let something like that happen to us again. So after the trip, we can home and started researching on photography techniques. Eventually, we bought our first DSLR camera. And that, fellow ladies and gentlemen, is how we started our adventure of photography.
Shan (left) and Jackie (right) at Crater Lake National Park - 2014
Our Gear, Software, and Websites used
Cameras
Nikon D810
Nikon D5200
Autel Robotics X-Star Premium Drone
Samsung Galaxy Camera (Retired 2013 - used for 2013 roadtrip)
GoPro Hero 3+ Silver (Retired 2014 - used for 2014 roadtrip)
Nikon D800 (Retired 2016)
Lenses
Nikon 50mm f1.8g
Nikon 85mm f1.4g
Nikon 14-24mm f2.8
Nikon 18-105 f3.5g DX
Tamron 70-300mm f3.5
Tamron 24-70mm f2.8
Tamron 150-600mm f5
Nikon 35mm f1.8d DX (retired)
Nikon 24-70mm f2.8 (retired)
Rokinon 14mm f2.8 (retired)
Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 DX (retired)
Tamron 15-30mm f2.8 (retired)
Other equipment
Manfrotto Carbon Fiber Tripod
Benro Carbon Fiber Tripod
Induro Carbon Fiber Tripod
Markin Q-ball ballhead
iOptron SkyTracker
Both Wired & Wireless Shutter Release
Intervalometer
Lowepro LP34622
Spotlight and Flashlights
Bearspray (personal must have for safety)
Softwares used
Lightroom
Photoshop
LRTimelapse
Deep SkyStacker
GoPro Studio Software
Nikon ViewNX2
Stellarium
Photomatix
Mobile Device Apps
Stellarium Mobile
LunarPhase
Polarfinder (for SkyTracker)
DOF Calculator
GasBuddy
AirBNB