The Nikon ZR Stills Seminar Nikon Never Made
Tuesday, July 28th 5pm ONLINE
The Nikon ZR Stills Seminar Nikon Never Made
Nikon built the ZR and pointed it at video. While the ZR may have been Born Cinematic, Mark Comon and Thom Hogan are about to point it somewhere else entirely: at still photography—and show you just how good it is there.
In this free online session, Mark and Thom team up to make the case Nikon didn’t. Mark brings the proof: real images from real shoots, made with the ZR as his everyday stills camera. It’s the body he reaches for on photo walks and at workshops, because with the right lens it delivers stunning images with almost none of the fuss. Its stripped-down controls keep your attention where it belongs—on the moment in front of you—without ever taking away the control that matters. And that big, bright rear LCD? It holds up outdoors better than any Nikon screen before it, which makes composing on the fly a genuine pleasure rather than a guessing game.
Then Thom takes you under the hood. He’s just finished his new book, Using and Customizing the Nikon ZR for Still Photography, so he’ll walk you through the real nitty-gritty: every quirk of shooting stills on a ZR, how to solve each one, and exactly how to set the camera’s controls up so it works the way a photographer thinks.
But wait—there’s more. Sign up for this session and you’ll get:
• A one-page quick-reference PDF of suggested ZR settings for stills
• An entry in a drawing for a SmallRig accessory set that makes the ZR handle even better for still shooting
A capable little camera, two people who actually use it that way, and everything you need to make it your own. Reserve your spot—it’s free.
Botswana- Not What We Expected!
Wednesday July 29th 5pm ONLINE
Thom Hogan and Mark Comon know Botswana. Not from a brochure—from decades on the ground. Thom has been photographing and teaching workshops in the Okavango Delta, along the Chobe River, and across the Kalahari for 32 years. Mark for 20. Between them, there are few photographers anywhere who understand these wild systems as deeply.
And this year, those systems turned upside down.
Three times the normal rainfall fell on Botswana. The Delta—already a place defined by water—flooded far beyond its usual reach. The Kalahari, a desert by definition, got soaked. The change was so extreme that an entire park, Moremi, simply closed. And the wildlife had no choice but to respond: some animals scattered and struggled, while others read the upheaval and turned it to their advantage.
Mark and Thom take you straight into that transformed landscape to show you exactly what happens when conditions shift in a wild place. Thom takes you up into the air above the Delta for a striking look at the difference between a wet year and a dry one. Mark walks you through the reality on the ground—how a flooded itinerary forces last-minute changes, and what those calls actually look like when you’re out there making them.
Along the way you’ll see wildlife and nature images from Botswana that you almost certainly haven’t seen before, all captured by Thom and Mark with their Nikon gear.
And you’ll likely leave with one big takeaway: change closes some doors, but it throws others wide open. The trick is being there when it does. F/2.8 and be there, baby.