- Photo Safaris
- Alaska Bears & Puffins World's best Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear photo experience. Small group size, idyllic location, deluxe lodging, and Puffins!
- Participant Guestbook & Testimonials Candid Feedback from our participants over the years from our photo safaris, tours and workshops. We don't think there is any better way to evaluate a possible trip or workshop than to find out what others thought.
- Custom Photo Tours, Safaris and Personal Instruction Over the years we've found that many of our clients & friends want to participate in one of our trips but the dates we've scheduled just don't work for them or they'd like a customized trip for their family or friends.
- Myanmar (Burma) Photo Tour Myanmar (Burma) Photo Tour December 2017 -- with Angkor Wat option
- Reviews Go hands-on
- Camera Reviews Hands-on with our favorite cameras
- Lens reviews Lenses tested
- Photo Accessories Reviews Reviews of useful Photo and Camera Accessories of interest to our readers
- Useful Tools & Gadgets Handy tools and gadgets we've found useful or essential in our work and want to share with you.
- What's In My Camera Bag The gear David Cardinal shoots with in the field and recommends, including bags and tools, and why
- Articles About photography
- Getting Started Some photography basics
- Travel photography lesson 1: Learning your camera Top skills you should learn before heading off on a trip
- Choosing a Colorspace Picking the right colorspace is essential for a proper workflow. We walk you through your options.
- Understanding Dynamic Range Understanding Dynamic Range
- Landscape Photography Tips from Yosemite Landscape Photography, It's All About Contrast
- Introduction to Shooting Raw Introduction to Raw Files and Raw Conversion by Dave Ryan
- Using Curves by Mike Russell Using Curves
- Copyright Registration Made Easy Copyright Registration Made Easy
- Guide to Image Resizing A Photographers' Guide to Image Resizing
- CCD Cleaning by Moose Peterson CCD Cleaning by Moose Peterson
- Profiling Your Printer Profiling Your Printer
- White Balance by Moose Peterson White Balance -- Are You RGB Savvy by Moose Peterson
- Photo Tips and Techniques Quick tips and pro tricks and techniques to rapidly improve your photography
- News Photo industry and related news and reviews from around the Internet, including from dpreview and CNET
- Getting Started Some photography basics
- Resources On the web
- My Camera Bag--What I Shoot With and Why The photo gear, travel equipment, clothing, bags and accessories that I shoot with and use and why.
- Datacolor Experts Blog Color gurus, including our own David Cardinal
- Amazon Affiliate Purchases made through this link help support our site and cost you absolutely nothing. Give it a try!
- Forums User to user
- Think Tank Photo Bags Intelligently designed photo bags that I love & rely on!
- Rent Lenses & Cameras Borrowlenses does a great job of providing timely services at a great price.
- Travel Insurance With the high cost of trips and possibility of medical issues abroad trip insurance is a must for peace of mind for overseas trips in particular.
- Moose Peterson's Site There isn't much that Moose doesn't know about nature and wildlife photography. You can't learn from anyone better.
- Journeys Unforgettable Africa Journeys Unforgettable -- Awesome African safari organizers. Let them know we sent you!
- Agoda International discounted hotel booking through Agoda
- Cardinal Photo Products on Zazzle A fun selection of great gift products made from a few of our favorite images.
- David Tobie's Gallery Innovative & creative art from the guy who knows more about color than nearly anyone else
- Galleries Our favorite images
David Cardinal Biography
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David is an award-winning professional travel and nature photographer, as well as a prolific writer on photography and other technical topics. He is a frequent contributor to Extremetech.com, and has been published in Outdoor Photographer, Photoshop User, PC Magazine, London Daily Mail, and many other magazines and websites. He has spoken on digital imaging and on the internet at Stanford, Dartmouth, Google, Electronic Imaging, and at B&H’s OPTIC conference. His clients include the BBC, Asia Development Bank, US Fish and Wildlife, California Fish and Game, National Wildlife Federation, American Prairie Foundation, DxO Labs, Datacolor, Photodex, and Lexar. David is also a Datacolor Expert. In addition to leading photo tours worldwide, he has shot high school sports professionally for CBS Interactive. He co-authored one of the first books on digital photography with colleague Moose Peterson and has taught workshops for North American Nature Photography Association and Digital Landscape Workshop Series. David's travel and nature photo tours and safaris include destinations in Africa, Southeast Asia, and throughout North America. His images of creatures in the wild help communicate the importance of our natural heritage and our responsibility to preserve it, while his journalistic efforts span both photography and technology. . |
David leads a limited number of wildlife and nature photo safaris, through cardinalphoto.com
David is the founder of Pro Shooters, which produces the award winning DigitalPro for Windows--software for organizing and managing your digital images--and nikondigital.org, the leading information website for serious digital shooters-with over 100,000 unique visitors each month-as well as DigitalPro Shooter, a leading bi-monthly newsletter for digital photographers with over 15,000 readers. David's background also includes many years of technical consulting on topics ranging from digital image management to color digital imaging for both Fortune 500 companies and the US Government.
You can learn more about David and his photography at http://www.cardinalphoto.com, and about DigitalPro at http://www.proshooters.com.
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Spring Cleaning for Your PC, March 2009 and May 2009 Issue Infrared Digital Photography, December, 2008 Make something new with your old Digital Camera, October, 2008 Photoshop Editing Expert Tips, June and July 2008 Tips for better Point & Shoot Photography, April 2008 Securing your e-Mail & Instant Messaging, March, 2008 Adding Items to Outlook Automatically, February, 2008 New Features for Long Documents in Microsoft Word, October, 2007 Note Taking Goes to the Next Level, June, 2007 Location, Location, Location November, 2005 Make Your Photos Great!, March, 2005 Landscape Candid Photos in the RAW Troubleshooting Your Images Sports Digital Photography Travel Tips June, 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge Preview, October, 2005 Everyday Photography Cool Camera Projects, May, 2004 Beyond Point-and-Shoot, August, 2002 Architecture, March, 2005 Vista Tip: Readyboost, March, 2007 IE7 Tip: IE Without Add-Ons, March 2007 Vista Tip: Raw Images, March, 2007 Converting to a D-SLR, PC Magazine, Thailand |
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Why color calibrate? PDN / Rangefinder, March, 2016. Why color calibration is essential, Imaging Resource, February, 2016. Four tips on traveling light, B&H Photo Blog, by Chris Gampat, June 14, 2012. PC Magazine feature on David Cardinal, Connected Traveler, April 16, 2012. Portola Valley photographer David Cardinal shares his 'World Views' in exhibition, The Almanac, April 4, 2007 Tech-savvy Photographer, ECM Blog, April 2008 Not just another pretty bird, The Almanac, April 25, 2007 Where the Buffalo Roam, Palo Alto Weekly, March, 2006 Destinations: Shooting wildlife with a camera, The Almanac, June 29, 2005 Nature's Inspirations features local artists, The Almanac, October 4, 2006 Preserving Parkland with a Camera, California State Parks Parklands Magazine, August 8, 2003 |
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Cardinal Photo is an affiliate of Amazon, Zazzle, Think Tank Photo, Blurb, Photodex, HDRSoft, SmugMug, and B&H Photo David is a member of PPA, NAPP, the ACM and NANPA. Cardinal Photo is a Corporate member of NANPA. Giving Back: David and his wife Lorrie Duval believe in giving back to the community, and have donated their time and art work to a variety of charitable organizations including: California State Park Foundation, East Palo Alto Tennis & Tutoring (EPATT), The Maze Cup, Blues and Barbeque, Castilleja School, National Wildlife Federation, Children in the Wilderness Trust, Portola Valley School District, Town of Portola Valley, Atherton Library, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, and others. David graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 1981, concentrating in digital imaging and algorithms, and was awarded the Joseph Clifton Elgin prize for contribution to the Engineering School. After stints at Amdahl Computer and nearly a decade at Sun Microsystems in a variety of positions including director of their consulting and sales support organizations and General Manager of their Applications Division, he founded FirstFloor Software in 1992, which merged with Calico Commerce where he was CTO until founding Cardinal Photo (Pro Shooters LLC) in 2000, where he is the principal owner along with his wife Lorrie Duval. |
| David's images are available from: |
A limited number of David's Stock images are available from:
David's high school sports images are available from CBS Interactive subsidiary, maxpreps.com Selected wildlife and travel images are available for printing or making gifts through our online galleries. If you don't see what you need there, please contact us via email using stock [at] cardinalphoto.com You can also find David & Cardinal Photo on Facebook, Flickr and Twitter. |
[Image Credit: Portrait photo by Robert Cardinal]
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