Photographer Cory Richards and Nikon USA part ways with Nikon’s Ambassador program
I often visit the official Nikon Ambassador’s website (https://www.nikonusa.com/ambassadors) to check for any changes to its membership lineup and to gain some inspiration by visiting a few of the ambassador websites.
On a recent visit, I noticed that one ambassador was missing: Cory Richards. Richards joined the Nikon Ambassador program in April 2019, just before embarking on a planned expedition to summit Everest for a second time without oxygen. He was to be accompanied by Keith Ladzinski (also a former Nikon Ambassador now with Canon). A variety of Nikon Z camera bodies and S lenses were to be used to document the assent.
Based on my research above, it looks like the relationship started out strong and rosy but obviously, something went wrong. Richards has been public about his struggles in the past with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), alcoholism, divorce, and suicide.
I have reached out to Corry Richards to get his side of the story. I will post an update if I hear back from him.
To visit Richards website, go to: https://www.coryrichards.com/
Today, Nikon releases new version of NX Studio, now with support for the Nikon Z6III and other changes and fixes. Today, Nikon makes available a new version of their NX Studio software, version 1.7.0
Nikon has announced the new Z6III mirrorless camera. Full specs will be released on June 17th, at 8AM ET.
Nikon has announced the new Z6III mirrorless camera. Full specs will be released on June 17th, at 8AM ET.
I was not familiar with Condor Airlines so I did a bit of research. Condor was founded in 1956 in Germany. According to it’s website, it’s Germany’s “most popular leisure airline”. The unique strips livery was introduced in 2022 to “Introduce a new brand identity: Inspired by parasols, bath towels and beach chairs, Condor now wears stripes in five colors. This illustrates the development from a leisure airline to a unique and unmistakable vacation brand.” The green and white livery in the photo I captured is their Island color theme.
Today, Nikon issues a firmware update for the Nikkor Z 180-600mm lens with the following changes: Fixed an issue that focus may be inaccurate at a focus distance of infinity with a focal length around 400mm to 600mm in a low temperature environment.
Nikon removes all website and social media references from all Nikon USA ambassador pages.
Combining the features in Capture One Pro, Capture One Enterprise along with some new features, Capture one has bundled these into a new product, Capture One Studio.
Nikon realizes that their current crop of ambassadors are too old to resonate with younger photographers, their new target market, so they retain young “Nikon Creator partners” to solve the problem
Changed the default values for the following settings displayed when connecting wirelessly:
- Encryption keys
- The password displayed after the camera's default settings are restored
• Fixed the following issues:
- Green color casting occurred with some pictures taken.
- The date and time set in camera sometimes would not be correctly applied.
- Using [Picture review] to view an image in a “tall” (portrait) orientation and zooming in the image prevented the display from being scrolled to the intended direction with multi selector or sub-selector.
- After a firmware update, the eye sensor sometimes would not function and the viewfinder would not turn on.
- The “i” menu would sometimes remain in the viewfinder when it was looked through after the shutter-release button was pressed halfway to exit the “i” menu viewed in the monitor.
From Academy and Emmy Award-winning filmmakers E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, PHOTOGRAPHER flips the lens on some of the world’s most extraordinary visual storytellers to see what makes them click. The series premieres March 18 on National Geographic at 8/7c and streams March 19 on Disney+ and Hulu.
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Welcome to Robert G Allen Photography. I'm a professional multi-disciplinary commercial freelance photographer based in the Pacific Northwest and a Nikon DSLR Enthusiast.
While my career has primarily been as an event photographer, this website represents other areas of photography for which I have professional competency and enjoyment. The resulting front page gallery and single subject galleries are the result of a combination of client assignments and personal areas of interest.
Today, Nikon Launches a f/1.4 Prime Lens, a First for the Z Mount System (with sample photos)