Monthly Archives: October 2012
Long Lens Tips and Techniques
How-To A long lens is essential for photographing wildlife for a number of reasons. The most obvious is it allows the subject to appear larger in the picture. Unless you’re creating an environmental portrait, bigger is usually better. A second … Continue reading
Is That Really How It Looked?
How-ToText And Photography By Gary Hart Has anyone ever looked at one of your images and asked, “Is that the way it really looked?” Do you think anyone ever asked Ansel Adams that? The truth is, great photographers understand that … Continue reading
Fall Foliage Photo Tips: Part 1
How-To Autumn is my favorite time of year for both photography and life in general. The hazy days of summer give way to crisp fall mornings, the landscape is painted with a mosaic of warm toned leaves, the morning air … Continue reading
Be Persistent
How-To To consistently produce great photographs, there are many concepts that need to be learned. I consider reading the light to be the most important. Without good light, a good photo is hard to produce. I’d rather photograph an ordinary … Continue reading
Gifts From Nature
How-To No matter how many times I revisit my favorite national parks or natural areas, they never fail to bring out the same reaction – WOW! Whether I round the bend north of Jackson Hole and take in the Teton … Continue reading
Inclement Weather Photography
How-To The sound of the alarm signals the coming of a new day. As its annoyance persists, the simultaneous pitter patter of raindrops paints a frown on your face. Today was the day you were psyched for early morning light … Continue reading
Hyper Focal Setting For More Depth of Field
How-To Depth in a photograph is conveyed by a spatial relationship between foreground, midground and background elements whereas those nearest the lens are emphasized while the rest of the composition recedes into the distance. The foreground object becomes exaggerated in … Continue reading
Show Some Behavior
How-To Good behavior is something toward which we should all aspire. It’s often rewarded. As both a former teacher and current parent, I look to the positive and make a big deal about it when it happens. But when I … Continue reading
Break Free From Your Comfort Zone
How-ToText And Photography By Ian Plant Most people tend to establish what’s known as a “comfort zone,” which is a limited set of safe, predictable and comfortable behavioral patterns that gives a sense of security and allows one to deliver … Continue reading
Depth Of Field Basics
How-To When it comes down to it, depth of field is synonymous with range of focus. It only seems natural that a photographer would want to produce a picture with a wide range of focus, but this is not always … Continue reading
Sponsored Tip: Creating A Personal Palette
How-ToBy Brian Dilg, Courtesy of New York Film Academy Photography SchoolThis tip article by Brian Dilg, comes to us courtesy of New York Film Academy Photography School, where he serves as the Chair of the New York Film Academy Photography … Continue reading
Bug odds and sods 16-10
Some recent bug shots from the gardenBrian V. Small muscid fly with preyDronefly hoverfly having a stretchThe last caterpillar ?- only one I could find from those cabbage white butterfly eggsFemale Chironomid midge learning about apertureTiny parasitoid wasp just over … Continue reading