Monthly Archives: September 2012
Photo of the Week: July 4, 2012
Just a little closerPhoto Kate J Brown with permission to About.com, Inc.Click the photo to see the original post in the forum.Each week I select a picture of that posted in our forum to the new photo of the week. … 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
Storm Watch
How-ToText & Photography by Roger and Caryn HilDramatic weather yields dramatic photographs. Roger and Caryn Hill are dedicated, expert storm chasers and photographers. Every year they strike out across the United States to photograph the wild weather systems that emerge … Continue reading
Sky-scapes
How-To Sky photography conjures thoughts of vividly colored clouds and electric hues. Ever changing conditions provide great windows of opportunity as cloud colors intensify. Influenced by many factors, the chance of getting the same conditions to ever repeat are almost … 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
Travel Photography Tips
How-To Planning a photo trip is always enjoyable. The anticipation of what awaits is a good motivator to make sure a complete and thorough job gets done. This is true whether your travels have you escape the cold of winter … Continue reading
So You Want To Be A Nature Photographer
How-To I’ve heard it said that if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life. As photography has been a long time profession in addition to being a passion, to some extent, the above holds … Continue reading
Into the Heart of the Earth
One of the primary goals of my trip to the Southwest was to do some technical canyons with Aubrey. We started with Pine Creek Canyon, a classic, and relatively straightforward for newcomers to canyoneering. After a few rappels came the … Continue reading
Backlit Landscapes
How-To Backlight can impart many different looks to a landscape. It can emphasize a strong silhouette, it can rim light a subject with a strong outer glow, it can enhance the look of fog or mist, it can create shafts … 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
Wildlife Panoramas
How-ToBy George D. Lepp And Kathryn Vincent Lepp, Photography By George D. Lepp Hundreds of sandhill cranes and a vigilant bald eagle are revealed as the sun rises over Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico. The five-image panoramic … Continue reading
Sky-scapes
How-To Sky photography conjures thoughts of vividly colored clouds and electric hues. Ever changing conditions provide great windows of opportunity as cloud colors intensify. Influenced by many factors, the chance of getting the same conditions to ever repeat are almost … Continue reading