Photographing Flowers – A How-to by Elizabeth Halford on Digital Photography School When many beginners pick up a camera for the first time, it sort of seems like an automatic first step to begin photographing flowers. They stand still and do as they’re told while you practice. For some photographers, they begin feeling more comfortable [...]
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Here’s another shot of the little Eastern Screen Owl from the visit to the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center’s First Saturday event. Captured with Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L handheld.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
How To Color Balance Your Flash With Gels Quick, what’s the difference between the light from your flash, the sun, those crazy, twisted light bulbs and the not so crazy twisted light bulbs? Easy answer: degrees Kelvin, or the color the lights give off. How to Take Better Landscape Photos – PictureCorrect Taking great landscape [...]
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Here’s a Great Horned Owl from the visit to the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center’s First Saturday event. He looks frightened . Captured with Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L handheld.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Here’s a Barn Owl from the visit to the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center’s First Saturday event. Notice the differences in the wings…the owl can fly buy not well. Captured with Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L handheld. This is a captive bird.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
How to Use Lines in Photography Compositions – PictureCorrect Quote: A very powerful method of improving the composition of photos is the use of lines. Properly used, lines can significantly increase the impact of images. The 7 Deadly Sins of Indoor Photography | Light Stalking Quote: Indoor photography is perhaps one of the most challenging places [...]
Sunday, May 30, 2010
If I Were Just Going Pro Today – Here’s The First Thing I’d Do- Going Pro 2010 “The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” Quick Tip: 3 Creative Uses of Slow Shutter Speed | Phototuts+ Experimenting with shutter speed on [...]
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Photographer’s Just Do It List « Dave Cross – the website Earlier this week I had a chance to listen to Jeremy Cowart speak at Escalate Live and to read his guest blog over on Scott Kelby’s blog. One of the things that I heard from him (and other speakers at Escalate) was to get [...]
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
I’m a huge Moose Peterson fan and recently found “Moose Peterson’s Guide to Wildlife Photography: Conventional and Digital Techniques (A Lark Photography Book)” at the local Half Price Books store. I was a little hesitant to buy it since it was printed in 2003, which is a quite a long time ago in photography equipment [...]
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Photography Composition – Tips For Composing Great Pictures – PictureCorrect Quote: Learning how to properly compose pictures can mean the difference between great looking pictures and bad ones. This article will help give you some tips to improve your photo composition and take great digital pictures. Photography v. Reality « Photofocus Quote: I’m reminded of [...]
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Simple Steps for Shooting Amazing Silhouettes | Phototuts+ Quote: Silhouettes can be an excellent way to add drama to a scene. The stark contrast and lack of detail in the subject infuse a psychological effect into the image that can be beautiful, mysterious, or even frightening. Break the Ice to Get Better Pictures of Your [...]
Thursday, March 18, 2010
An American Robin from a few weeks ago. The light is a bit harsh but the detail is excellent in the chest and wings. Captured with Canon 7D and Canon 400 5.6 L sitting on my Induro CT314 Tripod.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
I received Bryan Peterson’s “Understanding Photography Field Guide: How to Shoot Great Photographs with Any Camera” for Christmas and haven’t been able to put it down since. The book is split into 11 different sections: Digital Basics – In this section, the author provides a basic intro to the world of digital photography. Exposure – [...]
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Found this beautiful photo on Flickr titled Serenity by archangel_raphael. The title is perfect – Serenity. I’d like to visit this location sometime and experience that serenity.
Monday, January 4, 2010
I just read a post on David duChemin’s PixelatedImage that really made me think. The post, titled “Doomed to Mediocrity“, and the follow-up posted titled “Doomed(?) Revisted” really hit home for me. The basis for the original post was a letter received from a photographer who felt that they were doomed to mediocrity because they [...]
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
As photographers, we’ve been taught to get out early or late to get the best light and to pack up the cameras during the middle of the day. This time of day, called the ‘harsh hour’ by some, finds most serious photographers relaxing rather than taking photographs. Would you be surprised to learn you can [...]
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Scott Kelby is looking for some help with his new Digital Photography Book #3 (not sure if that’s the real title). Scott is finishing up the book next week and would like your input. He asks: Next week I’ll be wrapping up writing Volume 3 of my book, “The Digital Photography Book,” and while I [...]
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Stephen Oachs shares some excellent tips for getting great photographs of animals over on DPhoto Journal. The tips are: Tip 1: Miss the eyes and you’ve missed the shot. Tip 2: Use a telephoto lens. Tip 3: Shoot with two eyes. Tip 4: Adjust your shutter speed to stop/show the action. Tip 5: Anticipate behavior. [...]
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
This probably isn’t news to anyone reading this blog, but I wanted to take a few minutes to say it anyway. It doesn’t matter how much money you spend on a camera or lens, if you don’t have the basic skills to take a good photography, you’ve wasted your money. Believe me…I know Digital Photography [...]
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Great post over on Camera Dojo titled Understanding Exposure with the Exposure Triangle that has some excellent information on exposure and makes it easy to quickly understand exposure. From the article: think of the three elements of exposure as the three points of a triangle each having an equal effect on the final exposure of [...]
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