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Creating Intimate Portraits in Nature

Since the first day I picked up a camera and started photographing birds I felt compelled to create images that seem, and many times are, larger than life. I enjoy nothing more than capturing intimate...

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“Meadow Diving”

I’m a big advocate of using a tripod for every image I possibly can. I believe that my compositions get better, I make exposure choices with more thought, and sharpness and image quality are greatly...

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The Art of Abstract Macro Photography

Editor’s note: This article was originally published in June, 2006, and is being featured again with its original text and one new image. Our thanks to Michael Brown. From Wikipedia online...

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The Basics of Nature Photography

Are you new to nature photography? Feeling a little unsure of how to get started in your quest to make beautiful images? If you want to consistently make good photos, there is a lot to learn....

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Black and White Photography

The development of black and white photography prior to the 1930′s was the byproduct of technical limitations rather than desire. I am quite certain that had color been available from day one, people...

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Fine Art Composition Top 15

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”-Albert Einstein 1. Composition is the strongest way of seeing. This is Edward Weston’s definition...

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Compose or Crop?

Composition is an essential aspect of a good photograph. It’s our choice as photographers as to how the elements will be arranged in a photograph. It’s no wonder we take time to setup a photograph,...

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My Changing Shooting Style

I have been a photographer for most of my life and throughout my 46 years or so of photography, my style has changed many times. When I first got heavily into bird photography about 14 years ago, the...

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Determining Composition – Part 1

Composition is the arrangement of visual elements in the image. Successful composition should lead the viewer’s eye toward the most important parts of the image. It should help portray whatever it is...

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Getting Out of Your Bird Photography Rut

All of us go through a period of low productivity in our photography; we get stuck in a rut. Maybe we’re doing the same thing we’ve always done or perhaps we can’t envision how to do something...

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The Fish-eye Lens In Landscape Photography

The novelty fish-eye lens has long allowed photographers to explore a unique look and perspective in their picture-taking endeavors. Invented more than 100 years ago, the ultra-wide angle lens has a...

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Using Position in Wildlife Photography

The three most important things in real estate are location, location, location. In wildlife photography, they are position, position, position. As a nature photographer specializing in plants, I offer...

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The Rosette Nebula

Although I’m not an astrophotography expert, I recently posted this image under the landscapes image forum on NatureScapes.Net and was asked to describe how the image was created. As I sat down to...

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Great Horned Owls – From Nesting to Fledging

The Great Horned Owl begins nesting earlier than most other birds in the U.S. and by spring, young likely have hatched or are ready to hatch. Here, I share photographs and the story of one pair from...

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RAW Perfection – Get in the Zone!

Those of you who follow my blog and/or have traveled with me on a photo tour here in Costa Rica know that I strive to capture the best RAW file possible and that I consider only a perfect (or near...

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Are You Image Driven or Subject Driven?

When I began shooting RAW files, the processing tools available were somewhat rudimentary. I labored with the early Adobe Camera RAW converter to process my files (Lightroom didn’t exist then), but...

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Wildlife Photography “Beyond the Perfect Portrait”

For many aspiring wildlife photographers, capturing beautiful portraits of their favorite birds or animals in the wild is often their primary goal. This is certainly an understandable and a worthwhile...

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Make Your Unusable Photographs Beautiful

If you’re like me, you take a lot of nature photographs, and you know that nature doesn’t always offer blue skies with fluffy white clouds. I’ve photographed in rain, snow, strong wind, lightning...

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Guidelines for Advanced Composition and Image Design

An excerpt from “The Art of Bird Photography II”, a book in progress: When I was a fledgling photographer living in New York City, there were many local camera clubs with lots of members who enjoyed...

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Creating Intimate Portraits in Nature

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