A few quick tips for better photos of complex and sometimes backlit flower scenes.
Backlighting and Flower photography
Do as I say, not as I do
Do as I say, not as I do. An example of how being lazy in the field almost ruined my shot.
Happy birds
Can changing your settings up your keeper rate? Oh plus hummingbirds!
Bare Essentials
Small scenes in winter are a fun challenge - tips and ideas for making snowy photos their best.
When your RAW file isn’t
That word doesn't really mean what you think it means.
Stacking for Macro – Part 1 – Capture
Field techniques & best practices for photo stacking. Learned the hard way.
The Power of a Project
Projects are terrific tools do expand your photography. Here are my top reasons for starting one!
What does this button do?
Just got your camera? RTFM. Had your camera a while? RTFM. Think you need a new camera? RTFM.
Welcome that spring sun!
Ideas and techniques for working in direct sunlight with wildflowers and still getting beautiful photographs!
A slice of winter
Some ideas and techniques for the small side of winter photography.
Down Below
A few tips and advice for photography in caves.
Looking up to mushrooms
An up from under look at getting low to show off the beauty of mushrooms.
Between
Mud season got you down? You can still make beautiful photographs if you find what's unique about this in-between season.
A lot of words about being minimal
Winter is a great time to develop your eye for the minimalist image. Tips, strategies and processing ideas to get you started.
Experiments in photographing moving water
Do you always use long exposure for moving water photos? Sometimes a faster shutter speed is a better approach.
So you got a wicked long lens
Are all the animals hiding from you and your long zoom? Practice for the day that polar bear looms large!
Techniques for using a diffuser with macro photography
Examples of how a diffuser can improve your close up and macro photography.
Two near disasters and coping with direct sun
Exploring a section of the Ice Age trail in (gasp!) full sunlight! Tips and techniques to get the best images even in direct sun. Plus an old habit saves my gear!
Spring Cleaning
The power of the second look - reevaluating the shots you rejected the first time around.
The Art of the Trail Shot – techniques to create your best hiking photos
Keep these 6 easy ideas in mind to make the most of your hiking trail photos.
Pulpit Falls and the great light race
In the last couple of posts I talked about learning a hard lesson about light. That is not to fight it, but to work with it to make the best of my time and my photographs. Letting go of that perfect image you have in your head is hard. We go out trying to get... Continue Reading →
Tips for better trail photos
Trails, paths, and walkways are all irresistible subjects for the outdoor photographer. Who hasn't stopped and shot, trying to convey in an image what it was like to be walking in that spot? I know I succumb maybe more than I should, but I have gotten better at judging if a section of trail is... Continue Reading →
Lickable Light – white balance and how it will make your photos their best!
In the course of a day I look at hundreds of photographs. By participating in Google+, forums, flickr, 500px and other photo communities it's easy to do. One thing that has been getting my attention is that people don't seem to understand white balance and its importance. Mainly I notice it when there is water... Continue Reading →
What’s Your Major?
Recently I participated in a discussion that stemmed from a person wondering about the composition of a very famous photo by a very famous photographer; Henri Cartier-Bresson. Specifically the person wanted to understand why this image is composed so amazingly well. It got me to thinking about photography and the importance of concentration in the... Continue Reading →
Mono Lake and Musings on Travel Photography
So I’ve been thinking about this blog post and putting it off because I didn’t have an angle, a theme or a cohesive idea to pull it together. As with a lot of my writing it just needed time to brew, like a good pot of French Press coffee. (Four minutes with 200 degree water... Continue Reading →
