… last Friday I wrote about and linked to the history of Memorial Day and asked that readers remember that history and think about it when out taking pictures.  That got me thinking that I should follow through and offer to help in some way myself…   If you’re a combat veteran or know one, [...]

… make it more than parties.  Originally a somber day of observance, a byproduct of the Civil War Memorial Day has morphed into a 3 day weekend where its original significance is often lost.  Memorial Day-                     1- Try to photograph something that shows our military [...]

                      Along with my parents I enjoyed an invite from a friend, excellent photographer & Corkscrew volunteer Christine Cooke on Monday.   As I expected the water was very low but what wasn’t expected was the variety of life still evident.   We tallied 24 bird [...]

… another unique rarity seen here in Southwest Florida.   Planning on spending some time around our Gulf waters?  Interested in birding?  Look for the Black Skimmer- 1- A quick glance at any bird book will show only a minimal population of this sharply marked, agile flying fisherman.  If your collection of bird pictures contains a [...]

… a simple, effective function available on every digital camera.  How would you like to take pictures that don’t blur?   Enjoy jumping in as part of a group photo yourself?  Learn to use your self timer: Set it- on virtually every camera activating and setting the self time function is easy.  First you push a [...]

… Recently we introduced the concept of bracketing a series of photos in an effort to capture both the shadows and highlights of photos which will appear relatively severe then merging those images with a third properly exposed shot. Let’s learn the basics of HDR- 1) Bracket a set of 3 photos identically framed and [...]

… our smallest and hardest to photograph member of the Heron family and perhaps the most clever of all our avian subjects.  More on the Green Heron: 1- They’re typically found in freshwater habitats and are purely carnivorous with small fish their favorite edible.  Unlike their name suggests, they sport bluish feathering over the back [...]

… one of the memorable lines from the movie “Jerry McGuire”.  It’s also my thought today as I look back on a year or so of blogging on photography here in Southwest Florida.  During this time I’ve had the fortune of meeting many readers- some privately, others out at events in town, on Facebook and [...]

Earlier in the week we addressed getting started with night photography. Required equipment, basic techniques involving the use of both aperture and shutter priority, ISO setting, focal points and more were explained in easy to understand and act on terms.  Today let’s look at how to create artistic nighttime photos via bracketing and effective photo [...]

… the largest and least commonly seen Gull here in Southwest Florida.  Picture the Ring Billed Gull which we looked at last week and super size it, then add a red spot on the bill rather than a dark ring and you’d have a good impression of the Herring Gull- 1- Mostly a rare visitor [...]