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Great New Camera Gear For 2013
Hopefully everyone’s holiday season went well complete with lots of photography and maybe even a few new gadgets. According to several blogs I read myself & will link to, new technology is focusing more and more on the consumer markets and smaller digicams or hybrid DSLRs. Basically many non traditional cameras are coming with interchangeable [...]
Rookery Bay Offers Nature Photography Classes
Nature Photography at Rookery Bay- This Fall take the opportunity to enroll in classes totally centered on nature photography at Rookery Bay. Included will be illustrative visual presentations with Q&A plus productive field trips for everything from burrowing owls to the Everglades and all the alligators, bird life and scenery that the area always offers. [...]
3 Times To Use Manual Focus
This week a question came in about photos that seemed unnecessarily blurred. Upon further investigation it looked like an auto focus problem so this weekend’s photography tip should help you know when to get the best results using your DSLR’s manual focus option. 1- The most common call for manual focus is when nature photographers [...]
Photography Tip: Here’s Your Owners’ Manual
Here’s a recurring problem- you’ve trekked out to the Everglades or along a local beach proud as punch about your new DSLR and all its complicated functions. Then you realize you can’t figure out how things work. Sound familiar? I’ve witnessed it as we’ll say too many times while out with photography classes. “I [...]
Time To Get Your Photography Growing
It’s Memorial Day and the season dictates that for outdoor photographers the game moves mostly from birds, wildlife and Everglades excursions to our backyards, beaches and urban areas for the best photos. Plants can be great subjects and here a few ideas to help get things growing: Smaller lenses- no need now for big [...]
Tips For Better Nature Photography Compositions
You know when a picture looks good right? Framed nicely, attractive use of light, sharp focus, etc. Yet one of the things I encounter most when guiding nature photography excursions is people’s excitement to get a shot at the cost of good composition. Here’s the thing: a pretty subject isn’t always a pretty picture if [...]
3 Steps to Great Night Photos
Do you put your camera down once the sun sets feeling that landscapes, street scenes and nature photography are over? Last night I taught a class on the subject and attendees learned to use low light and darkness to liven up their portfolio. There are some tricks involved but here’s how to get started: [...]
Were You In The Audience?
With a growing interest in digital photography I was privileged to be called on to do a series of seminars on the topic through the Collier library system. Were you at the Central Ave location yesterday? We had a full house of about 95 in attendance and covered everything from camera set up, composition and [...]
Winter Means Wildlife Photography
I like lots of you are from up North and the novelty of looking forward to Winter is always amusing. Know the feeling? Not because we all eschew Summer here in Southwest Florida but because Winter means great bird and wildlife photography. Could use use a few tips? – Alligators. Despite what some would guess, [...]
Birds of Florida, Bald Eagle
Saving the best almost for last let’s take a look at this magnificent bird, our nation’s symbol and the top of the avian food chain. Some facts on the Bald Eagle- -Florida has the second largest breeding population only to Alaska. – Their wingspan ranges from 6-7 1/2 feet (Audubon). -Adults easily noted by dark [...]
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