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Enjoy the Holidays
Regular readers normally expect photography tips, new images and other info related to the topic here. Today I’d like to start by saying “Happy Holidays” and “thanks” for your readership and support again this year. On the topic of Holidays and photography I thought I’d link to an article that reminds us that it’s the [...]
1 Step To Saving Out of Focus Photos
Did you ever take a great picture only to find out at home that it wasn’t? One look at your LCD monitor on the camera showed a great composition with beautiful lighting and razor sharp focus. Only the latter wasn’t really. Let down, but there’s an answer. Use artistic filters in Photoshop & Elements to [...]
One Step To Better Real Estate Photos
Because photographing real estate is part of what I do I’m always interested in viewing others’ work, especially coffee table style books. Imagine my surprise when I found a new one at the library with the cover photo so under exposed that a search light might have brightened it up…that got me thinking about spotlighting [...]
Know Your ISO & Take Better Pictures
There’s a photography tip you can get a lot of miles out of. I don’t know if its the change in acronym from the film days (who remembers that?) when it was ASA but I’ve had students confuse the ISO setting with everything from aperture priority to shutter speed. ISO is a measure of your [...]
3 Cures For The Same Old Photos-
Starting with yours truly I think every photographer eventually laments that they’re “tired of shooting the same thing over and over.” Ever had that thought? Here are three sure fire steps to spice up the photos you’ll take: 1- You’ve got to have your camera. With you. If you’re a nature photographer getting bored [...]
Birds of Florida, Brown Pelican-
What says “Florida” more than our Brown Pelican? Many would be surprised to find that despite our rich local population, this bird was recently removed from the endangered species list. Why? The usual culprit- habitat loss. More and some good news on the Brown Pelican: – Of the 7 worldwide Pelican species only the Brown [...]
Photoshop Elements For Nature Photographers…
3 Tips For Getting Started- Would you like to confidently and correctly finish your digital photos? Gone for the most part are the darkroom days so today’s photographer has the need for and luxury of utilizing photo editing software like Elements. The newest version is Photoshop Elements 9 but the older versions are very similar [...]
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Report-
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 [...]
“Birds of Florida, Green Heron”…
… 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 [...]
“This Weekend- Boats & Cars”…
… will be on display and ready for the roving photographer interested in something different or inanimate. Grab your camera, wide angle lens, a fully charged battery and perhaps an extra memory card and be ready for a huge supply of interesting and in some cases one of a kind opportunities. Boats on Display- I’ll [...]
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