Expose to the Right
Are you exposing to the right and using the best in-camera settings for contrast and saturation? If you shoot RAW and expose to the right and think contract and saturation settings don’t affect you,...
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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is important for photographers. With the growing number of photographer websites on the internet, it is increasingly difficult for a photographer’s website to be...
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How I Lost My Apple-ginity
You know the feeling. That special iFeeling. You walk into the Apple Store and immediately have the joy. Oooh. Aaah. “How cool would it be to have one of those? Just think how my photography experience...
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A Breath-Holding Exercise for Water Photographers
I finish my swim workouts with a few minutes of active breathholding exercises which I feel make me a better waterman and a better photographer. Photographers working in or under the water must often...
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Photography Expedition to Antarctica, South Georgia Island and the Falkland...
I’ve finally gathered blog posts and select images into an informal report of my trip to the Antarctic Peninsula, South Georgia Island and the Falkland Islands in January 2010, which is available along...
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Distance, Perspective and the Out-Of-Focus Background
I went down to La Jolla this morning to photograph brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) with my friend Garry McCarthy. My plan was to test the sharpness of my 500 with a 2x...
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A Tale of Two Panoramas and One iPhone
Recently I encountered two panoramic photo situations in which the software that I am accustomed to using for stitching panoramas failed. It gave me the impetus to try Photoshop for panoramas, with...
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If I Shoot Raw Do I Have To Pay Any Attention To Exposure? No!
Ask The Digital Photography Expert Q: If I shoot raw, do I need to worry about getting my exposures correct anymore? I remember when I took photography in high school, the teacher had us bothering with...
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The World’s Greatest Photo Subjects
The World’s Greatest Photo Subjects. I’m going big with this blog entry! After 20 years of making photographs, I realized I have had the good fortune of seeing some of Earth’s greatest natural history...
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Choosing a Projection for Panoramic Photos
Some of my most profitable images are landscape panoramic photos, selected for large reproduction in office lobbies, museums or sometimes private homes. With the current generation of extremely sharp...
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Photographing Antelope Canyon, The Wave, Buckskin Gulch and Horseshoe Bend
I have been fortunate to visit and photograph a few of the iconic locations around Page, Arizona: The Wave, Antelope Canyon, Buckskin Gulch, Horseshoe Bend and Monument Valley. Recently, I shared some...
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Photographing Bald Eagles in Homer, Alaska
Photographing Bald Eagles in Homer AK — What Worked and What Didn’t Bald eagle in flight, banking over beach with Kachemak Bay in background.Image ID: 22613Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus...
View ArticleEconomic Recovery Plan for Photographers
This is an exciting time to be a photographer in America! Just a few days after Inauguration, the Obama Administration quietly created the Presidential Digital Imaging and Photography Commission. This...
View ArticleOptimal Contrast and Saturation Settings for RAW Photographers
Are you using the best in-camera settings for contrast and saturation? If you shoot RAW and think these settings don’t affect you, think again. If you judge your exposure settings on whether you are...
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Photographing Birds at Bill Forbes Place, The Pond at Elephant Head
I recently spent a couple days photographing southern Arizona critters at the Pond at Elephant Head and the Upper Madera Drip with the help of Bill Forbes. Bill is the inventor of the Phototrap, a...
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Sun and Water Beget the Summer Girl
Ferris wheel and fair rides at sunset, blurring due to long exposure. Image ID: 20872 Location: Del Mar Fair, California, USA I am readying gear for a bit of diving, so I had to drag the camera out of...
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Photography Travel Gear Checklist
Below is my pre-trip photography gear checklist, to make sure I don’t forget anything. On any photography trip I take it is guaranteed that I will forget something important, but by using my little...
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Canon R5 Autofocus Settings for Birds in Flight
My recommendations for the Canon R5 settings for birds in flight. The world doesn’t need another image of a brown pelican in flight, but I enjoy trying to make different renditions of my favorite...
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Front Lit Portraiture, or Why I Point My Shadow at My Subject
I unabashedly use front lighting on my subjects, especially those photographed with long lenses where separation between subject and background can be achieved through depth of field. Side- and...
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On Instability, or, A Small Change in Perspective Goes a Long Way
Instability: the characteristic of a system in which a small change in inputs leads to relatively much larger change in output. I was first introduced to the formal idea of instability as a graduate...
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Photographing the Head Throw of the California Brown Pelican in La Jolla
I photograph brown California brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis). A lot. I love them, they are at once both graceful and awkward. They surf. They dive. They eat fish. They live along the coast of...
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Photographing California Brown Pelicans at the La Jolla Cliffs
Here are my thoughts and recommendations for photographing California brown pelicans in La Jolla. If you like these photos, you can also see lots more blog posts from past sessions photographing...
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Wildlife Photography with the Sony Alpha One and Sony 200-600 Lens
I switched to a Sony Alpha One for my topside photography in May 2023. After shooting about 50,000 frames through it in Kenya and locally, I have thoughts. African elephant herd crossing dry lake bed,...
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