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Featuring photographic tips and techniques to help you improve your photography – including creative advice
Creative Pro Tips – Use “LCD” to consistently create more impactful images
America loves groups of three. We have three branches of government. We eat three meals a day. We invented three strikes, you’re out along with the Three Stooges, the Three Musketeers, and Three’s Company. The USA loves the “TLA”: CIA, TSA, FAA, IRS, FCC, CDC...
Simplifying Camera Operation To The Essential Basics
I’ve seen and handled quite a few camera models this year from Canon, Nikon, Sony and Fuji. For emerging and part-time shooters I can see how camera operation with literally hundreds of menu options can seem daunting and overwhelming. My priority for emerging shooters...
5 Tips to Better Trail Photos
1. Have your camera ready to shoot. Carry it on your chest, shoulder strap or hip belt. This is easy with a smartphone but a bit more challenging with a DSLR. Use a chest harness or shoulder/hip belt. Don’t rely on taking off your pack every time you want to take some...
Cold Air, Warm Light – Winter Photography Tips
Now that the first day of winter is close (though winter began months ago in some places), there is no reason to put your photography in hibernation! In fact, my favorite light of the year is winter. This is mainly because the sun doesn’t get as high in the sky and...
One Degree Of Separation – One Percent Better
I’ll never forget listening to a lecture from the president of Tony Stone Worldwide in the early 1990’s saying that when a photo buyer has narrowed down their selection, the image that’s one percent better gets 100% of the sale. That has stuck with me for two decades...
Editing a 2-day Shoot from Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico.
I can't think of a better place to practice action photography on birds than the Bosque del Apache NWR during the winter season. When we were there on Dec. 17 and 18, the snow geese count was 51K and the cranes were only 4400 - a little thin based on past experience...
Work the Golden Hour. Don’t Leave Good Light to Find Good Light.
My long time good friend, flyfishing guide and award winning author Pudge Kleinkauf of Women's Flyfishing once said to me while grayling fishing in Lake Clark: "Don't leave fish to find fish." I have always carried that with me with my photography. Earlier this...
Don’t Save the Best for Last!
Saving the best for last may be a good way to view a decadent desert but this philosophy has no place in photography! In fact my philosophy is “Shoot the best first!” Whenever possible, I first go after the shots the client wants most, that I want most or those that...
If Things Aren’t Going Well, Keep Shooting!
My first stand up paddling shoot last summer seemed like it was circling the drain before it even started. I arrived at the Great Salt Lake about an hour before the talent (a family of 3) did. Forest fire smoke and thick high clouds delivered flat lifeless light and...
WEATHER, LIGHT and PHOTOGRAPHY Series: Photographing Snow
Intro: Outdoor photographers all know that weather determines the quality, quantity, color, feel and mood of light, and light is the language of our art and craft. Former weather forecaster Michael DeYoung shares his knowledge on weather, atmospheric phenomena and...