Tagged: 5 tips
Orientation: Quick Tip
Birdhouse Fence There are two orientations for an image. One is “landscape” where the image’s longest sides are horizontal, and “portrait” where they are vertical. While nice guidelines, it is perfectly fine to shoot a horizontal person or a vertical landscape. It all depends on the subject or scene. Next time you are ... Read more
10 Tips for Better Wildlife Photos (Part 2)
Yellow-bellied MarmotMarmota flaviventris These are the last five tips in my wildlife posts. 6. Act Fast – Once the animal is doing something interesting, it is important that you are able to act quickly to capture the moment. To facilitate this, it is important that you know your gear very well ... Read more
10 Tips for Better Wildlife Photos (Part 1)
With good camera equipment becoming so available, people are expanding their subjects. In order to help you get started into a new realm of photography I have put together these tips for photographing animals. Mule DeerOdocoileus hemionus Learn Your Subject – Once you know what animal you want to photograph, spend ... Read more
Nik Collection
Recently I started using some new software tools for editing my photos. Nik Software by google makes a series of plug-ins for photo editing. Their software brings an advanced and amazing technology to post processing. Their software programs use control point technology to increase the control over what you do in an ... Read more
10 tips for bird photography (Part 2)
Last week I shared 5 of my 10 bird photography tips. Here are the rest, I hope you put them to good use. 6. Take Lots of Images Set your camera on burst mode, so you can take multiple images right after each other. If your subject is just sitting take ... Read more
10 Tips for Bird Photography (Part 1)
These are some of the tips that I have learned from photographing these feathered creatures, in no particular order. 1. Learn Your Subject Once you know what bird you want to photograph, spend some time learning about that species. Read about them on the internet to learn their habits. ... Read more
10 Tips for Photographing Flowers (Part 2)
Last week I shared 5 tips for photographing flowers and plants, here are the last few tips. 6. Check your background Pay attention to what is behind your subject. It is easy to forget, and end up with a distracting background. This photo shows a nice smooth background, perfect for highlighting the rose. ... Read more
10 tips for photographing flowers (Part 1)
These are my top 10 tips to better flower and plant photographs 1. Face to Flower To get the best flower photos, try to get on the same level, or lower, of the flower. Shots from high above don't look very good. 2. Show Some Environment Try to put the flower into ... Read more