Back-button focus, explained by Canon
Back-button focus can lead to a higher percentage of keepers when photographing wildlife in the tropics and in many other photographic situations wherever you are and whatever you’re shooting.
Outside the Box Lighting Ideas
The sun and your flash aren’t the only sources of light suitable for nature photography. Here’s a little post about how to use streetlights, vans, fire, and flashlights the next time you’re out in the field.
Hummingbird lighting challenge
Think you know natural light from flash? Take my hummingbird picture challenge.
Adding Interest to Bird Photos
Adding habitat elements to your composition is a great way to take your bird photos from simple stock shots to artistic portraits.
A few thoughts on HDR
We’ve all seen HDR images by now. While we tend to associate HDR images with a cartoonish, fantasy look this is only because many of the people using HDR, and many casual photo viewers, seem to wowed by this style. I think the popularity of this type of HDR will fade, but one can quite [...]
Some Hummingbird Photos from 2009
I’ve been working a lot over the last year on my hummingbird portfolio. My goal was to experiment with different setups in order to produce a diverse portfolio with a variety of lighting styles, similar to what we find in the ever-changing conditions of Costa Rica’s cloud forest. I also wanted to be able to [...]
Telephoto Landscapes
When we think of landscape photography, most of us think of the grand vistas of the American West. Often taken with wide angle lenses, these images draw us into the scene by including a strong foreground element (e.g., a rock or a cactus), a middleground with some leading lines (perhaps a winding stream or a [...]
