Feeling a little caged in after spending the last few months indoors due to the weather? Now that the weather is a little bit nicer, maybe it’s time to grab your camera and macro lens and go exploring your own backyard (or front yard) a little. We don’t even have
The foreground layer takes landscape photography to the next level. When out in nature, it’s easy to devote your attention to distant snowy peaks, red canyons or gently rolling hills. But just because the lighting is perfect and your focus is spot on doesn’t mean the photo can’t be improved.
Spring (or Fall, depending on which hemisphere you reside in), is the perfect time to get outdoors and capture some pretty portraits in nature. I recently had the pleasure of taking some outdoor portraits at a friend’s country farm with models and horses, the barn and an old truck. What
One of my favorite things to do in photography is finding patterns. Like most people, I am drawn to patterns, textures and repetition. As fascinating as patterns and textures can be on their own, photographs of these elements are invariably improved when a pattern or texture is interrupted by something
Getting among cute critters this Spring, it’s not just about photographing them, but enjoying the experience and reacting with them on their level. During an outing to local botanical gardens, I was so fortunate to interact with a South Brown Bandicoot. These curious little critters were happy to pose for
Spring is the perfect time to get out the macro lens or zoom lens and capture the tiny world of bugs. Now that the days are longer and the weather is warming up, they are all out and about, being busy little bees (and other bugs). I am no expert
After a very busy winter, I finally had some time to get out for myself and photograph the world around me. It was 67 degrees with blue skies and … brown scenery everywhere. If you live in the Midwest, you know what I’m talking about. The time between winter and
I fell in love with long focal lengths from the moment I’ve started using them. Here’s why I LOVE telephoto lenses! What’s a telephoto lens? A telephoto is a lens with a 60mm focal length or more — up to 800mm. It works a bit like binoculars or telescopes. It
Every once in a while we need to feed our souls. We need to take care of ourselves in order to continue creating images. You know that feeling sometimes when you just aren’t feeling creative. Maybe you don’t even have the urge to pick up the camera. Just as we
Recently someone commented on one of my images: “I wish I had your eye for composition.” My reply: Composition can be learned. Art classes in high school and college helped me learn the basics of composition, color, lines, shapes and the elements of design that go into creating good compositions.
The beauty and power of lightning has fascinated me since I was a kid. So it should probably not have been a surprise I would end up in Florida, the lightning capital of the United States. My home lies in an area that has received the distinction of being called
I was instant messaging with a night photographer I had known mostly online for a few years when he extended the invitation: “It’s a secret area that only a few of us know. There are no trails, and we have to hike out really far to some rocky arch formations
