Photographing the Aurora Borealis: Tips on Capturing Nature’s Light Show
© 2011 Andy Long. All rights reserved. No pencil can draw it, no colors can paint it and no words can describe it in all its magnificence when it fills [read more]
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Photography: A Merger of Your Senses, Words & Photo Skills to Create Photo Memories
As we were nearing sunset, we stopped to view the actual San Andreas Fault line. It is wildly impressive as you imagine the amount of movement and energy released as [read more]
FIRST CLASS PHOTOGRAPHY: LESSON 34 Sunrise-Sunset
No matter if you are an early bird or a late day person, the sun has a gift for you! Probably the most photographed thing in the world are sunrises [read more]
Photographing the Landscape in All Types of Light and Weather
In Colorado, we have a saying, “If you don’t like the weather, wait a minute, and it’ll change.” As a wilderness photographer, I’ve spent many hours waiting in all kinds [read more]
Guide to Hummingbird Photography – Create an Outdoor Studio
When your subject averages 50 wing-beats per second, hummingbird photography can get a bit frustrating! But with these five basic guidelines for creating beautiful hummingbird images at your own home [read more]
Photographing Light
Photography is often referred to as painting with light. When we talk about painting with light we talk about the process of creating a photograph. Photography derives from the Greek [read more]
Photographic Design – An Adventure in Shapes
© 2011 Marty Layne. All Rights Reserved. The diagonal appearance of the dock with its rectangle planks, compliment the strong triangle shape of the boats. The brilliant blue triangle in [read more]
Discovering And Understanding Form in Photography
When it comes to form in photography, there are many elements of design to consider, which include shape, line, pattern and texture. When combined, we experience form within a two-dimensional [read more]
Tips For Photographing Real Estate Photography
In this article we will look at real estate photography, in the form of photographing display homes. For the uninitiated, display homes (sometimes referred to as “project homes” or “model [read more]
Wild Colorado: A State for Great Photography
Coyote: Animals are so used to humans in Rocky Mountain National Park you can bore them at times. What’s the first thing to pop into your mind when you think [read more]
How To Master Backlighting Photography
One of the first things we need to master when starting out as photographers is to gauge where our light source is in relation to the subject. This is the [read more]
Just Ask 3 Questions to Make Better Travel Photos
Lunenberg Harbor On the southwest shore of Nova Scotia, Canada, there is a town of wooden ships and iron men. Lunenburg is a thriving world heritage site. Its tall ships [read more]
Photographing Wildlife in the South Texas Brush Country
Mexican Ground Squirrel The desolate landscape of the South Texas Brush Country doesn’t look like much, but it percolates with life. In fact, while many of the worlds other destinations [read more]
Guide to Photographing Bugs: Macro Photography
Does getting up before the sun rises so you can photograph bugs sound strange? Totally! But after the first click of the camera there is the basic understanding that, for me at [read more]
Insect Macro Photography – Flash Techniques
The use of a flash for macro photography is just as important as using a lens on a camera…and that applies to insect macro photography too of course. It allows for [read more]