San Miguel de Allende by Fork, Foot, and Photography (Part 2)
The Sanctuario de Atotonilco, to which our group was taken as a field trip, is a religious center about twenty kilometres outside of San Miguel de Allende. The center consists [read more]
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10 Most Needed Camera Accessories
Getting the digital camera is really only your starting point. You’ll quickly find that there are essential accessories that you’ll want to make your digital photographer experience much more enjoyable.Here’s [read more]
Master Photo Class: Where’s Your Focus Steps to Empower Your Imagination
“You can’t depend on your eyes, when your imagination is out of focus.” ~ Mark Twain Your camera probably has a dial with a program setting. It may be a [read more]
Travel Photography: Cities
Excerpted from Travel Photography: A Guide to Taking Better Pictures (Reprinted with permission) View to Zocalo, Mexico City I always take the opportunity to photograph cities from their designated lookouts. [read more]
Creating Soft Focus Digital Images
In a previous article for Apogee Photo Magazine, I described how to use multiple exposures to create soft-focus images. (See Archive in February-March, 2002, “Improve Your Creativity with Multiple Exposures.”) [read more]
Graveside Feasts in Guatemala
As I entered the small town of Antigua, the former capital of Guatemala, the myriad sights overwhelmed me. The old city is colorful and diverse, scattered with ruined and/or restored [read more]
Earth Portraits: How to Photograph Close-ups in Landscape
A show of solidarity with a subject and color within an overall landscape is another form of getting up close with nature. Is it really alone or are there other [read more]
IMAGE TALK with Noella Ballenger: What makes that photo work…
When I look at beautiful macro flower photography, one of the key ingredients in making the image work is a sense of intimacy. Bringing the viewer in close can be [read more]
Winter Wonderland: Photographing Fresh Snow
Winter is a time of year that conjures up various thoughts for those living in snow laden areas. For some, the idea of shoveling driveways, scraping windows and slick commutes [read more]
An Amateur Photographer? Bear & Eagle Photos Tell a Different Story
Bad Hair Day! What is an amateur photographer? According to Webster’s Dictionary (we’ll apply it to photography), an amateur is one who engages in a pursuit as a pastime [read more]
Seeing the Essence” in Your Photographs
Gray Lodge Flooded Field – Department of Fish and Games Land Over the years I have made it a habit to collect old, wonderful books about my passions for art [read more]
Photographic Challenges: Step Out of Your “Comfort Zone”
…and the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. –Anais Nin Copyright © Noella Ballenger Challenge [read more]
PHOTOGRAPHY FOR A SPECIAL PURPOSE
After my Utah workshops in April this year, I had an opportunity to visit a wonderful animal sanctuary called Best Friends in Angel Canyon near Kanab, Utah. I was so [read more]
Grab The Eye: Composition Techniques For Your Travel Images
Do you come home with ho-hum travel pictures? Do your friends avoid your slide shows like they would the purple plague? Are you at the bottom of your camera club’s [read more]
The Photo List: Your Personal Bucket List of Places or Subjects to Photograph
Copyright © Andy Long Seeing the sky dancing all above you makes you beg for more. Every photographer has one. In fact, most people have one. It might contain one [read more]