Visiting and Photographing the Plantations along the James River
Berkeley Plantation (Above Photo) There are numerous historic James River Plantations along John Tyler Highway (Virginia Route 5). Many of these plantations were either privately owned or closed when we visited in October. We did find three plantations open to…
Plenty of Photo Compositions at Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia
Old Point Comfort Lighthouse Fort Monroe is an over 400 year old army fort located at the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula where the James River flows into the Chesapeake Bay. The Army post Located at Fort Monroe was…
Hiking and Photographing York River State Park
For nature photography, one of the gems we found on our trip to Williamsburg, Virginia was the York River State Park. The park has 25 miles of trails for hiking, biking, and equestrian use. Many of the trails connect from…
Visiting and Photographing Historic Jamestown
Historic Jamestown is a great destination to learn about the history of America’s first successful colonial settlement and the Powhatan Indians that occupied the Virginia area prior to the colonists. However, the Jamestown Settlement is less of a destination for photography.…
Photographing Yorktown Battlefield and Area
Yorktown, Virginia is known for being the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War and where British General Cornwallis surrendered to General George Washington. I found three main attractions to photograph in Yorktown. Yorktown Victory Center The Yorktown Victory…
Photographing Colonial Williamsburg
Williamsburg was Virginia’s capital during colonial times. Colonial Williamsburg is a 301 acre living history museum. Colonial Williamsburg contains buildings from the late 1600s thru the 1700s. The museum has working tradesman, taverns, stores, churches, and gardens. Colonial Williamsburg also…
ShutterCount – An Easy way to Find the Number of Canon DSLR Shutter Actuations on your Mac
Canon does not include the number of shutter actuations in the camera’s EXIF data. There are a number of apps out there to get the number of shutter actuations from Canon cameras that either don’t work reliably or require using…
Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Lens for Nature Photography
Olympus and Panasonic both have compact, economy lens options for wildlife and bird photographers for the micro four thirds line of cameras. Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm f/4.0-5.6 lens Olympus M.Zuiko 75-300mm II f4.8-6.7 lens I purchased the Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm f4.0…
Using the Olympus OM-D for Wildlife and Bird photography
Updated Blog on Using the Olympus OM-D and 300mm f/4 lens for Bird and Wildlife Photography I’ve spent several weeks testing the Olympus OM-D E-M5 for wildlife and bird photography. While I love the Olympus OM-D for landscape, macro, travel,…
How to set the Size of the Focus Points on the Olympus OM-D
Out of the box, the focus point size on the Olympus OM-D E-M5 is set to a rather large rectangle. For instances like wildlife or bird photography, the size of the focus point can be changed on the Olympus OM-D…
