Photographing Death Valley National Park’s Other Worldly Landscapes – Part 1
Badwater Basin (Above Photo) Death Valley National Park in California is a paradise for landscape photographers looking for something different. Death Valley has other worldly landscapes with unusual foregrounds, barren colorful mountains, and blue skies. In this two part blog,…
Photographing Red Rock Canyon using Long Exposure Techniques
About Red Rock Canyon It’s hard to believe that Red Rock Canyon only 15 miles from the lights and hustle of Las Vegas. Red Rock Canyon is a goldmine for landscape photographers with beautiful red, tan, and gray mountains contrasting…
A View of Death Valley with Panorama Photos from the iPhone
Death Valley National Park is a perfect location for panorama photos. Death Valley has colorful mountain ranges, other worldly foregrounds, and blue skies with occasional clouds. I put the iOS 6 Pano feature to the test at Death Valley with…
Why is the Filter Gallery Greyed Out in Photoshop and How to Fix it
The Photoshop Filter Gallery provides access to numerous artistic filters to give your photos a creative and artistic look. It can be a lot of fun to create works of art from your images using the Filter Gallery. But, sometimes…
Bird Silhouette Photography Tips
When many people think of bird photography, they think of tight cropped, detailed pictures of birds. Using silhouettes in photography can provide beautiful and artistic photos. Birds photos created using silhouette photography techniques can produce stunning silhouette images especially at…
Nature & Travel Photo of the Day, Rainbow on the Lower Falls Yellowstone – 12/3/12
Rainbow on the Lower Falls, Yellowstone National Park Focal Length: 150 mmAperture: f16.0ISO: 320Shutter Speed: 1/200 Related Blog PostsYellowstone Top Photos of Geothermal FeaturesYellowstone – Top Wildlife PhotosFight for Survival – Uinta Ground Squirrel and WeaselPhotographing Yellowstone – Landscapes
The Truth about Checking the Number of Shutter Actuations on a Canon 7d and 5d Mark III DSLRs
After spending ½ a day researching and trying to find the shutter actuations for my Canon 7d and Canon 5d Mark iii DSLRs, I decided to write a blog post about what I learned. I searched dozens of message boards,…
Holiday Gifts for Nature Photographers
The holiday shopping time is here. It’s time to start thinking about what to get for nature photographers that are on your shopping list. Or if you are a nature photographer, gifts you can recommend for others to get for…
How I use Attributes in Lightroom to Find my Photos
Adobe’s Lightroom has powerful tools to help you tag and find your photos besides just looking for photos in a traditional file structure. However, it can be quite confusing to figure out a system for how to use Lightroom’s attributes…
Photographing Flowers Using a Light Tent
Photographing Flowers Using a Light Tent Using a light tent or light box to photograph flowers can produce surprisingly good results. Light tents are easy to set up and can be placed almost anywhere. I prefer to set up the…
