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…
Walking the Towpath at CVNP – Tips for Wildlife and Bird Photography
One of my favorite things to do is walk the towpath at Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP) for Wildlife and Bird photography. I like to get out there early, right after sunrise, and be alone with nature. I know the…
Painting Flowers using the Oil Style in AKVIS ArtWork
In this blog post, I will give step by step instructions on how to make an Oil Painting from a photograph of flowers using AKVIS Artwork 7.0. I will also provide the final settings that I used to create the…
Bring your Photos Back to Life Using the Oil Painting Technique in AKVIS ArtWork
I took this sunrise photo in Cuyahoga Valley National Park and I just didn’t like it. I must have processed it for 2 hours. It just sat on my hard drive. I didn’t upload it to my website or post…
Using the Oil Paint Filter in Photoshop for your Nature Photography
Photoshop has a built in Oil Paint filter that nature photographers can use to add a painterly feel to their images. The filter is easy to use and gives a lot of flexibility in customizing your painting. In this blog,…
Focus on Culture with your Travel Photography – India
In addition to the tourist destinations and popular photography destinations, focus on the culture of your travel location to bring your images to life and tell a story with your photography. Culture may be difficult to capture in your photography…
