Tag Archives: nature photography
A Camera Made Out of Paper
Does anyone still remember pin-hole cameras? As a child, my mother was the head of the local Camp Fire Girls program and she introduced us all to pin-hole cameras and sun-sensitive photographic paper and the magic of photography opened up for me. So imagine my delight in learning that there are instructions available online to […]
Delkin Devices New Pop-up Shades for Digital Cameras
Have you been out in the field or traveling with your digital camera and battled with glare on your digital camera’s LCD screen? I HATE that. When we’re teaching classes, people will bring me their digital cameras, asking for an immediate critique of their work before moving on to the next assignment. I twist the […]
CD Storage for Images Now Not a Good Idea
If you have been storing your digital photographic images on CDs, think again. There is new news from Computer World that says CDs aren’t good for archival storage. The problem is material degradation. Optical discs commonly used for burning, such as CD-R and CD-RW, have a recording surface consisting of a layer of dye that […]
Nature Archives – Now Back to 1970
While this isn’t one of our recommendations on books, it is another resource nature and science lovers need to know about. The Nature Publishing Group has announced it is releasing their archives to the public back to 1970. Started in 1869, Nature is the the most highly-cited weekly multidisciplinary journal. Nature Publishing Group (NPG) announced […]
Nature Photography, Stink and Smells
In an older article I found on Boing Boing, it mentions how humans can track smells which helps us learn about how animals can track smells. UC Berkeley researchers report that humans can determine where a smell is coming using just our noses. In Berkeley study study, subjects were presented with essence or rose, cloves, […]
Best Nature Photographers Books
Inspiration comes from anywhere. When it comes to inspiring us with natural images, these are the books that leap from our shelves. We have now made it easier for you to get these wonderful books through Amazon.com. If you don’t see the link or picture of the book, hit your REFRESH button or the F5 […]
Nature Photography and Photography Magazines
Photography and specialized nature photography magazines serve to provide us with information and inspiration. We are always studying, learning, reading, and researching, learning from stories and photographs. We study how a story and images are combined to create an overall picture of a place or animal. We learn to see what other photographers see and […]
Background Magic Part Two
Specific Crimes of Ignoring the Background In part one of Background Magic, we looked at what makes a perfect background and what questions to ask yourself as you compose a photograph, and some of the typical techniques used to change, clean, or manipulate the background to improve it. In this section, we cover the specific […]
Background Magic
We are often so caught up in the excitement of photographing the subject, we often forget the single most important element that can make or break our photograph: the background. The background, and in its own way the foreground, can accentuate or completely distract from your subject. How many times have you gotten back vacation […]
Books on the Business of Writing
If you are a writer and photographer, you have a more complicated job. You not only have to learn about the business of photography, you have to learn about the business of writing. Here are some books we recommend to help you handle the business end of writing. The Writers Market If you are serious […]
Finding Photographic Inspiration Through Descriptive Words
Most people think of photography as a “visual” art. It is, but it also represents a “verbal” art form. Photograhy often expresses what most people hard find to say. One of the most popular email joke forwards that makes its rounds every month or so is the collection of animal pictures that express a lot […]
Dew-covered Spider Webs
You have to get up early in the morning to catch dew on most things, but especially early when tracking down dew covered spider webs. Spider webs are incredibly fragile, yet their construction and structure is the strongest of all structures in the world, even manmade. Inch for inch a spider web is stronger than […]
Flower Power and Photography
We believe very strongly in learning all you can about the subject you are photographing. Imagine our surprise to learn that many flowers have survived over time because of us! Us as in humans. This is according to research released recently and highlighted in this article called The Evolutionary Triumph Of Flower Power by ScienceDaily. […]