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Building a Backyard Bird Photography Studio
Building a Backyard Bird Photography Studio
by Mathew Malwitz · Posted 07/14/2026
You don’t have to go far to capture fun and engaging images of wildlife. In fact, you may not have to go anywhere at all. A carefully landscaped yard and the right tools can attract an impressive variety of animal life to observe and photograph. Pair that with a little patience and soon you’ll be capturing stunning images from the comfort of your own home. Attracting Birds Birds are part of nearly every environment, from the densest cities to rural areas. While they are common, we’ll need to offer three essentials—water, shelter, and food—to
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Bird Photography
Wildlife Photography
How to Create Beautiful, Blurry Backgrounds in Your Photos
How to Create Beautiful, Blurry Backgrounds in Your Photos
by Mathew Malwitz · Posted 06/16/2026
If there’s one question fledgling photographers often ask, it’s “How did you get such a nice background?” Backgrounds are an essential element of a photograph that are often neglected. In fact, it’s safe to say that a background is as important to a composition as the subject itself. After all, a distracting one will detract from an image. In this guide, we’re going to cover the many methods used to capture clean, smooth backgrounds in our images. This will encompass the settings and gear involved as well as the in-the-field techniques you can
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Photography Techniques
Wildlife Photography
12 Tips to Improve Wildlife Photos Without Buying New Gear
12 Tips to Improve Wildlife Photos without Buying New Gear
by Mathew Malwitz · Posted 03/30/2026
There’s an old adage that claims in order to be a wildlife photographer, you need a lot of time and a lot of money. This is only partly true. Many great wildlife photo opportunities can occur in urban parks and even in your own backyard, as long as we know what we’re doing. In this article, we’re going to cover a number of essential tips that will help you become a better wildlife photographer. If you’ve read our introduction
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Wildlife Photography
An Introduction to High-Volume Photography
An Introduction to High-Volume Photography
by Zack Young · Posted 08/21/2024
Any photographer worth their salt should be familiar with portrait photography, but they’re likely less familiar with high-volume photography, an offshoot of traditional portraiture that focuses on providing large quantities of professional-level headshots. The most common clients for this type of work include schools, sports teams, large corporations, government-run entities, and basically any other organization that needs a sizeable amount of quality headshots in a short amount of time. Because of the economies of scale, high-volume
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High-Volume Photography
Portrait Photography
Transitioning from Binoculars to Cameras: Tips for Beginner Bird Photographers
by Todd Vorenkamp · Posted 03/10/2021
A few things happen when you look through a pair of binoculars, a spotting scope, or a telescope. The first thing that happens when you see awesomeness is you think, sometimes out loud, "Wow!" The next thing that happens is that you want to share what you are seeing with others—this
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Binoculars
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Bird Photography
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