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by Cory Rice · Posted
Wildlife photography doesn’t necessarily entail braving wilderness in search of elusive species inhabiting remote locations. A carefully landscaped yard can supply an impressive variety of animal life to observe and photograph. In this article, we go through five tips for turning your backyard into a red carpet for local wildlife.
Know your Neighbors
Research, research, research. Find out what wildlife lives in your area. Visit a local nature preserve and/or Audubon Society and talk
by Theano Nikitas · Posted
Location, location, location might be best known as the buzzword of real estate agents, but in many ways, this classic motto is also key to capturing striking portraits. When it comes to creating images, planning a portrait session on location encompasses much more than finding a visually pleasing backdrop for your shoot.
Finding and Recording Locations
Whether you shoot portraits on a regular basis or only occasionally, compiling a reference list of suitable shoot locations will keep you well prepared for future opportunities. You
by Theano Nikitas · Posted
Looking through her parents’ wedding album a few years ago, Boston-based photographer Kate McElwee noticed the stark difference between the “staged and static” images shot by the official wedding photographer and those captured by a close family friend. McElwee explains that the family friend’s images “were incredible; they captured everything I love about my parents.” Although McElwee had developed her photojournalistic style of wedding photography several years prior to this “aha” moment, “everything clicked into place” with this
by Todd Vorenkamp · Posted
Since the days when the view camera declined in popularity and the 35mm camera came to the fore, photographers have been plagued by the distortion phenomenon known as “keystoning.” Keystoning occurs when vertical lines converge as the camera and lens are tilted above or below the horizontal plane. Today, digital images can magically generate geometric corrections with post-processing software, like Photoshop and Lightroom,
by Todd Vorenkamp · Posted
In the old days, you needed a lot of film and a lot of luck to capture a photograph of a meteor streaking overhead. Today, thanks to the digital revolution in photography, we have a much better chance of getting great photos of shooting stars entering Earth’s atmosphere. Why? Because with digital cameras, you can take hundreds, or even thousands of cost-free photos per night of a meteor shower.
Here are some tips to get you geared up and prepared to get the shot!
Planning
Meteors can hit the upper atmosphere at any time, but there are some “
by Todd Vorenkamp · Posted
The job of a photographic lens is to capture light and bend it toward the film or digital sensor. The refraction of light exerts a variety of side effects on the image projected onto the film or digital sensor. Your understanding of how this bending can affect the image may factor into how you compose your images.
Anomalies and Lens Distortion
Glass, crystal, liquid, or plastic lenses made for photography are never “perfect”—just like the lenses in our own eyes. Photographic lenses often comprise multiple lens elements. Because of the way
by Todd Vorenkamp · Posted
The old expression is that you cannot teach an old dog new tricks. The Wacom tablet experience might not be a brand new trick, but teaching it to an old, dyed-in-the-wool photographer can be a challenge. The pen-and-tablet Wacom system’s learning curve stems from its complete departure from the tool with which most of us were taught to interact with our computers—the mouse.
Welcome to Wacom
If you are a photographer familiar with Wacom, you’ll likely fall into one of the following categories:
You have never tried a Wacom tablet.
You have