Steps for Getting Super Sharp Landscape Photos
The sharpness of a photo is often a cornerstone to its aesthetics. Now, I’ll tell ya, there are absolutely times when sharpness isn’t everything, and we must remind ourselves that…
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Smartphone Photo Tips for Nature and Wildlife Adventures
There is a saying in the world of photography that “the best camera in the world is the one you have with you.” In an era of such rapidly evolving…
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How Much Is “Enough” Telephoto for an African Safari
When you’re gearing up for an extraordinary photo safari in Africa, you want to make sure you have the right amount of telephoto/zoom to capture amazing wildlife photos. But how…
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How to Get This Shot: The World’s Smallest Owl
There are few things in bird photography more humbling than spending hours hiking through the Arizona heat looking for a bird roughly the size of an angry potato. Enter the…
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Run a Background Check: It’s Most of Your Photo
Here’s an uncomfortable truth: your subject is not the whole photo. I know, betrayal. You spent all that money on a big lens, got up before sunrise, skipped the second…
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How to Get this Shot: Mid-Hop Roo
Name the animal after the place it lives. Makes sense. What if the place is named after that animal? Don’t care? That’s how you get the Kangaroo Island Kangaroo of…
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Three Time-honored Ways to Photograph Wildlife in Africa
Who are we kidding, there are a million ways to photograph the incredible wildlife of Africa. However, when you distill African wildlife photography into key categories, you’ll find that the…
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An Essential Lens for Photographing Greenland
When headed into a landscape-oriented photo trip, one often thinks about the classic landscape lenses first. You know, the 18-55mm or 24-70mm types. In other words, your wide angles that…
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What Kind of Photographer Are You? (And Does It Even Matter?)
At some point, every photographer gets asked the question. “What do you shoot?” It sounds simple. Wildlife. Landscape. People. Travel. For some photographers, I’m sure that’s an easy answer. But…
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The Art of Nothing: Using Negative Space in Wildlife Photography
There is a moment in every photographer’s life when you realize you’re stuck. You’ve been chasing the subject. Zooming tighter. Filling the frame. Getting closer, closer, closer until your photo…
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Shot Settings: Shorebird on the Shore
There is something deeply satisfying about photographing shorebirds. No dramatic mountain backdrop. No epic predator-prey interaction. Just a small bird, busy at work, doing what it has done for thousands…
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Advanced Settings for Wildlife and Landscape Photography
When in front of extraordinary wildlife or sensational landscapes during a nature photography expedition, your settings make a big difference in the overall quality of your photos. In this article,…