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What is Zoom Compression in Photography?
One of the most powerful tools in landscape photography is being able to “compress” your field of view. With it, you can create stunning images that will truly make you…
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Pro Tips
How to Photograph Hummingbirds
This could be a subject to take up an entire book, as there are many different techniques, along with opinions, as to what the best way to photograph hummingbirds may…
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Tips for Capturing Alluring Travel Photos
Expeditions on the other side of the world tend to be…well…otherworldly. When immersed in these landscapes full of cultural splendor, you’ll want to have the technique down for capturing them…
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Gear We Love
Great Gear: the Pistol Grip Tripod Head
They’re not exactly the “standard” looking tripod head, but they have some major merits that anyone shopping for a new tripod should consider. To start with, they are basically an…
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Shot Setting Tips for Close-up Wildlife Photography
Adventures to the tropical regions of our planet offer an amazing opportunity to “get small” and find some amazingly ornate but small-scale animals. Although this moth is one of the…
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Pro Tips
5 Tips on Improving your Landscape Photography
Whether you’re a budding photographer, have a photo trip planned, or are just falling a bit too much “into the routine” of photographing landscapes, the following tried and true tips…
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Photographing Monarch Butterflies—Camera Setting Tips
Photographing monarch butterflies as they burst from Oyamel fir trees is no easy feat. However, if you have the opportunity to travel to Michoacan in search of these regal insects,…
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What's in the Bag
What’s in the Camera Bag? Botswana Safari
An epic safari destination to say the least, Botswana is enough to cause you to break out the big guns, so to speak, when it comes to photography equipment. While…
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What's in the Bag
What Kind of Wide Angle Lens to Use for Sky Photography
Within the broader world of night photography, which often requires lenses capable of wide apertures (f/2.8 or wider), lies sky photography. Also requiring “fast” lenses with wide apertures, sky photography…
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Pro Tips
Big Zoom Lenses on African Safaris
If you shoot with a camera that has interchangeable lenses and are thinking about camera gear to bring on a wildlife safari to Africa, the first thing that likely comes…
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Getting This Shot | Grand Canyon Sunset
Sunsets in the Grand Canyon are truly dreamy. While each one is different, some of the basic tenets remain the same to get the shot. 1) Do your homework before…
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Composition Corner | Beautiful Wildlife Closeups
Whether you’re in the middle of the savanna in Kenya or submerged in the deep rainforests of Costa Rica, there will be close-up shots of wildlife that you want to…