Pro Tips
Sharp Shots of Fuzzy Animals: A Guide to Preventing Blurry Photos
A brown bear explodes through an Alaskan river. A kangaroo bounds across a golden field. A pelican launches itself into the sea with all the aerodynamic grace of a bowling…
Natural Photographer Blog
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Pro Tips
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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Pro Tips
Pinniped Pics: Loud, Smelly, & Perfectly Photogenic
There is nothing graceful about a beach full of sea lions when you first arrive. It smells like low tide left out too long. The soundtrack is a mix of…
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Pro Tips
Rotate the Camera Already: A Case for Verticals
Horizontal photos have such a chokehold on landscape photography that the words “landscape orientation” have literally become the default term for it. The assumption baked into photography since the film…
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Learn by Example
How I Got this Shot- Platypus Close-Up in Tasmania
Let’s start with the obvious: photographing a platypus is a ridiculous pursuit. You’re chasing a creature that looks like it was designed by a committee of drunk zoologists; duck bill,…
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Pro Tips
Chasing Feathers: Tips & Techniques for Better Bird Photography
Whether you’re trekking through a Brazilian wetland or perched quietly in your own backyard, photographing birds is a rewarding challenge. These feathered subjects are fast, flighty, and rarely follow direction,…
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What's in the Bag
What’s in My Camera Bag: Australia
If you come back from the Land Down Under, what’s the first thing people are going to ask? “Did you see a kangaroo? A koala?” Few other places are known…