Pro Tips
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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Pro Tips
Three Ways to Get Perfect Focus for Outstanding Northern Lights Photographs
Photographing the aurora borealis is exceptional in so many ways. The images you get, the environment you’re in and the challenges…well, yes, the challenges you face. Northern lights photography can…
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Pro Tips
Secrets to Lemur Photography in Madagascar
It is definitely no secret that I’m enamored with the wildlife of Madagascar. Some might say it’s my favorite wildlife photography destination, given the incredible variety, rarity, and general photogenic…
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Pro Tips
How to Get Perfect Wildlife Portraits in the Galapagos Islands
When we describe a place as other worldly it can sound a bit cliché. However, when it comes to the Galapagos Islands, that’s just about the only way to describe…
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Pro Tips
Tutorial for Photographing Wild Coastal Grizzly Bears
If you ask any wildlife photographer in North America what is top of their bucket list, it’s often Alaska’s Coastal Grizzlies, which are found in a relatively specific region of…
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Pro Tips
Why you should “choose” your background
When your photograph features some sort of subject (we are partial to wildlife, of course!) you can instantly improve the photo by making sure you are cognizant of your background…
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Learn by Example
How to Get This Shot – Brilliant Butterflies in Mexico
Photographing the Monarch Butterfly Migration is one of the most spectacular and surprising things you can do in the world of nature and wildlife photography. It’s fascinating how many ways…
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Pro Tips
Tips for Bird Photography while on Safari
I’ll be honest, when up against the incredible mammals of Africa, it takes a bit of a special love and appreciation to direct your attention away from, say, a stalking…