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How to Get this Shot – Eye of the Elephant
There’s something special about elephants and we all know it. We connect with them on a deeper level and nothing takes you even deeper than focusing on the eye and…
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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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How to Get This Shot – Waterfall in Iceland
Iceland has exceptional photo opportunities throughout this small country, but it waterfalls are perhaps its biggest attraction. There are quite literally thousands of them, in all shapes, sizes, and magnitude.…
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Tips for Captivating Landscape Photography in Africa
The big open spaces of Africa aren’t prime for only wildlife photography. Landscape photography in Africa is just as big, bodacious, and spectacular. If you’re headed on a safari in Africa, pack…
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How to Get This Shot – A Gorilla’s Gaze
Photographing gorillas puts you in front of perhaps the single most impressive photographic subject on earth. Within the time you have with these primates, you’ll have ample photo opportunities, but…
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The Magic of Arches National Park: Perspectives on Capturing Red Rock
Arches National Park in Utah is renowned for its breathtaking red rock formations and stunning natural arches. With over 2,000 documented arches and countless other unique geological features, the park…
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How to Get Perfect Wildlife Portraits in Africa
The classic wildlife portrait is one of the first photos we aim to achieve in any given wildlife encounter—especially those as extraordinary as you are likely to have in Africa.…
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How To Get This Shot: Alaskan Backlit Bear
To be a photographer often means to be a planner. You’ve planned out the trip, packed the right equipment, selected your locations, figured out sunrise and sunset, and there’s a…
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Three Ways to Maximize your Smartphone Landscape Photography
We now all have cameras in our pockets every day, regardless of whether we’re going on an errand around town or on a proper multi-day photo adventure. Smartphones have stormed…
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How to Take Aerial Photos of Rain Forests
If you spend any time exploring and photographing within the tropics belt of the world (essentially, anything between the tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn) chances are you’re going…
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Shot Settings (and Gear) for Photographing Glaciers
Glaciers are no doubt some of the most alluring, stunning, and sought-after landscape features when on Photo Expeditions in northern (and southern) areas like Alaska, Iceland, Greenland and, yes, Patagonia in…
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How To Get This Shot: Yellowstone Bison With Snow-White Background
Bison symbolize so much about the wild spaces of North America. Not only are they literally on the U.S. National Park Service logo, but they are also wildly charismatic and…