Two Favorite (free) Programs
Well recently I’ve taken some down time from shooting photographs to actually look at the best way to process some older images. Landscape photographers have always been confronted by a few common problems. The most obvious is the problem of capturing detail throughout the image. It’s the reason megapixels keep increasing and lenses keep getting [...]
Something from Nothing
Every nature photographer has had days where things just don’t seem to work. The light is wrong, the sunset never comes, it’s too windy, or you’re out of inspiration. Whatever the problem is, these difficult days usually lead to mediocre images that make you wonder why you picked up a camera in the first place. [...]
Fun with HDR
Intro: Let me begin by saying I don’t shoot many HDR (High Dynamic Range) images so this little article is written with that in mind. I also have a tendency to skip over most software instructions that don’t have nice photos or a scratch-and-sniff section, so keep that in mind too. What I do know [...]
Shooting in Tough Conditions
Preface: This is the first in a series of mini-articles on topics that interest me and may help others discover some of the ins and outs of nature photography. I’d like to think that I know a good deal about photography, but fishing taught me at an early age the benefits of keeping an open [...]