If you want to put in 18-hour days getting up early and getting to bed late with no TV or newspapers while photographing and downloading in between, sign up for a competitive photo contest.
In April 2006 I spent 30 consecutive days photographing nature on a Texas Hill Country ranch along with...
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Snow had been falling for about two hours. Not a hard snow but a steady, persistent one. The tundra ground cover was already buried by just two inches of wet flakes. I was hunkered behind a three-foot tall willow, the tallest tree around. The snow was not unwelcome. I don’t mind watching a...
Sometimes nature photographers like to strike out on their own with few clues about the land, people and animals where they hope to find adventure and subjects. But for those interested in intriguing history and a trim pack of facts that can be provided by a well-written book about a mythical la...
The only place in the United States where the beautiful and endangered Snail Kite is found is in the southern half of the state of Florida. Snail Kites are abundant in parts of Central and South America but, in the U.S., these birds number less than two thousand and are considered the rarest bir...
I often joke that I do not know how to work a camera unless I am wet. I spend a lot of time wading in both freshwater and saltwater for shots. Wading provides some unique opportunities to approach wildlife or capture scenes that you simply can’t get from land. I find most animals will allo...
You never know what you might see—or hear—when you take a walk in the woods. On an April Sunday, I was hiking the Hoh Rain Forest River Trail in Olympic National Park, Washington. A Pileated Woodpecker gave me a fleeting glimpse. I stood and listened for its drumming and would move to try to...
Smack in the middle of a lek, mating grounds for the Greater Prairie Chicken, I wait away the pre-dawn spring morning. My spot is near a U.S. Forest Service blind on the National Grasslands near Ft. Pierre, South Dakota. A better stage for chicken dancing would be hard to find. Imagine the entir...
Finding where dragonflies live is relatively easy. Shooting them is something else. But with a little planning and a lot of practice, you can learn to identify and shoot dragons to your heart’s content.
All of us hear the conservation message repeatedly—preserve what we have or it won’t be there for the next generation, right? I’m sure most of you educate yourselves on what you can do. You learn about your subjects before photographing them, use low-impact techniques to reduce ris...
When the loons didn’t nest on my small lake in south-central Ontario in 2005, I had to find another subject to maximize the summer photography season.
I had been out to a Common Tern nesting colony on a local lake with friends who live on the lake and had been monitoring the colony for 2...
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In searching for a method to photograph insects that would appear on a pure white background with a distinct but not harsh shadow, a friend and I experimented to find the best technique. We tried a number of boxes with designs that are not nearly as user friendly and which produce less than idea...
Don DeHart, the late Alaskan hunting guide, once wrote a book entitled, “Oh, For the Life of a Guide.” It took just a short immersion into the guiding profession for me to fully appreciate the irony. At first blush, professional guiding seems a great way to make a living. You do th...
As you may have surmised from my earlier article, “Lighter and Better Equipment for the Hiking Photographer” (November 2005), I am always on the lookout for new things that make photography easier, more convenient, and less physically demanding. In this article, I review three new pr...
Almost two years ago, I wrote an article for Naturescapes.net on digital workflow, discussing image browsers. How things have changed! Or have they?
We have certainly witnessed a progression of new programs and updated features in existing programs. Adobe has moved from the file browser functi...
Continue readingThe Copyright Office has suggested legislation that, in its current form, could have a devastating impact on the professional photographers. The proposal would limit, or in some cases eliminate, the damages available against an infringer of an orphan work. An orphan work is a work presumed to ha...
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