Each week the moderators and staff of NatureScapes.Net select one photo that particularly stands out in each of the image critique galleries. This photo becomes that gallery’s Image of the Week, and at year end one image is selected from these to be the gallery’s Image of the Y...
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Right on the heels of its release, nearly a dozen reviewers gave Apple a pretty good thrashing over Aperture, Apple’s new professional photography software. Not all of the reviews are bad. Some offer very positive insights. But many focus on perceived problems. After delving into Aperture,...
As a Mac user, I was thrilled to hear that Apple was releasing its new, professional photographic workflow program, Aperture. Frequent pre-release visits to Apple’s web site left me drooling in anticipation and true to Apple’s sleek marketing style, the on-line videos are no less tha...
Many photographers in the United States find themselves confused at tax time regarding their federal and state reporting obligations. There is no substitute for consulting with an accountant and lawyer regarding your business concerns. However, it does help to be informed in preparation for thes...
The concept of conservation photography has been proposed out of the need to make a distinction between the creation of images for the sake of photography, and the creation of images to serve the purpose of conserving nature.
Introduction by Juli Wilcox
For five years, I co-coordinated portfolio reviews for the annual Summit of the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA). During this event, editors, publishers, stock sales representatives and master photographers representing all photographic genres...
Continue readingIf you were going to write a guide for birding enthusiasts and photographers, what would you put in it? Could it be varied enough for photographers of all skill levels to use, small enough to carry but big enough to hold lots of information, and a book that would help you build a photography out...
The Red Knot (Calidris canutus rufa) is on a fast track to extinction.
For decades, photographers, bird watchers and nature enthusiasts have gone to the shores of the Delaware Bay to view and record two of nature’s great spectacles. Hundreds of thousands of Horseshoe Crabs, one of the ol...
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My first Coastal Bend Wildlife Photo Contest in 2001 was my introduction to nature photography and photographing on ranches in Texas. As a recently retired businessman living in Houston, Texas, I knew nothing about wildlife and habitat and had little experience in taking nature slide images, eit...
One of the most pivotal experiences in my progression as a nature photographer was a critique of my images by a professional photographer at a workshop. Learning to see my photos objectively and evaluate them from another perspective was a gift. Upon returning from the workshop, I looked for oth...
If we’re very observant and over time play out careful plans to document a part of the planet we call home, we may be able to photograph so well that others, too, will be moved to pay attention.
Wendy Shattil and Bob Rozinski, two Denver-based pro photographers with 25 years’ exper...
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Hot, dusty, and discouraged I said to Lorri, “I know one more road where I’ve seen horses before.” Pointing to the south I added, “It leads toward the higher elevation of Green Mountain. Let’s give it a try.”
Learning to see and understand light, its quality, quantity, and physical properties and how they relate to your subject and capture medium will allow you to take control of your imagery. Being aware of the lighting direction relative to the subject will allow you to choose a camera position tha...
A year ago I wrote about my photographic journey through many of America’s grandest national parks. In that article I lamented the weight of professional photo gear and made some wishes for the hiking photographer:
I keep hearing that traditional photography has changed—digital is killing it—photography is on its way to hell in a hand basket. To those who feel this is the end of traditional photography, my question is: What is photography? For that matter, what is traditional photography?
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