An epilogue: 10,000 more: Since purchasing a digital SLR, my camera has passed 9999 for the second time, giving me even more experience in the field and time to reflect on thoughts and ideas that led me to that quick slide down the learning curve. As I mentioned in part one of these DSLR adven...
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A quick slide down the learning curve.
With all the advertising, hype, and testing, you would think that the last four years of digital SLR advancements have been the saving grace of photography. Everything is better with a fancy new digital camera at your side. So how could my own experienc...
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Why large format? Large format allows you to slow down and methodically perform every aspect of image making. You have control over metering, focus and composition. Another advantage is the large film area. We are talking 4″x5″ of film to render even the minutest detail, thirteen t...
It seems like I rarely get the chance to read books anymore, but once I got my hands on Dynamic Wildlife Photography I found it an easy and interesting read. The introduction immediately struck a chord and the writing reflects the authors’ warm personality plus humor specific to our ende...
by Tim Grey | December 1, 2004
Sharpening is a critical part of a digital workflow aimed at producing the highest quality images possible. Having a good understanding of the use of Photoshop’s Unsharp Mask filter for sharpening your images will enable you to produce the best results possible.
Regardless of how things may initially appear to our eyes, in the natural world nothing is static. Wherever possible I always try to impart a sense of movement in my imagery. This can be accomplished with panning, zoom blurs, long exposures, implied motion or any combination therein.
by E.J. Peiker | November 1, 2004
My employer allows its employees a sabbatical, 12 weeks of paid vacation, every seven years. It is designed to recharge the batteries after seven years of high stress in an extremely fast-paced technology industry. I am now in my twenty-second year with the company, which allowed me to take my t...
What is it about a place that we as photographers feel compelled to go there, not just once or twice, but many times, perhaps year after year? Is it the location’s natural beauty; its unique geologic features, the abundant wildlife, the challenge of creating photographs that are able to co...
by E.J. Peiker | October 1, 2004
It’s hard to believe that just over a year has passed since the inception of NatureScapes.Net and the publication of my original article: A Wish List for Future Digital SLR Cameras. A lot has transpired during that year in the technology front and many of the ideas presented in my articl...
There has been lots of discussion recently in the NatureScapes.net and other internet forums about depth of field (DOF) and what affects it. Depth of field is of particular interest when comparing standard 35mm cameras with digital cameras, which have a sensor smaller than 35mm film’s 24mm...
An excerpt from “The Art of Bird Photography II”, a book in progress: When I was a fledgling photographer living in New York City, there were many local camera clubs with lots of members who enjoyed nature photography. In spite of the fact that I was extremely competitive in sports...
