Picture a panoramic image in your mind. It’s horizontal, isn’t it? Of course it is, because a horizontal panoramic image is just the most logical result of panoramic photography. But every now and then, you may want to create a vertical panorama, and that can present some challenges....
Photographer Tom Whelan has caught the bug for photographing small things. He specializes in close-up photographs of natural subjects: abstracts of natural designs, portraits of flowers and insects, the many forms of water, and intimate landscapes. In this video, Tom shares his passion for natur...
Story by Margaret Gaines – Come celebrate NANPA’s 18th Nature Photography Summit & Trade Show in Jacksonville, Florida, February 28 through March 3, 2013.
A wonderful event is planned that is sure to inspire your photography, whether you take pictures for the pure joy of it o...
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As a New England photographer, the couple of weeks of autumn’s riotous punctuation to summer is the one annual opportunity that simply can’t be missed. In my region of southern New Hampshire and Vermont, peak color is usually around the Columbus Day holiday. By mid September I find myself ga...
I’ve been making pictures professionally for almost 20 years now. After my family, this is the greatest blessing in my life, and every day I wake up and feel grateful to have turned this passion of mine into a career. Even though I’m still learning after all these years, in reality m...
In the last week of August 2012, long time Arizona resident E.J. Peiker led the Navajo Country and North Rim of the Grand Canyon Workshop presented by Naturescapes.net Certified Workshops.
In the digital age, just about everyone has a camera. Thanks to social media, everyone knows it, and we are constantly bombarded with images from thirteen year olds with iPhones, retirees with 1D Mark IVs, and budding amateurs and pros alike, some who are constant sources of inspiration and othe...
For most photographers, adding keywords and other meta data to their photos is a necessary evil. Many of us prefer to take photos, and putting in the time and energy to describe them during post-processing isn’t—fun. So we tend to do a minimal job of it.
Barnegat Lighthouse State Park in New Jersey, located at the northern end of Long Beach Island, is where you will find the famed “Barnegat Jetty”. If you are a birder or bird photographer as I am, this is a must visit destination during the winter. The Barnegat Jetty is considered the best p...
Sometimes, a single experience changes one’s life forever. That may certainly be the case for Piper MacKay, a celebrated wildlife, travel, and culture photographer whose work focuses on the African continent.
Piper’s journey to becoming one of Africa’s premiere photographers...
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“Photographs really are experience captured,” wrote Susan Sontag in her famous essay On Photography. Photography can be a witness to the events in our lives, immortalizing our own experiences. But, to me, its biggest virtue is that it can also open new worlds to our eyes. Some anim...
Discerning bird photographers want their images to be of the highest quality possible, and this usually means they are striving for tack sharp details in their subject. Accurate focus and appropriate shutter speeds are essential for getting sharp, detailed images of our feathered friends.
I think many photographers can appreciate a loose definition of “accuracy.” To be sure, there are plenty of photographers who aim to render a photograph as a completely accurate representation of what was before the lens. But many (including myself) enjoy adding a subtle embellishmen...
Simply put—Peru is perhaps the best country in the world to see and photograph birds. Sure Colombia boasts a slightly higher species list and, based on its size, Ecuador is also in the running. In Peru however, there are so many unique endemics that it is a destination that every serious birdw...
I had an epiphany of sorts, two years ago. For a variety of reasons, I seriously pondered the notion of selling all my gear and giving up photography entirely. I descended into “The Photographic Doldrums,” a deep photographic funk for roughly six months before “Back in th...
Iceland Photo Tour: The best birds and landscapes of the Highlands and the Southern Coast.
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