For the most part, photography books can be divided into two categories – the artistic, coffee table style books and the informative, how to books. I am a big fan of coffee table style photography books. I have a fairly big collection of large hardback volumes with hundreds of stunning ima...
Whoever picked “A Workshop in a Book” as the second half title of “Photoshop CS3 for Nature Photographers” hit the nail squarely on the head. The book is exactly that and more—a user-friendly digital workshop complete with a CD of workable images. The “more”...
Carolyn Wright has participated on the NatureScapes.net forums for years and I have come to respect not only her knowledge on legal issues specific to photographers, but also her ability to draw on real-world experience and explain matters in a way that just about anyone could understand.
For those of us who are Mac users and would like more than ever to finally have an “all-in-one” software program that can handle capture to finish, Apple’s Aperture, now in Version 1.5.2, shows fine promise towards that end. But as with any new software, there is a learning cur...
For the photographer who is contemplating turning their passion into a business, or for someone already getting started in the industry, this book is a must-read. Written by a pro photographer, there’s much more to this book than the title suggests. How to Make Money with Digital Photogra...
With interest I read the threads in NatureScapes.Net Ethics forum about Grizzly Man, Tim Treadwell, a Californian who went to Alaska for 13 summers to be with the brown bears on the Katmai coast. He raised California and Colorado money to fund these summers with the bears and foxes and subsequen...
by Tom Walker | June 1, 2006
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...
by Brendan C. Quigley | January 1, 2006
If 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...
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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by Brendan C. Quigley | September 1, 2005
Bill Silliker, Jr., who passed away in 2003 while walking out to photograph moose, probably said that he never met a moose he didn’t like. He also could have said that he wrote a great book on wildlife photography but he wouldn’t have. He was far too modest. But the photographer, who...
I took notice of Guy Edwardes’ photography several years ago and was pleased to recently have the opportunity to review his book. After reading 100 Ways to Take Better Landscape Photographs I feel better equipped to make even more of my time in the field capturing the scenic images I wan...
Adobe Photoshop, one of the most popular image editing programs for photographers, may appear almost impossibly complex to a new user with its dropdown menus loaded with powerful tools. As a photographer who has used Photoshop for years, I find the more I learn about the program the more I reali...
Many nature photographers love to photograph Sandhill Cranes. There is something about their sight and sound that stirs us to shiver in pre-dawn frost on the river or wildlife refuge, or sweat and swat bugs in more tropical climates trying for the perfect image. Sometimes we are fortunate enough...
I don’t have as much time to read as I used to, but when it comes to nature photography and the business of nature photography, I try to make the time. When I heard a little bit about Scott Bourne’s book, “88 Secrets to Selling & Publishing Your Photography,” I knew t...
