My success as a commercial photographer has been characterized by my ability to see and understand light. Wildlife photography is the same without exception. Being able to see and understand light, its quality and quantity, physical properties, etc., and how they relate to your subject and captu...
Not many people are familiar with the Svalbard archipelago, and this might be one of the reasons why it is such a splendid place for nature photographers. The archipelago lies at 78º N and only 900km away from the North Pole. Although being that far north in the Arctic region, due to the circul...
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...
by Donald Cohen | August 1, 2005
In early 2005 I was fortunate to be able to take a “trip of a lifetime” with my wife by spending some time on the South Island of New Zealand. We had always wanted to travel to that part of the world, with further research revealing that New Zealand would be just the right destinatio...
More than any other animal the tiger stands out as the defining symbol of wildlife in the Indian sub-continent. As commonly known, the tiger once thrived all over India, but what is not known is that with the ascendancy of the British Raj, the tiger was considered to be vermin, and the slaughter...
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 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...
The use of artificial lighting to photograph animals is an area of controversy. To review this topic, a basic understanding of the retina is necessary.
The retina is comprised of rod cells for night and motion sensory information and cone cells for daylight and color vision. The ratio of rods...
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