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You Ready for Sneak Attacks?

Ya, we gotta know that f/stop and shutter speed stuff (this might help with that!) and you have all the right gear (until the next batch of new stuff comes out) but are you ready for the sneak attacks? One of the greatest parts about photography no matter what kind you want to think about are the surprises. Those surprises are the serendipitous moments that often make your ordinary photograph very special. When these moments happen, we have to not only have the right gear and techniques, but be smart enough to recognize the surprise as being special to take ...

Simple Click – That Moment

One of those lessons I learned long ago comes into play in most of my photography. The rufous of the Cliff Swallow head is a great color contrast to the blue of the river so visually the mind's eye can't help but see it. Even if it's really small in the frame. With that comes the story telling, where the mud nests, minimized in size, are set apart by the same color as the swallow, the blue water. And it's the blue water, the majority of the frame that finishes the storytelling and sets the stage for the subject, the ...

Caught in the Act

Left the house at 05:15 to spend some time down at the river. Being near the base of 10,000 foot peaks, it takes a little while for the sun to actually kiss the river. I went early because you just never know what might be around. This morning, I was greeted by a very small group of White Pelicans. Now they are a shy bunch this time of year, nesting seems to just put them on edge. I knew that on the flats where you can see a Lady Bug approach, there would be no "sneaking" up on them. So ...

Flash is just Part of the Photo

OK, you made the choice to pull out the flash (congrats) and you have all the numbers dialed in and you're getting the results you want (perfection!). That in itself doesn't make all things rosey! Not even in fact, you still gotta do that thing, storytelling. Here's one of my favorite birds of the tundra, the plain 'ol Dunlin. The plain 'ol Dunlin is anything but plain in its breeding duds, it's spectacular! While I didn't find any of its nests this trip, we did find some of these gorgeous little birds on a dark and cold morning. So whole ...

The Kiss of Light

What do you do when you've gone to the Arctic to photograph birds and it's snowing? That one little element, light, is just not happening. You can't stay in bed, you gotta do something about it and that something is, flash. I hate flash! It's a royal pain in the ass to set up and lug around, I don't care how you do it. But, what are you going to do, you need the light. Well, we had that situation more than once so the flash was dragged out. First understanding why flash. If you look at the photo above, ...

Landscape Photography

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Wildlife Photography

Simple Click – That Moment

Caught in the Act

Flash is just Part of the Photo

OK, you made the choice to pull out the flash (congrats) and you have all the numbers dialed in and you’re getting the results you want (perfection!). That in itself doesn’t make all things... [Read more of this Post]

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You Ready for Sneak Attacks?

Simple Click – That Moment

Caught in the Act

Flash is just Part of the Photo