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Another Free eBook From Craft & Vision

August 13, 2013 by Steve Berardi Leave a Comment

TENA few months ago, Craft & Vision released an excellent ebook on photography for free. If you haven’t already downloaded and read that one, then I highly recommend checking it out. It’s packed with some great tips from lots of great photographers.

This week, they released another great ebook for free! It’s called TEN and it talks about ten ways you can improve your photography, without buying any gear. It was actually one of the first ebooks they released awhile ago, and it originally sold for $5, but now it’s completely free! [Read more…] about Another Free eBook From Craft & Vision

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: camera, craft, david, duchemin, ebook, free, guide, learn, photography, ten, vision

Three Reasons To Periodically Look Through Your Old Photos

July 29, 2013 by Steve Berardi 17 Comments

Photos by Steve BerardiOne of the great things about digital photography is that memory is cheap. We can take lots and lots of photos without ever having to worry about expensive film. You can buy a big memory card once, and use it over and over again.

As a result, you probably have a big stockpile of photos somewhere. Maybe it’s in some obscure folder on your computer, or maybe it’s on a big external hard drive somewhere.

With all these photos, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. When you get back from a long day out on the trails, you might go through all your photos quickly, and grab the really good ones to process and share online. But, in this process you might immediately label a lot of those photos as “bad” — and bury them in that giant stockpile of photos you have hiding somewhere.

Since we’re always adding more and more photos to this stockpile, it’s easy to forget about them and never look through them again.

But, it’s a good idea to browse through all those “rejects” every once in a while. Here are a few reasons why: [Read more…] about Three Reasons To Periodically Look Through Your Old Photos

Filed Under: Tips Tagged With: backup, bad, good, look, memory card, old, photos, portfolio, post processing, processing, rejects, review, sharpness

Three Great Tripod Accessories

July 22, 2013 by Steve Berardi 4 Comments

Sometimes it can be really annoying to get your tripod in the EXACT position you need it. Just when you think you’ve got it set up how you want it, you lock in the ballhead, and realize your camera just moved down half an inch, which totally ruins your composition.

Well, luckily there are a few accessories that can help make your life easier: an L-bracket, a tripod collar, and a bubble level. [Read more…] about Three Great Tripod Accessories

Filed Under: Landscapes, Tips, Wildflowers Tagged With: accessory, ballhead, bubble level, collar, gear, head, items, l, l bracket, sharp, support, telephoto, tripod

PhotoPills – New App For Planning Landscape Images

July 15, 2013 by Steve Berardi 1 Comment

PhotoPills - ScreenshotOne of the great things about being a nature photographer in the digital age is that we have all these wonderful apps to help us plan our shots. And, now with the smartphone we can bring many of these apps along with us in the wilderness.

I’ve already talked about a few of these great apps, such as The Photographer’s Ephemeris (TPE) and Stellarium. But, I just discovered another one that can be extremely useful in planning landscape images: PhotoPills.

PhotoPills actually does a ton of stuff, but there’s one thing it does better than any other app I’ve seen: it can tell you exactly WHEN the sun/moon will rise over a distant mountain (or lake, tree, etc) as viewed from a specific location. [Read more…] about PhotoPills – New App For Planning Landscape Images

Filed Under: Landscapes, Tips Tagged With: app, date, elevation, image, iphone, landscape, moon, moonrise, photo, photopills, pills, plan, planning, scout, smartphone, software, sun, sunrise, sunset, times

7 Tips For Photographing Butterflies

July 1, 2013 by Steve Berardi 9 Comments

Variable Checkerspot / Photo by Steve Berardi
Variable Checkerspot / Photo by Steve Berardi
Butterflies are amazing little creatures, aren’t they?

They start out as a hungry slow-moving blob and through the process of metamorphosis, they transform themselves into a winged insect exhibiting a wonderful array of contrasting colors. Some species migrate thousands of miles for the winter, and many species have remarkable features like eyespots that help protect them from predators.

Naturally, you’ve probably wanted to photograph these amazing little creatures, so here are some tips on how to do it: [Read more…] about 7 Tips For Photographing Butterflies

Filed Under: Tips Tagged With: butterflies, butterfly, butterfly photo, butterfly photographs, how to photograph butterflies, how to photograph insects, photographing butterflies, Tips, tutorial

Check Out Our New Gear Page

June 24, 2013 by Steve Berardi Leave a Comment

Recommended Gear
One of the most common questions I get by email is about what camera gear I use and would recommend. So, I thought it was time to create a “recommended gear” page here on PN.

You can check it out at: https://photonaturalist.com/recommended-gear/

You’ll notice that I only listed a few products, and that I’ve only listed Canon gear. I decided to only include stuff that I’ve personally used and would recommend to a friend. I believe ANY camera or lens is capable of creating remarkable images, but Canon is just what I happen to use. [Read more…] about Check Out Our New Gear Page

Filed Under: Gear Reviews, Tips Tagged With: b&h, buy, camera, equipment, gear, photo, recommendations, stuff, suggestion

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