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How To Photograph Wildlife Action Shots

June 9, 2014 by Jim Braswell 16 Comments

If you enjoy wildlife photography, then you’ll surely love to capture action shots:

Photo by Jim Braswell
Photo by Jim Braswell

Capturing action or behavior gives impact to your images. Sure, an image of a bear just standing in a creek can be a nice image, and it certainly has its place. But, an action shot of that bear can bring your photography to the next level.

To increase your chances of capturing action shots, here are a few techniques you can use: [Read more…] about How To Photograph Wildlife Action Shots

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: action, animal, behavior, capture, observe, photo, photograph, shot, Wildlife

How to Photograph Hummingbirds in the Wild

July 12, 2010 by Steve Berardi 12 Comments

Black-chinned Hummingbird / Photo by Steve Berardi
Black-chinned Hummingbird (juvenile female) / Photo by Steve Berardi
Hummingbirds are amazing little birds: they’re the only birds that can fly backwards, and they’re the fastest animal on the planet (if you measure speed in body lengths per second, heh).

They’re fairly easy to photograph if you setup a feeder, but I prefer to photograph them in the wild, since my goal is to photograph truly wild moments. Sometimes that means waiting awhile for a hummingbird to show up at the perfect flower, but your patience pays off when you get that truly wild photo.

Anyway, here’s what I’ve learned so far about photographing hummingbirds in the wild: [Read more…] about How to Photograph Hummingbirds in the Wild

Filed Under: Tips, Wildlife Tagged With: behavior, bird, blind, camo, flower, habits, hummingbird, kwik camo, migration, photograph, wild, wildflower, Wildlife

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