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Nature Photography In The Least Expected Places

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Photo by Vic Berardi
Photo by Vic Berardi
It’s the dead of winter, you live in an area that doesn’t have classic winter scenery, then you look outside and see that it’s cold and dreary. The last snowfall was at least a week ago, so taking photos with beautiful fresh snow in the background or foreground isn’t an option. So, you decide to stay home and wait for a better day…you shouldn’t. There are opportunities out there on any given day to take nature photos, if you just look hard enough.

A couple of weeks ago I ventured out on such a day and after becoming exhausted at trying to find something to photograph, I happened to drive over a small creek and stopped to look and see if any water was moving. There wasn’t but something else caught my eye: autumn leaves & ice! I pulled over to the side of the road, got out with my camera and tripod and slowly looked at all the small scenery along this very small and mostly frozen creek. What I saw was limitless in compositions and beauty! [Read more…] about Nature Photography In The Least Expected Places

Top Posts of 2012

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Photo by Steve Berardi
Photo by Steve Berardi
With 2012 coming to a close soon, I thought it’d be good to look back at the top posts of the year:

  1. Free eBook on Wildflower Photography

  2. Three Ways To Recover Photos From a Corrupt Memory Card

  3. How to Win the Battle of Close-Up Photography

  4. Five Things Every Landscape Photographer Should Carry At All Times

  5. How To Reduce Noise In Your Close-Up Photos

  6. A Fun Way To Improve Your Wildflower Photography

  7. The Perfect Backpack For a Hiking Photographer

  8. Three Reasons to Avoid Relying on the Crop Tool

  9. Eight Tips For Photographing Silhouettes

  10. How to Switch Lenses On Your Camera

I hope you enjoyed all the articles at PhotoNaturalist this year! And, cheers to a very wonderful 2013 🙂 [Read more…] about Top Posts of 2012

5 Great Quotes From 5 Great Photographers

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Ansel AdamsWhenever I need inspiration, one of my favorite things to do is read some of my favorite quotes on photography, from some of the greatest photographers. So, I thought it’d be nice to share some of those quotes:

Ansel Adams

“We don’t make a photograph just with a camera, we bring to the act of photography all the books we have read, the movies we have seen, the music we have heard, the people we have loved.”
―Ansel Adams

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8 Tips For Photographing Silhouettes

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Photo by Steve Berardi
Photo by Steve Berardi
One of the simplest ways to capture the dramatic colors of a sunrise or sunset is to photograph a silhouette.

Although they’re simple looking images, here are a few tips for photographing them:

#1 – Use a telephoto lens

With silhouettes, you’ll usually want an out of focus background to help draw attention to your silhouetted subject. A telephoto lens will help you here by reducing depth of field. They’re not always required though (the image above was taken with a 50mm lens). [Read more…] about 8 Tips For Photographing Silhouettes

Three Reasons to Photograph Wildlife at Eye Level

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Photo by Steve Berardi
Snowy Plover / Photo by Steve Berardi
When you encounter wildlife, it’s pretty easy to get excited, isn’t it? It doesn’t happen often, so when you’re lucky enough, the first thing you’re probably thinking is, “wow, I do not want to scare this thing away!” (well, unless it’s a bear or mountain lion, heh).

In that moment of excitement, it’s easy to forget about camera techniques and just start snapping photos from where you’re standing. But, if you want an intimate, sharp, and isolated portrait of any wildlife subject, you’re gonna have to get down to their eye level to snap the photo, and here are some reasons why: [Read more…] about Three Reasons to Photograph Wildlife at Eye Level

How To Recover Photos From a Corrupt Memory Card

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Compact Flash Memory CardAlthough there are ways to reduce the risk of memory card problems, you can never escape them completely.

Sooner or later, you’re going to come home from a wonderful day in the wilderness with a memory card loaded with great photos, but when you try to download those shots to your computer, your memory card will fail for whatever reason.

Well, when your memory card decides to stop cooperating with you, here are a few things you can try to save your photos: [Read more…] about How To Recover Photos From a Corrupt Memory Card