Archive for March, 2010

The Sometimes “Unsung” – Song Birds

The Sometimes “Unsung” – Song Birds

I know personally I sometimes overlook the average song-bird, thinking they are all too common and generic looking. I figured it was time to highlight a few of them on the blog because when I’ve taken a little time to actually watch and photograph them they can be just a impressive as any other bird. [...]

Singled Out Series: Space

Singled Out Series: Space

The “space” I’m speaking of here is dealing with the composition of a photograph. Using the lead in photo above as an example I’m referring to the large amount of extra space to the top and left of the flower blossom floating in water. I chose to compose the image that way to exaggerate the [...]

Singled Out Series: Silhouette

Singled Out Series: Silhouette

Silhouettes are sort of the reverse of most other techniques used to make your subject singled out in that usually your subject becomes the darkest part of the photograph. I feel this method explores more of the shape of the main subject than anything else. A silhouette proudly shows the outline of the main subject [...]

Singled Out Series: Color

Singled Out Series: Color

I’ve previously written an entire series about color in nature photography but this time I’m going to concentrate on using color to make your subject stand out. For the most part color in nature isn’t something we can control. As a photographer all you can do is observe it and capture it, which can make [...]

Raw Photography

Raw Photography

Photography lends well to those who think,  “what else do you do when you look for things to grace that new roll of film or the mega pixels processed by the sensors on a digital camera?”  Then there are the times when the weather sucks like it did in the North East this year. So [...]

Working with Available Light

Working with Available Light

Most of my photography is done with available light. I have experimented with flash photography resulting in some astonishing pictures but it seems to take away from the natural look. When I first started shooting nature I was just glad to get an animal in the frame and for it to be fairly sharp. As [...]

Waterfowl of the Altantic Ocean Shores and Bays of New Jersey

Waterfowl of the Altantic Ocean Shores and Bays of New Jersey

This is the 3rd article in the series on Waterfowl that I’ve been posting, and this time the focus is on those amazing birds that surf and feed and live in the ocean near the coast of New Jersey. (Use the link below to see all articles in the Waterfowl series.) View the entire series [...]

The one I didn’t miss!

The one I didn’t miss!

I was reading all of the comments about fences in our photo’s, and this shot came to mind. Let me explain…I was in downtown Millville, getting ready to load my tools and move to the next job, when I just happened to look over a fence into the yard next to me. There about five [...]

Singled Out Series: Depth of Field

Singled Out Series: Depth of Field

This is the first of a four part series discussing and showing examples of different techniques and methods a photographer can use to “Single Out” a subject in a nature photograph. There are of course more methods than I’ll be discussing over the next month but I chose what I believe are the four main [...]


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