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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Tonight I was sitting in front of my computer kinda bored, and I decided to glance through my photos to come up with something to post here. I typed in a search in my Lightroom catalog “close” just to see what would come up. To my surprise a series of really eye catching photos filled [...]
This article will cover many of the ducks you can observe in New Jersey. With the exception of the oceanic ducks and the Teal, Grebes, Coots and a few others, which I will highlight in future pieces. New Jersey is home to a staggering number of ducks and other waterfowl. Especially in the Winter. It’s [...]
I know I know, fences aren’t exactly nature or wildlife related but they do exist in some beautifully scenic areas and can actually enhance a photograph some of the time. For me as a photographer a fence can be a blessing or a curse. There have certainly been times when there is a naturally beautiful [...]
Beautiful, unique, colorful, multi-purpose WINGS. It’s what allows birds to fly and to grab our attention. There are almost as many wing types and colorations as there are species of birds and today I figured I’d show some examples of the variety that exists. Some types of wings are designed for soaring, some for speed, [...]
Sometimes you are lucky to get really close enough to a bird to take a photo of just it’s head or upper body, like the Pileated Woodpecker shown above. Depending on the lens you are using, this can be one foot away or 30 feet away. I have taken songbird photos with a 50mm lens [...]
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