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Photography for your Left Brain
We’ve all seen examples of stunning wildlife photography, rendered perfectly by brilliant golden hour light and decorated with high output flashes and Better Beamers. While we all strive for the perfect wildlife photograph, sometimes nature just doesn’t cooperate. If you are a naturalist, you probably enjoy taking photographs at all hours of the day, not [...]
Considering the wealth of natural wonders on Earth, it may be surprising that one of the most photographed natural objects does not even exist on this planet. Instead, this photogenic object exists some 250,000 miles away from Earth – doing periodic laps, lighting our night sky, and occasionally creating a great stir by blocking the [...]
Apple today released the latest update for its Aperture photo software. Among the enhancements: iPhoto Compatibility Resolves an issue that could cause Aperture to quit unexpectedly when importing large iPhoto libraries. Aperture now correctly handles albums contained in folders when importing iPhoto 9.1.1 libraries. Improves reliability when importing iPhoto 9 libraries that include slideshows containing [...]
One dilemma for the naturalist photographer is determining how much gear to lug around. This is especially true for long hikes. One camera body and a wide angle lens is a fairly minimalist travel list but every once in a while you might need a way to stabilize the camera. You may come across [...]
For nature photographers, nothing is more exciting than the onset of a new spring season. It is a time to dust off the cameras, clean those lenses, and get back to Nature. With a new season comes a renewed sense of vitality and an inspiration to try something new. If you are in the mood [...]
A frustrating problem for many beginning photographers is the “red-eye effect.” Everyone has seen the photos with the demonic, crimson eyes. Most softwares now make red-eye removal fairly easy – the computer simply looks for red pixels in the suspect area and substitutes black ones. This solution works surprisingly well, but it can sometimes leave [...]
Adobe today announced the beta release of Lightroom 3.4 and Adobe Camera Raw 6.4. Lightroom 3.4 beta is a free download for Lightroom 3 customers and Camera Raw 6.4 is a free download for Photoshop Customers. Among other things, several new cameras and lenses are supported by the new software: New Camera Support Canon EOS [...]
One of the greatest depth of field challenges for the nature photographer is the landscape photograph. The distance between foreground and background elements can be hundreds of meters and keeping everything in focus requires some forethought. In this beach landscape, it was important to capture the foam in the foreground as well as the cloudscape [...]
One of the main stumbling points for new photographers is the seemingly random series of numbers that we have come to know as the f-stop scale or aperture scale. Things start out innocently enough f/1, f/1.4 (just add 0.4 every time, right?), but things get ugly quickly – f/2, f/2.8, f/4. Why would anyone invent [...]
If you’ve ever taken a deep look at the meta information tucked inside your photo files, you realize there is a lot more going on in a JPEG or RAW file than just pixel information. Inside the labyrinth of code are tucked away tiny snippets of information that reveal every detail about how you took [...]
One of the most popular subjects for the aspiring nature photographer is the backyard songbird. Although lions, grizzly bears, and bald eagles are inaccessible to most of us without traveling thousands of miles, virtually any backyard in the world can provide a wildlife photo opportunity for songbirds. This article describes the basic techniques for capturing [...]
Apple unveiled their newest magical device today – a slimmed down, souped up version of their ubiquitous iPad. We have the specification breakdown and analysis from the photography perspective. If you already enjoy the iPad experience, the beefier processor should make that experience all the more enjoyable. It also paves the way for a new [...]
