Why We Do This
Sometimes, amid all the bustle and invoices and editing and working, we forget whey we went to photography in he first place. We forget what it is that makes us stick with it, year after year, struggling to learn, to improve, and to succeed. But then a moment comes along that reminds us, and we [...]
Up with the sun…
Sunday morning is for sunrises and hiking, not sleeping in. I was walking the beach at Promised Land State Park by 6 am. By 8 there was some light hiking. Then home with breakfast by 10 am. Twilight, sunrise, and fog on the water. I’m not sure what could be better. Here are the highlights:
Light – Making the Most of What You Have
Not every sunrise or sunset is going to be spectacular. Depending on what part of the world you live in, execptional skys may truely be the exception, instead of the norm. Here in Northeast PA, we get a good number of the amazing ones, but still more that are average, or less. So what happens [...]
Birding Photography Continued
Back in PA after a rainy trip to Vermont, and I’m once more out at Fords Pond just before sunset, working with the birds. This latest session was the best yet; for the first time, I was able to place myself between the light (sun) and the critters, meaning that they were fully lit from [...]
Kent Pond & the Canon 17-40mm L
Kent Pond is one of my old standby locations when I’m in Vermont. It’s small and somewhat out of the way, just the way I prefer sites to be. On first look it isn’t impressive – essentially an artificial pond with a dirt parking lot and a small boat launch. If you’re willing to take [...]
Mt. Philo VT
Mt. Philo is the oldest state park in Vermont, created in 1924. Several signs announce that the construction was done by the CCC, and in several places the technique bears those characteristic traits of their solid handiwork. Compared to the state parks in New York and Pennsylvania, Mt. Philo is fairly small – mainly the [...]
The Birds!
Although I doubt that Hitchcock would be impressed, I am having a ball photographing birds. When I first decided to experiment with this branch of wildlife photography, I had almost no experience with it, and little idea of what to expect. I certainly didn’t expect to enjoy it as much as I am, or to [...]
A couple more w/ the G10
At a local park on Sunday, out more for a picnic and a walk than for serious shooting, but managed to get a few that I liked. I took the G10 so I could travel light. For this kind of work, I find that I’m using it mostly in Av mode, with some exposure compensation [...]
For the Birds
Wildlife photography is difficult, and bird photography, as a subset, is certainly no exception. As promised, I went out Saturday morning amid dense fog to see how I’d do. It was challenging, to say the least. In the fog, I was shooting the 50D+Sigma 70-200mm+2x teleconverter, which gave me f/5.6, ISO 1600, and about 1/320. [...]
Bird Photography – The Plan
What I know about photographing birds comes mostly from looking at photos others have taken and thinking, “Huh, must be a long lens.” But I’m going to give it a try. Birds are interesting in general, and as photography subjects I think it would be very rewarding to document their behaviors. They’re also devilishly trick [...]
