I was watching a KelbyOne class on Lightpainting by one of my favorite photographers, Dave Black, a while back. This class was about lightpainting big things like landscapes. One of the venues that Dave shot in the class was Schwabacher Landing in the Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. When we were planning our trip
On the west side of Yellowstone Lake is an interesting and colorful area called West Thumb Geyser Basin. This area is one of the many
It is best to start a week long Yellowstone-Grand Tetons trip at a good & sturdy base and so we rented a house in Tetonia, ID to be our home while we explored the wilds of
In my last “Tips” post, I wrote about the “when” of photography, that is, when do you push the shutter button. Another important aspect of great photography is “where” you push the shutter button or the Point of View. Going up and down in the horizontal plane of the camera sensor changes the Point of View of the image.
I have been in groups of photographers that all set their tripods next to each other (especially if they are with a pro photographer) so all of their cameras are at about the same height and all pointed at the same thing. They were all going to end up with the same or very similar images. I always try to get a different image than the group. So I not only moved to another view but I did not use my tripod or drastically changed the height that I set it at.
You may have heard the recommendation
The USF Botanical Gardens are tucked away in a corner of the large campus of the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. Besides being available for students in the various colleges, these gardens
Gainesville, Florida is known for the University of Florida but just over on the west side of I-75 is the beautiful
Timing is one of the hardest parts of photography. There is the technical side of timing, that would be shutter speed. Do you want a fast shutter speed or a slow shutter speed? That is one type of timing you have maximum control of. Then there is that other timing,
Florida has many iconic roadside tourist attractions from the early 1900’s and
The annual pass I purchased at Bok Tower & Gardens in December has paid for itself by using the reciprocity feature. This time I drove across the state to McKee Botanical Garden in Vero Beach, Florida.
This is one
