Ups & Downs of Photography – Point of View – Travel Photography Tips

Ups & Downs of Photography – Point of View – Travel Photography Tips

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.

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Lowry Park Zoo – Photographing Babies- Tampa, Florida

Lowry Park Zoo – Photographing Babies- Tampa, Florida

Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo has been one of my favorite places for many years.   I volunteered as a Docent and as a Keepers’ Assistant many years ago.  When we moved farther east of Tampa it was just too much of a commute to make on a regular basis on top of my 9-5 job so I gave it up.  But I still like to visit every now & then, especially in the winter & spring months when the animals are more active!  Lowry Park Zoo is a relatively small zoo

Seashell Photography – Sharing Your Seashells

Seashell Photography – Sharing Your Seashells

“Seashells from the seashore” were one of my favorite things when I was a kid!  Living in Florida made it somewhat easy.  We did not live at the beach but fairly close to it.  We spent some vacations at the beach, I remember Sanibel Island, well, and one of our neighborhood friend’s dad took us to the beach to look for shells quite a bit.  Sitting at the beach, or anywhere, was never my thing.  Gathering seashells kept me busy when at the beach as a kid, today it is all about photography and in particular seashell photography.  My shell collection

Flower Photography Post Processing – Part 2

Flower Photography Post Processing – Part 2

Flower photography post processing is almost as important as what you shoot!

Sometimes we can get the image we want straight out of the camera but many times the limitations that even our modern day digital cameras have can be frustrating when what you get is not what you saw!