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Category Archives: Photo Tips
How to Capture Action in Your Travel Photos
By Bill Lockhart Travel photography sometimes involves capturing action. The subject does not matter, what matters is freezing the action to create interest; especially if you are into nature photography, and you want to bring home that special shot … Continue reading
Photo Tips – Travel Photography
Going on holiday is special. It is your time to escape, relax, and find adventure. For most, this means taking along a camera to record the holiday as a way of remembering places, people, and events. Part of any holiday … Continue reading
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Photographic Impressionism
By Bill Lockhart Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s. The name of the style is derived from the title of … Continue reading
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Photography Tips – A Solution for Noise at High ISOs
I read as much as I can about techniques that hopefully will help me improve my photography. Yesterday I ran across a wonderful article by Dave Seeram published in a PBASE article that outlined a technique for eliminating noise in … Continue reading
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Photography Tips – An Inquiry Into Lens Diffraction
By Bill Recently I read a forum thread at Naturescapes about lens diffraction. The thread proved to be the stimulus for an investigation of something that has trouble me for years. Simply stated, “Why do some of my photographs appear … Continue reading
Photography Tips – Basics in Australia’s Outback
Australia has been fascinating photographers since the country began. Many professional photographers fall in love with the place, and you could swear that they were determined to photograph every square millimeter of it. The result is both incredible photography and … Continue reading
Photography Tips – Birds in Flight
By Bill Lockhart There is no form of photography more rewarding than capturing birds in flight. Does one need special equipment to do this kind of photography? Well, yes and no. The fact is, one can do successful birds in … Continue reading
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Photography Tips – Getting the Correct Exposure
By Bill There is nothing more frustrating for any photographer than getting a correct exposure when taking a shot. And after many years of doing both film and digital photography, I still am often frustrated by the various methods of … Continue reading
Photography Tips – Landscapes, Some Ideas
By Bill I really don’t do landscapes well. Many of my friends are masters at the genre and they often discuss with me ways to improve my stuff, but frankly, I am still having a tough time with it. Nevertheless, … Continue reading
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Photography Tips – Photographing Birds
By Bill Lockhart When I became serious about nature photography subject matter was an issue. A close friend introduced me to bird photography. Photographing birds is an awesome challenge. Just getting close enough to capture details is difficult. As well, … Continue reading
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Photography Tips – Shooting In Low Light
By Bill One thing I have found out through experience is that sometimes one should try doing a photograph even when one thinks that the shutter speed isn’t sufficient. My experience is to stick to at least 1/300 or so … Continue reading
Photography Tips – The Bigger Picture
I’ve had quite a few emails and comments about my photo “Painted Wave” which was featured in the last blog entry “Deconstruction Zone”. Just to put the photo into perspective, here is the grand view of the same location. A … Continue reading → Continue reading
Photography Tips – The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection
By Bill Lockhart Photo travel can sometimes involve nothing more than a short drive from one’s home to a spot one knows about. Having traveled all over the world in the relentless pursuit of perfection, what I sometimes realize is … Continue reading
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Photography Tips – Think Small, Print Big
Intimate landscapes often reveal details, structure, patterns, geometry and nuances that are not usually noticed by the casual observer. To be able to show something new to viewers and even surprise them, is a very rewarding aspect of photography. Continue reading → Continue reading
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Photography Tips – When things go well and when they don’t
By Bill I love doing wildlife photography. One might say I am obsessive about it. There is no greater challenge in my mind than capturing the soul of an animal in the wild. Course, recently I have learned that doing … Continue reading
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Photography Tips – The World of Abstract Travelscapes
The concept of abstract photography is not easy to define. What one person considers an abstract may not fit another person’s idea of the genre. Therefore to some extent, it is a subjective term. In nature photography, these images often … Continue reading → Continue reading