exploring nature’s infinite connections
I was pleasantly surprised today to find a couple of images sold through my stock agency Alamy. Considering they have nearly 10 million images online, it seems like a needle in a haystack situation. They give you a good deal of information regarding the sale, all...
I don't have a lot to write about this particular shot, just wanted to share it. . I was exploring some different processing in Lightroom and ended up combining a few different presets, with some manual tweaks of my own. Roses are such delicate objects, and I...
The folks over at Wetpixel have just introduced their print publication called Wetpixel Quarterly. Given the talent of underwater photographers over at Wetpixel, I have no doubt this will be a fantastic publication. There are not too many underwater photography print...
One of the things I am often conflicted about is when I read or hear about "the way to shoot" a particular subject. For example, for shorebirds, the way that is often proclaimed as the best way to shoot them is on your belly, as low as you can possibly go. This...
WooHoo! Google Page 1! 😯 For the longest time I have been trying to improve my Google rankings for the generic term of "nature photography." It is a little side quest I have had - working on it a little at a time. I don't get a huge amount of traffic from this...
These Gallery Canvas Panels are something I have just started doing this year. I created a few 'prototypes' and I liked them so much I ended up hanging one over my fireplace (above). They offer a unique alternative to the matted and framed photograph, especially when...
I recently saw Greg Lato's post where he describes some images that he has had sitting around for a couple of years contemplating what to do with them. Dan Sroka also wrote about this recently. I can relate to this completely. Quite often we capture images because...
Anyone that prints their own work knows for all the enjoyment it can offer in having the ulimate control, it is plagued by an assortment of frustrations. If my Epson 4800 experiences one more major clog, I may be ready to throw it through the window. One of the...
It is hard to believe I am already feeling a bit cramped with nearly 2 TB (terabytes) of storage space. I imagine digital photographers of the future will be having 2 TB flash cards and look upon this as a joke like we often do when looking back at storing photos on a...