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Spring Planning for wildlife

Spring Planning for wildlife

With the official arrival of spring coming this week (for us in the Northern hemisphere at least), I am seeing articles regarding spring planting tips for your yard.   Whether you are a gardening enthusiast, or a photographer trying to maximize your opportunities...

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So many options

So many options

I spent the morning at this location yesterday where there is an abundance of wildflowers growing along a roadside.   I have photographed here before for the past several years.   It is always a question that comes up I open my pack - "what lens am I going to use?"...

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Does Provenance matter?

Does Provenance matter?

A few years into selling prints, I began to ask myself this very question when it comes to my photographs.   Provenance being basically a historical record of the origins of the image, and if printed, the media and process used to produce the print.   If the...

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Spring wildflower photography

Spring wildflowers have finally started to bloom around here.  A long, wet winter should prove beneficial for the growing season I hope.  At least there will be some rewards from it.   Most spring wildflowers are closed up early in the morning, so you have to make...

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First day Spring 2009

Happy First Day of Spring folks - at least for those of you in the Northern Hemisphere. This is one of the wildflower prints that is hanging at Henry Ford West Bloomfield hospital. I originally had this as a horizontal in my gallery (rotated clockwise from here), but...

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The black background

The black background

Quite a few nature photographers carry around a black velvet cloth with them when they photograph wildflowers. The purpose is to completely get rid of distracting background elements and it can create quite a dramatic effect complimenting the subject. I don't use this...

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