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Solutions: Beat The Blur

The most frustrating occurrence in nature photography is returning home with a card full of images and finding that your prized shots are soft. The...

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AF Fine-Tuning

Cameras and lenses are both precision instruments, and today's AF systems are the best we've ever seen. Cameras and lenses are both precision...

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Geotagging

You don't need a camera with a built-in GPS to geotag your images although such devices make it simpler since they do it automatically as you shoot.

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Sweep Panorama

The Fuji 617G was a favorite camera for a relatively small group of photographers who wanted to make panorama images with maximum possible quality.

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How To Set The Black Point

Ansel Adams wrote extensively about the importance of blacks in a print in his classic book, The Print.

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Making A Faux Mat

A few years ago, I put together a large exhibition of work for the benefit of an environmental cause. A few years ago, I put...

Also labeled: How-To, Printing & Processing

Use Live View For Sharper Shots

Most new DSLRs have Live View, yet too many nature photographers don’t use it. Most new DSLRs have Live View, yet too many nature p...

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Video Quick Tips

Video is a wonderful visual medium that adds whole new dimensions of movement and sound to your photography. Video is a wonderful visual medium...

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The Real McCoy

As a young boy, I learned early about the excitement of an original piece of art. As a young boy, I learned early about the excitement of an...

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White Balance

White balance is an adjustment that accounts for the color temperature of the light in a scene.

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NANPA Summit 2010

It was off to Reno, Nev., for the 2010 North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) Summit.

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Wacom Intuos4 Wireless

For photo enhancements like burning and dodging, cloning and painting layer masks, you can’t beat the accuracy and efficiency of pressure-sensitive pen tablets from Wacom.

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Film Vs. Digital

When we examine legendary photographers like Ansel Adams, we realize that, by today’s standards, the equipment they used was more of a handicap than a secret ingredient.

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Gimbal Heads

Bird photographers and other action shooters frequently have to use really long lenses to get close-ups of often-distant subjects. ...

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Shooting Macro? Try Flash!

Most nature photographers spend the majority of their time shooting the very large in the natural world—big mountains, big animals. We become obsessed with the grandeur of outdoor photography.

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Adding Sound

We’re heading to a multimedia age. As new HD video-capable D-SLRs come online with more and more frequency, nature photographers are increasingly able to add dimension to their photography by incorporating motion and still imagery into short...

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Online Learning Comes Of Age

The old-fashioned correspondence course has grown up, and in the digital age, it has become a viable and truly enjoyable way to learn how to take better pictures.

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