Photographers Block! I think it happens to everyone sooner or later. Sometimes itsneaks up on you slowly; a late morning here or there, a missed opportunity, a subtle lack of inspiration on an outing, or it can come on all at once. Of course there are the typical excuses: I just need to set aside […]
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Places to go: This last summer I had a chance to document the Glacial Ridge Nature Preserve near Crookston Minnesota for The Nature Conservancy. This preserve is the largest conservation prairie restoration project in US history; over 35,000 acres of restored prairie! The project was especially meaningful to me as I was hired over 10 years ago
History Brush Tutorial: Figure 1; Pierre and northern lights before history brush retouching. Setting Photoshop Preferences: Open Photoshop. Go to the pull-down menus at the top of the screen. Go to Edit/Preferences/Performance–the only preferences you really need to set are in this dialog box: Figure 2; preferences dialog. Set Memory
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Originally Posted May 2010 Composition; Creating a Sense of Depth: Last newsletter we discussed the basics of composition and the rule of thirds. This newsletter we will delve into composition a little deeper and discuss tips on creating a sense of depth in your photographs. Depth in a photograph is an illusion it is an illusion
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Geotagging Your Photographs Originally Posted May 2010 When I was hired by the MN Department of Natural Resources and the Nature Conservancy, both of these organizations requested that I provide GPS (Global Positioning System) information in the metadata of all submitted photographs. After an initial round of research I discovered that my Canon 5d was one generation
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Spring has arrived. This year I am fortunate as I landed photography contracts with two organizations that I admire and respect; The Nature Conservancy, and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Scientific and Natural Areas. My contracts are to photograph selected nature preserves. Included in one of the contracts is language that I must (where
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Pauls Corner: The following text is reproduced with permission of the publisher. From Journal of a Prairie Year, by Paul Gruchow: Originally Posted June 2010 There seems in late spring to be an openness, a frankness, a guilelessness that is missing at other times of the year. I do not suppose that there is more to this
Photographing Panoramas: Originally Posted June 2010 Before digital photography I photographed using a Toyo 4×5 field camera. This camera allowed me to shoot a variety of formats by simply changing the film back of the camera. I used a Horseman 6×12 roll film back for my panoramic images. I love the panoramic format, in fact
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Originally Posted June 2010 Paul Gruchow was a good friend of mine and my mentor. His writing is always inspirational, and I recall with great fondness our many excursions in the outdoors. About twelve years ago I had the honor of illustrating a book of his essays about Scientific and Natural Areas called “Worlds Within A World.” Due to
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Tamron Lens Test Originally Posted November 2010 This last summer Tamron loaned me a couple of lenses to field test. Having worked with these lenses for the last three months I am pleasantly pleased with their performance. Rather than attempt to “bench test” these lenses and give you a report based upon test patterns and
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