Monthly Archives: August 2012

First Wait, then Shoot

By Nizar BredanArticles, magazines and books about photography provide a lot of useful information for photographers of all levels, but they usually do not do sufficient justice to one major element. Waiting, and consequently anticipating, are in my opinion essential … Continue reading

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Pro Tips For Dynamic Fall Color

How-ToText And Photography By Sean Arbabi, Jay Goodrich, George Lepp, William Neill, Ian Plant And Guy TalEvery nature photographer knows that fall is prime time. Landscapes are transformed into vibrant tapestries of yellow-orange and red, and the angle of the … Continue reading

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Featured Photographer – Staffan Widstrand

Professional photographer and writer. Author of 9 books (3 of them awarded the title ?Panda Book of the Year? by WWF). Winner of 11 awards in the ?Wildlife Photographer of the Year? competition. ?Nature Photographer of the Year? in Sweden … Continue reading

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First Wait, then Shoot

By Nizar BredanArticles, magazines and books about photography provide a lot of useful information for photographers of all levels, but they usually do not do sufficient justice to one major element.Waiting, and consequently anticipating, are in my opinion essential habits … Continue reading

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Pieces of The Whole

How-To The whole is the sum of its parts. If a single addend is eliminated, it prevents a proper total from being obtained. Photographically put, make sure all components in the composition add up to a proper sum. Don’t create … Continue reading

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20 of the Best Design Blogs for Freebies

Published in Design Web and graphic designers are in the fortunate position of having a lot of quality free resources at their disposal. The huge number of blogs and websites in the industry and the massive audience of designers has … Continue reading

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It’s been a while: caterpillar

I haven’t had my macro gear out much lately, but was having a ‘lazy’ summer afternoon and decided to try it out again. This is some kind of very hairy caterpillar that was sunning itself on my deck. at 1Xat … Continue reading

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First Wait, then Shoot

By Nizar BredanArticles, magazines and books about photography provide a lot of useful information for photographers of all levels, but they usually do not do sufficient justice to one major element.Waiting, and consequently anticipating, are in my opinion essential habits … Continue reading

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The best WordPress Theme Builder options, no coding required

Published in WordPressIf WordPress has continued to grow in popularity, developers have continued to the options that are available to users through advanced themes and plugins. While WordPress popular with designers and developers who are comfortable creating custom themes, it … Continue reading

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Street Photography Contest Winners

Part of what I love about being the Photography Guide here at About.com is virtually meeting so many different folks from around the world. This street photography contest gave me another interesting look in to your world. After much deliberation, … Continue reading

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Caterpillar

The wife found this among the lily of the valley leaves as she did some gardening today – so I rescued it from the area that was being threatened by her trowel, and placed it on a leaf on the … Continue reading

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So You Want To Be A Nature Photographer

How-To I’ve heard it said that if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life. As photography has been a long time profession in addition to being a passion, to some extent, the above holds … Continue reading

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