Bird photographers tend to think pretty traditionally about lighting. In particular, a general rule is that the sun is supposed to be behind one’s shoulder, placing frontal lighting on the bird to avoid shadows. While this type of lighting does produce nice portraits, making images with an artistic flair requires a bit of out of [...]
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Black-necked stilts, a very different lighting scheme
Posted in new fine art prints, photo tips on February 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
backyard birds preview
Posted in new images, photo tips on October 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Soon I will have a full article on my experiences photographing birds in the backyard of my new house in the Costa Rican highlands. For now, I’d like to share a few nice photos, the result of a couple of hours spent on my porch during a four-day rainy spell. Photographing while under the cover [...]
Photographing Costa Rica’s South Pacific Coast from a helicopter
Posted in photo tips on September 24, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I recently had the opportunity, as part of a client shoot for Bahia Escondida on Costa Rica’s South Pacific coast, to photograph from a helicopter, and it is an amazing experience! If you ever have the opportunity to photograph from a helicopter, I highly recommend it. But before you go, there are a number of useful [...]
