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Introduction to Sound Triggers

You know those photos where a bullet is slicing through a playing card or the wine glasses are caught just during the moment they’re breaking or a water balloon is exploding? Odds are, those and the many others like them … Continue reading

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Shooting the Bird Feeder

When you think of a wildlife photographer you’ll often imagine a person laying on the ground shooting from hundreds of feet away with equipment that’s both the size and cost of your house. Well, that may be what it takes … Continue reading

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How to Capture Lightning

(Disclaimer: Lightning will kill you. I am not advising anyone to go out in an electrical storm. This is a descriptive post about how I take lightning images and the techniques that I use. Be smart. Be safe.) There are … Continue reading

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Interested in HDR? Check out StuckInCustoms

StuckinCustoms.com is a great place to go to see some amazing HDRs. He has some good tutorials on how to put one together as well as info on using texture layers to add a little something to your image.

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Shooting the Moon

Have you ever known someone who is amazed by simple things, but just isn’t impressed by the really complicated stuff? That’s the kind of reaction I often get to pictures of the moon. For some reason people tend to think … Continue reading

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