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Tips to Improve Your Wildlife Action Photography

Your best wildlife images are created with a combination of technical expertise, planning, patience, and luck. However, even the most skilled photographers struggle to catch the perfect image of a leaping or running animal. The challenge is to capture motion within the context of a still photograph and this can be a lot more difficult than you might think. In this section, we look at the techniques you need to capture great images.

Wildlife Action Photography

Keep your camera steady.

It’s all too easy to take a blurry photo when you’re shooting from a moving vehicle or boat. Before you shoot, be sure your tripod is firmly fixed on the spot you want to take the picture from. The tripod should be placed on solid ground. Once you’re ready to shoot, you can set your exposure time, focus, aperture, and shutter speed, but before you do this, you’ll need to make sure that … Read the rest

Best Techniques, Tips, and Ideas for Shooting Waterfall Photography

What Gear Do You Need for Waterfall Photography?

The first thing you need is the right gear to capture the essence of your photo shoot. The photographer, whether professional or amateur, is faced with many technical challenges during an outdoor wedding and capturing those challenges on camera can be quite overwhelming. If you are interested in taking professional photos of your wedding, you need to choose the right equipment. In this article we share some tips on what gear is needed and also where you should start with your photography equipment selection.

Camera

This is the most important part of your photography equipment selection. The camera allows you to capture every moment of your wedding day. Whether you are shooting a professional photo or an amateur wedding, you must have the best camera that you can afford. The camera is the heart of your photography equipment.

Camera Type

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How to Shoot Professional Owl Photography

There are many ways to capture a great owl picture but none as important as knowing your subject. This article is here to teach you how to shoot an excellent owl photograph. Know your owl If you want to achieve good owl photography you need to spend time studying owls and understanding their behaviors.

Learn about owls

The first thing to learn about owls is their diet, and what foods they prefer. Owl species feed mainly on insects and other invertebrates. If you have a great horned owl then you can bet that they will feed on voles, mice, frogs, bats, grasshoppers, scorpions, centipedes and butterflies. If you have a snowy owl you can expect to find them on small rodents like mice and voles, hares, moths, and beetles. Some owl species will also eat frogs, snakes and fish.

What type of owl are you photographing?

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How To Take Beautiful Leaf Photography

When I began my photography course, I was so excited to take beautiful pictures of leaf. This post will be a little guide to help you take beautiful photos of your leafs.

Use a tripod.

A tripod is your best friend when taking leaf photos. The reason for this is you need to ensure that your camera stays still while you are focusing on your subject. The best tripods are adjustable and you can make sure it fits the camera you use. You also need to make sure the tripod is sturdy and stable. There are many different types of tripod, but you only really need two types: Manfrotto 055XPROB and Manfrotto 055XPRO. Both types of tripod can be found on Amazon.com and there is a link at the bottom of this post. When you take pictures of leaves, you want to be sure you are steady.

Focus on your

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