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Ewww! Bugs – Closeup Bug Tips
Here is collection of stupid bugs. I shot them with a variety of lenses and settings, but here are a few tips for getting good shots of buggage. Click here for Bug Land
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Beer, Making Art, and Courage
Every day, I get asked, “How do you do it? How do you get such inspirational results with just that blunt instrument called a camera?” Well!!!! Ahemm…First I… Then I… well awright……., nobody ever asked me that. But if they did, I would tell them……. it’s all in the beer!!! Click here to learn the…
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Making Art and not Taking Pictures – Try Depth of Field
Well for a screaming amateur like me, talking about art is a bit of a stretch. Heck talking about photography is a stretch for me too but after a few beers, I’ll talk about anything. Ok, now that I have a few Pilsner Urquells in me, let’s talk about taking pictures and making art. The…
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Risking it all on a Moth! – Macro Close Ups
Now this was just stupid. I risked over 6 grand in equipment to take a dopey macro picture of a moth. You don’t need to buy an expensive macro lens to do macro photography, you just need an extension tube. Click here to read about being dopey and using extension tubes.
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Turnstones! Purple Pipers! Barnegat Jetty!! Basic Shooting Tips!!
I braved poopy rocks, salt spray on my mega-buck equipment, and the possibility of a broken leg to get these snaps of a buncha dumb birds. Actually they were kinda cute and just maybe a little dumb. Click here to see the birds, decorated rocks, and pick up a few basic shooting tips.
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American Goldfinches and Tethered Computer Shooting
I wanted to photograph these buggers ever since I put up the finch feeder but you just can’t get close to them. So I snapped these by controlling the camera remotely from my computer via a long USB cable. Complete camera control with a mouse. This is called “Tethered Shooting” and it is easy. And…
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Beat Monet with a Polarizer! Water Lilies
The Mission: Find some water lilies and take their picture. Some French guy named Claude Monet did it….. well so can I!! So can you! Why not? Claude’s trick? He used a polarizer. Click here to read more, and find out why Morticia is the enemy.