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

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…

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.

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.

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…

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.