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February 7, 2023

5 Photography Skills You Can Sharpen Without Leaving Your Backyard

Grow your nature photography talent right where your boots are Let’s bust a myth real quick: You don’t need to be in Yellowstone, the Serengeti,…

Slowing Down in a Fast World: The Art of Observing Through a Lens

Why your most meaningful work starts with seeing, not shooting We live in a culture that celebrates speed. Faster workflows. Faster results. Faster growth. But…

Matt Kloskowski Answers Your Questions

https://videopress.com/v/qrRKnf1e Over the past month, Matt Kloskowski shared five practical, wildlife-specific editing lessons with the Journal of Wildlife Photography community — covering masking, cropping, distraction…

How to Remove Noise From Your Bird Photos

In wildlife photography, you often don’t have perfect conditions. You shoot in low light, push your ISO higher, or work with crop-sensor cameras to get…

Using Lightroom and Photoshop to Remove Distractions from Wildlife Photographs

https://videopress.com/v/UQJ74tT6 Distracting elements can ruin an otherwise beautiful wildlife image — and unfortunately, in the field, you often don’t get a second chance to reframe…

What Most Wildlife Photographers Miss When They Crop

https://videopress.com/v/AYPbMpGd Cropping is one of the first editing tools most photographers learn — but it’s also one of the most misunderstood. In his second free…

Simon d’Entremont’s 10-Photo Challenge 2024 Winners

Below are the winners of the 2024 10-Photo Challenge. This contest was hosted by Simon d’Entremont for the students of Wildlife Photography Essentials. Click each…

How to Make Your Wildlife Subject Stand Out with Simple Masking

https://videopress.com/v/1bGylm2H When it comes to editing wildlife photos, a few small adjustments can go a long way — especially if you know where to direct…

Simon d’Entremont’s 10-Photo Challenge 2023 Winners

Below are the winners of the 2023 10-Photo Challenge. This contest was hosted by Simon d’Entremont for the students of Wildlife Photography Essentials. Click each…

How to Create Visual Balance with Multiple Subjects

The wildlife and macro photographer is often faced with the challenge of capturing a visually compelling image of multiple subjects that are frequently in constant…

Improve Your Photos with Visual Balance

Determining whether our images are compelling and visually interesting requires more than a properly exposed, technically correct, tack-sharp image of a wildlife or macro subject.…

Capturing a Sense of Place: The Story Behind the Photograph

Perhaps I’m being a bit flippant here in saying wildlife photography is easy. Just fill the frame and you’ve got a great shot, right? While…

Woodcocks: The Story Behind the Photograph

Woodcock. Most photographers have never seen one, although these long-billed birds are found around the world. In North America, the American woodcock (Scolopax minor) can…

Woodpeckers: The Story Behind the Photograph

By doing a little bit of preparation and planning, I’ve found woodpeckers to be one of the easiest group of birds to photograph. They’re found…

Spring Peepers: The Story Behind the Photograph

Any number of nature or wildlife subjects may be your clue that spring has arrived, but here in the northeastern United States, for me, it…

Ospreys: The Story Behind the Photograph

I’m often asked why I photograph a subject in a particular way or how I took a particular shot. John Shaw, who probably popularized wildlife…

Photographing Urban Wildlife: Night and Day and Everything in Between

Most of the wildlife species that can be found in urban environments tend to be nocturnal, as I previously discussed in “Nocturnal Urban Wildlife,” published…

Photographing Urban Wildlife: The Birds and the Bees and Other Bugs

Birds are the most common subjects to photograph when it comes to urban wildlife, as they can be seen almost anywhere in the world, even…

Photographing Urban Species Around Your Home

When it comes to photographing urban wildlife, walking around your home is the way to go. Of course, you can also wait around for wildlife…

Getting Started With Photographing Urban Wildlife

Wildlife photography is often associated with the most iconic and charismatic animals on the planet while taking the photographer on amazing adventures all around the…

Welcome Wildlife in Your Urban Backyard

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been talking about how to establish habitat and meet your wildlife neighbors. But I understand that not everyone has…

Bird Photography Tips for Better Images

Last week, I wrote about some of the least photographed backyard subjects: insects. This week, I’m bringing you some insight into photographing a subject we…

Photographing Insects — Your Most Numerous Neighbors

Although close to one million species of insects have been identified to date, many more are out there and just have not been scientifically identified.…

Putting Biodiversity Back in Portfolios

When you Google “wildlife photography images,” the pictures that pop up are a collection of large cats, wolves, foxes, bears, red squirrels, and monkeys, along…

Self-Assignments

Over the past three weeks, I wrote about ethics, knowing your equipment, and accessories. For the fourth and final week in this series on becoming…

Accessorize, Accessorize (Your Camera Bag)!

Last week, I wrote about knowing your camera, and I emphasized the benefits of learning one piece of equipment at a time. However, accessories can…

Know Your Equipment

When you’re first starting out in photography, it’s easy to quickly get overwhelmed by all the gear options out there. It’s also easy to buy…

Ethical Photographic Techniques

When instructing a workshop or working with an individual client, I begin by raising the topic of ethics. Some folks are already on board or…

Why ISO 10,000 is the New 800

OK, this title is meant to be clickbait. However, many nature photographers working in temperate zones consider ISO 800 to be a “high ISO.” That…

Get to Know Your Histogram

Last week, I wrote about the massive amount of information contained in our RAW files. The histogram allows you to be sure that you’re capturing…

RAW Files — Now 250,000 Times Better for You!

Want to take your image files to the next level? Shooting in RAW format is key. JPEG files don’t make use of the vast majority…

Keep It Simple — Shoot Manual Mode Like the Pros!

I only shoot manual mode for my nature photography, and I’ve done it this way for years. No, it’s not because I want to look…

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