April 18, 2025

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…