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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

One of the number-one questions that I receive about photographing bears is “How do you stay safe?” To some degree, that’s what this whole discussion

Let’s continue this discussion about black bears (Ursus americanus) — via the rabbit hole of the social dynamics of wolf packs and the long-disproved concept

Last week, I discussed the most rudimentary stuff you need to understand about trying to analyze the behavior of black bears (Ursus americanus) in the

Full disclosure: I just spent two weeks up in the boreal forest of northern Minnesota along the Canada/United States border photographing black bears (Ursus americanus)

I have spent years exploring the longleaf savannahs of the American southeast simply because few other wildlife photographers do. But then again, maybe there is

I’m sitting in the most comfortable “blind” I have ever used. At the moment, the temperature is in the upper 60s, a light wind blows

Thus far, in this series on the Art of Composition, we have focused on what I think of as the foundation of composition in wildlife

This week, I am taking a pause on the Art of Composition series. Instead, I want to share a story that I think can really

In the last few articles in my series about the Art of Composition, we have been discussing the impact that getting low has on our

  In last week’s discussion, I talked about how perspective, and specifically camera angle, can impact how we see and think about our subject. The

As I discussed last week, the concept of perspective, especially in wildlife photography, is so much more than just vanishing points in our compositions. Perspective

From the beginning of this series, “The Art of Composition,” we got bogged down in discussion about depth of field. This isn’t exactly a topic

After two and a half months of being in the field nearly every day in the cold and frozen landscapes of Montana and Minnesota, I

In the last installment of this Art of Composition series, I discussed the differences between APS-C (crop) sensors and full-frame sensors in relation to depth

In the last installment of this series on the Art of Composition, I discussed focal length and its impact on depth of field — and

I think a bit of a disclaimer is in order here… In the previous article of this Art of Composition series, I discussed how depth

Part of the challenge of writing a series of emails about the art of composition is simply figuring out exactly where to begin. Naturally, this

Ever since 1816, when Nicéphore Niépce first experimented with projecting an image from his homemade camera obscura onto a piece of paper coated in silver chloride,

“I have been trying to create those really cool black background photos you make but can’t seem to get it like yours in Photoshop. What’s

Over the last couple of months, I have tried to spell out a simplified approached to thinking about how we set our exposures in the

In the previous installment of this series on rethinking exposure, I talked about aperture and my approach to f-stop settings in the field. All too

In part three of this series on rethinking exposure, I discussed how most working wildlife photographers approach the issue of deciding what shutter speed to

To be successful at wildlife photography, you have to stop thinking about exposure in a technical sense. The nuances of photographing wildlife, the way things

In my last Question & Actions, I made a bold move. I attempted to jar any photographers who are still struggling with their exposure out

I’m going to roll a mental grenade at you, and you might not like it. If you are worried about what your camera settings are,

Over the last few weeks, I have written a couple different articles about photographing in low light with high ISO settings. These are important conversations

Since my last Q&A here, I have received quite a few emails asking me to clarify what I meant by lower resolution cameras having better

“What is the best camera and lens combination for wildlife photography? Should I just buy the Sigma 150-600?” -David Randall. Atlanta, Georgia. I should probably

“How do you create such soft foregrounds and backgrounds? I understand that using a smaller aperture is necessary, but even at f/4 I never seem

You talk a lot in emails and issues of the Journal of how important it is to understand the biology and ecology of animals if

https://vimeo.com/794605753 Do we really need fast lenses? That is to say, with all the new and amazing technology on the market today, with the ability

Questions and Actions “You talk a lot about the importance of being creative with compositions and learning to think like an artist. I don’t understand.

Questions & Actions “I have been photographing seriously for about five years and I think it’s time to try and make money with this “hobby.”

Questions and Action Question: “I’m coming to Yellowstone later this month and I would really like to find a bobcat. Any advice?” -Michael Humphry Over

Question and Actions “Hi Jared, I know you are in the Smoky Mountains right now photographing wildlife. I like to photograph the elk on the

Question “I have seen this photograph all over Facebook now. How in the world do you make this? Is it at night? Did you use

“There is so many conflicting points of view when it comes to using image stabilization. Some photographers say it should be turned off on tripods.

“I was wondering if you could talk a bit about using flash for bird photography. I see so many stunning photos of birds in trees

Question and Action “Why do your macro photographs look so three dimensional compared to mine? I know you are using flash, but nothing I do

“I have spent several years learning photography. I understand manual exposure and am lucky to be able to spend a great deal of time taking

Questions & Actions “You often talk about how that light and backgrounds are just as important as the subject itself. I understand that good light

Questions & Actions “You often talk about how in overcast light you try to keep the sky or the water out of the composition. What

If I had simply shifted the angle of my lens up and to the left, the entire Denver skyline would have filled the background of

Using manual exposure allows you to concentrate on what actually matters in your photography: creating art. If you are worrying about the so called “exposure

Question Why do some photographers suggest always using the RGB histogram on the camera and Kelvin white balance? – Jessica P. Knoxville, TENN Check out

This week’s Questions and Actions is going to be a bit different. Instead of answering one single person’s question, I am going to answer about

Don’t let this question about Sony keep you from reading. This is all about the correlation between resolution and lowlight capabilities! “Do you think the

“The hummingbird migration is underway here and there seems to be thousands of these pretty little birds about my feeders right now. How do you

Howdy folks and welcome to this week’s edition of Questions and Actions! The question I am answering this week is one about exposure. This is

Hi there folks and welcome to this weeks eddition of Questions and Actions! This week’s question comes from Kim McGarrity in Baltimore, Maryland. She writes:

Howdy folks, and welcome to this weeks edition of Question’s and Actions! This week’s question comes from Kyle Stevenson out of Anchorage, Alaska and his

Howdy folks, and welcome to this week’s edition of Questions and Actions. Question “Jared, I noticed that you produce a lot of black and white