by Matt | May 31, 2022 | Birds
I think many of you already know this but sometimes photography (and bird photography especially) is a waiting game mixed in with some luck. I’m sure I’ve talked about this before but I’ll continue to talk about it because I think people miss the...
by Matt | May 20, 2022 | Birds
I always try to talk to people about different moments to capture in their bird photography. To me, that’s one of my favorite aspects of this genre – variety. We of course have perched photos and then photos of birds in flight. But there are so many more...
by Matt | Apr 29, 2022 | Birds
One day while photographing on the beach I wanted to do something different. I saw some birds near some tall grass and I realized it would make a nice foreground. So I walked over, sat down so that the grass was in front of me, and just waited. The point was so that I...
by Matt | Mar 30, 2022 | Birds
Ever take photos that you didn’t even know you had until you got back to the computer? That’s what happened here. I was out shooting one morning and lately I’ve been using a shooting technique where I hand hold the camera really down low. Basically...
by Matt | Mar 24, 2022 | Birds, Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
One morning when I was out shooting, there wasn’t much happening. Not wanting to go home empty handed, I decided to take some really tight shots of a Snowy Egret. As I watched its feathers blow in the high winds I had an idea to experiment with some longer...
by Matt | Mar 21, 2022 | Birds
I’ve got tens of thousands of photos of the Reddish Egrets I see at Ft Desoto Park in St. Petersburg FL. But somehow, every time I go, I seem to get something a little different. I guess that’s what keeps us coming back right? These egrets run around with...
I love teaching and photography... In that order. I feel that enjoying photography, and photo editing can get WAY too complicated. So my personal mission (and favorite thing to do), is to create education that simplifies the process of taking great photos, and how to edit them to get the results you’ve always wanted.