by Matt | Jan 16, 2023 | Birds, Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
Over the years I’ve had a number of photos sent in to me to review and there is one small editing issue that I see a lot of people miss. And I definitely understand why… people in general have a hard time seeing when a photo is crooked and when you have...
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...