by Matt | Jul 1, 2021 | Birds
Hi everyone. I just returned from my Costa Rica Workshop. I had a wonderful group of people. Several returning workshop attendees which is always nice to see, and some fantastic new people I got to meet as well. And we had the best abundance of wildlife I’ve...
by Matt | Jun 21, 2021 | Birds
I’ve visited Ft. Desoto Beach ,here in the Tampa area, a number of times this spring. Once you shoot there a time or two, you start to change your expectations. At first, you’re just happy to get a nice photo of a Snowy Egret flying. They don’t fly...
by Matt | Jun 11, 2021 | Birds
I was teaching a webinar the other evening and I got a question that prompted me to write this post. Now, I’ve actually gotten this question many times before, but this is the first I’m writing about it. See, during the webinar I had mentioned that I...
by Matt | Jun 9, 2021 | Birds
I was out for a walk on the beach at sunset a while back and came across some Royal Terns just hanging out. I stopped for a few minutes and realized I was in a really bad spot for photographing them since the sun was almost in my face, or just off to the side of it....
by Matt | Jun 7, 2021 | Birds
So which photo do you like best? The sitting duck or the flying duck? Back in April I was out on a lake with DV Wildlife Tours, and we saw some Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks in early morning warm light. The conditions were almost perfect. Sun at our back, wind at our...
by Matt | Jun 3, 2021 | Birds
Last year I happened to see an Osprey catch a fish on the beach and then land on the beach to start eating it. At the time, I hadn’t seen this happen before. Usually, they catch the fish and bring them high up on a building or tree before they settle down 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.