Archive for 'Techniques'
Guest blogger on the Telegraph
Posted on 27. Mar, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
I’ve been a little under the weather the last while and haven’t been blogging as regular as I should. But, if you get a chance, check out my guest article on Kate Day’s blog on the UK’s Telegraph. I discuss what it takes to get prepared…
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Learning wildlife photography – When to use manual focus
Posted on 11. Mar, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
If you’re a regular reader of my blog you know that I’m a big advocate of using your camera’s autofocus system whenever possible. While there are better and worse autofocus systems and the debate as to whether Canon/Nikon/Sony/Olympus/Pentax have the best autofocus performance will go on forever, in reality they all have very useful autofocus systems that will usually achieve very acceptable results. There are however, a few circustances where trying to use autofocus will cause more problems then it solves. Read on to learn how to solve this issue…
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Learning wildlife photography – Seeing with both eyes
Posted on 02. Mar, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
Learning wildlife photography – Seeing with both eyes – One of the great disappointments in wildlife photography comes about when we miss, or fail to anticipate some behaviour or action. And instead of ending up with a great behaviour image, we’re left with an image of half an animal or, worse yet, an empty frame. What can you do to help ready yourself for the action?
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When life gives you snow…
Posted on 24. Feb, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
When life gives you snow – I don’t know about the part of the world that you live in, but here on the frozen prairie of Alberta, it is looking like anything but spring. As I write this, it is snowing quite heavily and the temperature is about – 17 celcius (about 1 degree Farenheit). Sure, it’s been snowier and colder this winter, but I’m on the edge of getting a little antsy for spring.
Now, I could be a good boy and head a bit north of the city to search out some owl activity or head to Elk Island National Park (just about 20 minutes east of Edmonton) to look for some chilly wildlife. Heck, I could even head down to one of the local park’s bird feeders to try photographing the local siskins, chickadees, grosbeaks or redpolls.
But occasionally, the falling snow is just about perfect (about – 8 to -12 Celcius or 17 to 10 degrees Farenheit) and it just begs to be…
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February Update – Foxes, we got foxes!
Posted on 18. Feb, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
My last update featured some foxes I’d managed to find and this update continues that focus with some images from another fox den. The images in today’s update were made alongside a sparsely travelled secondary highway around Mayerthorpe in Alberta. On my first journey to find the fox den, I was treated to a spectacular thunderstorm that literally shook and rattled my vehicle while it…
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Photoshop tutorial – Adding a Rule of thirds grid overlay
Posted on 12. Feb, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
Photoshop tutorial – Adding a Rule of thirds grid overlay – Today’s WildShots Photoshop tutorial provides you with a quick and easy way to setup Photoshop to display the classic “Rule of thirds” grid over top of your images. The grid isn’t actually saved…
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Photoshop Tutorial – Creating PhotoStrips
Posted on 11. Feb, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
Photo Strips WildShots Photoshop Tutorial – In today’s Photoshop tutorial, I take a look at Photoshop’s Photomerge capabilities. I show you how to use those capabilities to combine a number of images or consecutive frames into…
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Learning wildlife photography – Shoot in RAW or JPEG mode?
Posted on 05. Feb, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
Learning wildlife photography – RAW or JPEG? – Much discussion is bound to occur when photographers get together and the question arises: “Do you shoot in RAW mode?”
Many photographers prefer to have their camera produce RAW files because they consider them to be…
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Photoshop Tutorial-Silver Efex Pro by Nik Software
Posted on 19. Jan, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
This isn’t the first Silver Efex Pro overview/tutorial you’ll find online. But, I do believe it is the first to show you how…
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Learning wildlife photography – Electronic flash
Posted on 14. Jan, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
Electronic flash is an excellent tool when used correctly. Unfortunately, many photographers are not comfortable using flash and end up with images that look “flashed.” Furry animals can look especially bad when electronic flash is used too aggressively. When using flash, you are typically…
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