Tips for Garden & Flower Photography
Light & Flowers The first image captures the center of the pink lotus flower beautifully lit by soft diffused light. As opposed to bright sunlight, soft light preserves the individual pastel colors of the flower. Side light when it creates light shadows and tonal gradient on the petals defines the…
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The Wild Side of Tangier Island
Over the last 9 years, I have visited Tangier Island a number of times and have conducted photo workshops there in the spring. It lies the middle of the Chesapeake Bay just south of the Maryland line and is famous for its off-shore crab shacks and waterman that harvest crabs…
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Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area, PA
Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area, PA At the beginning of March I spent a day and a half at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Pennsylvania, approximately a 2.5 hour drive from my home near Baltimore. This was my first visit to the area. I could not resist packing up my…
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May/June 2021 Heron Rookery Photo Project
May/June 2021- Heron Rookery Photo Project From 24 April until 18 June 2021 I was on the road. One of my projects involved documenting the activity in a heron colony populated by a variety of wading birds–Great and Snowy Egrets, Black-Crowned Night Herons, Tri-color & Little Blue Herons, and a few…
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Falll 2020 – Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge – Photo Workshop Location
Trip Report, Chincoteague NWR, November 2020 Nature Photography Chincoteague NWR is located on the southern Virginia end of the barrier island of Assateague. In the fall, the refuge attracts large numbers of snow geese along with ducks, swans, herons, ospreys, shorebirds and other migrants. It is also the home to…
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My COVID 19 Quarantine Survival Story
My COVID 19 Quarantine Survival Story With the emergence of the COVID 19 virus and the “Stay at Home Order”, like many people, I temporarily panicked. How long would the virus be an issue, two weeks, a month? I could deal that. But a year or more, I had no concept how…
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Urban Wildlife Photo Project 2
Urban Wildlife Photo Project Overview As mentioned in my last newsletter, in recent months I have reconnected with an old friend who has been allowing me to photograph on her property. She lives nearby and owns several acres of land with an open area, vegetable garden, flower beds, woods, and a…
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Wildlife on Florida’s East Coast – Part 1
This is Part 1 of a report on the photography along Florida’s East Coast. The last two weeks of February I flew to the East Coast of Florida to scout for a future photo workshop in March of 2021 or 2022. In the past, I have conducted several workshops in Florida…
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Passion for Wildlife Photography
Passion for Wildlife Photography Inspiration Why is wildlife my favorite subject to photograph? To begin, I inherited love of animals from my father. He lived in the Baltimore’s inner city in a row home with 12 siblings, but escaped whenever possible, walking great distances beyond city limit into the woods…
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Svalbard Norway Visual Journey
Svalbard Norway Visual Journey Svalbard Norway is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean above the Arctic Circle. It is home to polar bears, walrus, seals, reindeer, arctic fox, and pelagic seabirds. At the beginning of June 2019, I boarded the M/V Stockholm ship (130 ft boat, limited t 12 passengers)…
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