by Osprey Photo Workshops & Tours | Apr 28, 2012 | Nature, Photo Tours, Photo Workshops, Wildlife
Wildlife Photography Program at Chincoteague, 12 May, 11 AM.
Covers equipment, techniques of locating, attracting, and approaching wildlife plus tips on lighting, composition, and exposure. Entertaining stories behind images. Photo rich presentation. Free to public. See the following links for more info on the lecture and Assateague island.
http://www.fws.gov/northeast/chinco
http://www.chincoteaguechamber.com
http://www.nps.gov/asis/index.htm
Speaker Irene Hinke – sacilotto.
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by Osprey Photo Workshops & Tours | Apr 25, 2012 | Nature, Photo Tours, Photo Workshops
Last Friday I visited Ladew Topiary Gardens just north of Baltimore to prepare for the field trip portion of the Nature Photo class I am teaching at Johns Hopkins University. Because of the warm spring, the tulips, azaleas, and other flowers which should have been at their prime at this time were beginning to fade. At first disappointed, I changed my mind as I saw a number of interesting photo subjects and began to experiment with unusual subjects and abstractions. The tulips petal was shot with a 105 mm Nikon Macro lens at its closest focusing distance. For the fern I hand held the lens so I used 1600 ISO and the ripples were shot at 1000. The iron face was from a chair and its shadow. The results were surprising. See the photos that follow and catch one of the classes I teach in nature photography at Johns Hopkins University and Norfolk Botanical Gardens. Check my web site for details. www.ospreyphoto.com 
by Osprey Photo Workshops & Tours | Jan 27, 2012 | Nature, Photo Tours, Photo Workshops
In addition to my nature photography classes at Norfolk Botanical Gardens, http://www.norfolkbotanicalgarden.org/programs-events/calendar, programs at Johns Hopkins University http://odyssey.jhu.edu/, and weekend photo workshops at Chincoteague NWR Virginia and in Southern West Virginia, www.ospreyphoto.com, I have been teaching introductory digital editing classes based on Adobe Photoshop Elements 10. I am always searching for good books to recommend to students. While preparing for an upcoming class, I found an excellent book explaining the use of layers and masks in a way that beginners might be able to understand. The text and screen captures are useful and easy to follow. For those interested, I recommend the following book which can be purchased as a soft back or Kindle version from www.amazon.com. “Layers: The Complete Guide to Photoshop’s Most Powerful Feature (2nd Edition)”
Photos from my Argentina photo tour in Dec. 2011.
by Osprey Photo Workshops & Tours | Jan 18, 2012 | Nature, Photo Tours, Travel, Wildlife
On recent trip to Argentina, to avoid carrying laptop, I took my IPAD2 and 1 HyperDrive Colorspace UMDA and a second HyperDrive iPad2 Hard Drive. I copied by images from my compact flash cards to each HyperDrive (750 G capacity). Therefore I had 2 copies of each image file. The data transfer rate from the compact flash cards to the HyperDrives is very rapid, saving time. In With the HyperDirves I could see small versions of my files to confirm transfer and judge the quality of the images to some degree. . With the HyperDrive made for the IPAD2, I could download select images to the IPAD2 where I could enlarge them and edit them to see their quality. I could then share the images with others or send them via e-mail. I could get my e-mail and connect with the internet with the IPAD2 in locations where there was a WIFYaccess. Therefore a laptop really wasn’t necessary. Nice alternative for handling image data on long trips.HyperDrives – great asset for long trips.
by Osprey Photo Workshops & Tours | Jan 7, 2012 | Nature, Photo Tours, Travel, Wildlife
Looking for a great place for photography, try Argentina & southern Chile. This past December I spent two weeks leading a small photo tour from a tropical rainforest north of Buenos Aires to the dry wind-swept Patagonian steppe and snow-capped Andean mountains. Capturing great wildlife and scenic photographs was our goal as we explored Valdés Peninsula, Los Glaciares National Park (NP), Torres del Paine NP in Chile, and the steamy jungle surrounding Iguazú Falls. Breaching whales, penguins by the thousands, sea lions sunning themselves, iridescent hummingbirds sipping the nectar from tropical flowers, flightless rhea mother leading her family across the road, and male guanacos on hind legs, spitting and fighting for the right to breed. Visit www.ospreyphoto.com for more programs.
Upcoming photo tour – Iceland in late June.
by Osprey Photo Workshops & Tours | Oct 7, 2011 | Nature, Photo Tours, Photo Workshops, Travel
Whereas fast shutter speeds freeze action, slow shutter speeds can imply motion and can transform the image into one that is impressionistic. The shutter speed selected depends on the effect desired and degree of movement. You can achieve interesting effects at settings of 1/60 to several seconds or even longer. Adding a stationary object to the scene can provide a point of reference. Use the playback setting on your camera to judge the results at various shutter speeds. Experiment. A Hoodman Hood Loupe place over your camera’s LCD will block extraneous light so you can better see the image and histogram. (Check out my new schedule of workshops & tours on my web site www.ospreyphoto.com)
