Nature Photography How To

Sort By: Post DateTitle Publish Date
Ron Leach  |  Sep 07, 2018  | 

Long exposure outdoor photography can be quite a challenge, because considerable experimentation is often required to get great results. In the tutorial below you’ll pick up some valuable tips that will significantly improve your odds of success.

Ron Leach  |  Sep 15, 2023  | 

Long Exposure Noise Reduction is very helpful feature available in most modern digital cameras, including interchangeable lens models and many full-featured compacts. But as you'll see in the following tutorial from the Photo Genius YouTube channel, leaving this setting turned on by default will hold you back in certain situations.

Shutterbug Staff  |  Nov 15, 2018  | 

If you’re new to long exposure photography and want to learn more, the below tutorial from photographer Serge Ramelli is a great place to start.

Ron Leach  |  Nov 15, 2022  | 

It’s inevitable: Sooner or later you’ll come upon an interesting scene, and the only camera you have on hand is your phone. Sure, it’s possible to make impressive images with the latest phones, but what if the photo you envision requires a long exposure?

Ron Leach  |  Jan 23, 2023  | 

Have you ever marveled at landscape photos shot with long exposures and ND filters, and said to yourself “This is too complicated for me?” The quick video below will correct this misconception and explain how easy this is to accomplish using a few basic tips.

Ron Leach  |  Jun 21, 2022  | 

We’ve all marveled at long-exposure landscape photos with soft feather-like clouds and cotton-candy water. The challenge when shooting during the day, is that light levels are usually too high to permit using the slow shutter speeds necessary,

Ron Leach  |  Feb 09, 2017  | 

Australian nature photographer Warren Keelan lives on the South Coast of New South Wales, and has always been fascinated by the ocean and its ever-changing forms. The remarkable photos you see here are a testament to his goal of, “creating an image that tells a story or leaves an impression on the viewer."

Ron Leach  |  Mar 22, 2017  | 

Brett Chatwin is an amateur nature photographer based in Tasmania, and he captured these stunning images of a rare phenomenon known as the “Underwater Northern Lights.”

Deborah Sandidge  |  Jul 24, 2021  | 

I know someone who calls these photographs my Alfred Hitchcock Project. You know, The Birds through a Rear Window. Nice touch, but the truth is the Master of Suspense was not in my thoughts when I began to shoot.

Ron Leach  |  Jul 25, 2023  | 

If you were taught to always shoot at the lowest ISO setting possible, join the club. But as you'll see in the enlightening tutorial below, this is one of those "rules of photography" that's meant to be ignored.

Ron Leach  |  Aug 19, 2024  | 

Shutterbug readers are always enthusiastic about Julieanne Kost's post-processing tutorials because of her vast knowledge of all things Adobe and her uncommon knack for simplifying seemingly complicated concepts and task. In the next four minutes she demonstrates a foolproof method for enhancing images with Lightroom's Presence Sliders.

Ron Leach  |  Dec 15, 2021  | 

If there’s one underutilized technique for achieving superior results when editing images in Photoshop, it’s the use of Luminosity Masks to balance out the tones and create truly captivating photographs. Best yet, this powerful method is very easy to master.

Jim Zuckerman  |  Dec 28, 2015  | 

Nature photography may encompass grand landscapes or large wild animals, but it can also incorporate the smallest of objects. There is an entire delicate world of light, beauty, color and form in macro photography. Wonders that can be documented while on vacation on a tropical island, in a national park or even in your backyard. I have spent mornings lying in a bed of wildflowers, moving no more than a few feet, recording everything from the dew on a spider web to the shape of a purple iris. I am often surprised and rarely disappointed.

Ron Leach  |  Nov 11, 2021  | 

Would you like to try your hand at close-up photography but can’t afford an expensive macro lens? Well consider this: An affordable set of extension tubes will turn just about any lens you own into a close-focusing macro lens.

Ron Leach  |  Dec 27, 2024  | 

So what's holding you back from giving macro photography a try? In many cases it's the lack of a costly, specialized lens offering a 1:1 reproduction ratio. If this sounds familiar you're in for a surprise because today's 10-minute lesson from the Hamed Photography YouTube channel demonstrates how to capture stunning images of tiny subjects with affordable accessories and a few easy-to-master shooting techniques.

Pages

X