How to find suitable Insect Macro Photography Subjects

Finding Macro Photography subjects is one of the most challenging parts when photographing insects. I recommend picking a local butterfly garden in a nearby wildlife sanctuary or your own garden and choose a certain area like a bush, leaves, or flowers. Watch carefully and see what nature provides. Sometimes moving your hands through the target area makes them move and easier to spot. Train your eyes to discover the masters of camouflage and enjoy the hide and seek game most insects will play with you.

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Rose Flower Photography

Rose flowers always make outstanding flower photography subjects. Visit a nearby rose garden in your neighborhood and create artistic floral photography compositions.In this photography blog post I compiled a few of my most memorable and favorite rose flower art - hope you enjoy them too!

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What the Rules of Composition have in common with the Law of Graviation

“To consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk.” ~ Edward Weston

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Hotel Chateau Frontenac and Quebec City

Quebec City is a great place to visit and photograph. The quintessentially French Canadian city and region provides the photographer with plenty of inspiration and photography opportunities along the way. The old town with its undeniable French charm, upper town featuring the most famous landmark in Quebec City, the luxury hotel Chateau Frontenac, Vieux port in the lower town is packed with historic old buildings, some with beautiful Fresco wall art. The history of this city and region follows you at every step of the way - Quebec City is a must visit when one is in the area.

  
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Photography Artwork of the Week and On Sale: Boston Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall

Every week I choose one of my favorite photographs from my Fine Art landscape, seascape, cityscape, flower, abstract and macro photography collection and offer it throughout that week at a discounted rate. This week's photo artwork of the week on sale is "Boston Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall", painting a romantic and beautiful cityscape picture of Boston on a snowy day in February 2014.

Starting today and the week of 24 February 2014 this Boston Winter Photography picture from my fine art photography galleries, available as art photo print, acrylic and metal prints or on canvas, is on sale.

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Lavender Iris Flower Fine Art Photography

I always love to isolate flowers against a dark backgrounds as they really make the floral colors pop and give the image a touch of elegance. 

Usually I choose a large enough black cardboard that I place behind the floral photographic object using the backrest of a chair for support. As a base I use the chair itself that I place in front of a window. The set up of my Macro Photography studio next to our dining room window provides exceptional and beautiful lighting conditions in the morning. White cardboards are used to enhance the light and direct the light towards the floral when it is facing away from the window. I always use a few hardcover books to stabilize and adjust the height of the flower for the optimal set up and best back-lighting impact. I often adjust the white boards to explore the impact on the lighting and better control the light on the flower blossom. Adjusting the light with a white board or using a reflector is a great learning experience for us photographers and often leads to more inspiring and beautiful fine art photography artwork. At longer exposure times a tripod is a must. I captured this purple iris in landscape and portrait format and for me both images work very well. Landscape versus Portrait format is one of the first decisions we make when taking pictures and here it worked in both images. That is not always the case and then we have to decide on the best format to support the most compelling and strongest composition. Light from behind always provides a beautiful illumination of the iris that keeps the viewer captivated. In both photographs the aperture was set to f/20 providing maximum Depth of Field and resulting in an exposure time of 1.3 seconds. An ISO setting of 100 minimized noise and provided best possible photography image quality. During post processing steps I removed dust, minimally adjusted brightness, contrast and color saturation before sharpening the final images of this Lavender Iris - interested to see more floral fine art of flower like orchids, sunflowers, tulips, lilies, anemones or daisies? Please stop by my Floral Gallery.
 
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A photographer is like a cod ...

“A photographer is like a cod, which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity.” ~ George Bernard Shaw

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Seascape Photography Tip

Extending exposure times to multiple seconds or even minutes is a creative tool to generate beautiful Silky Water Effects. Try using your polarizing filter, a big stopper or variable neutral density filter to bring your seascape photography to life.

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Night Photography Tips

Choose a wide-angle lens for wide panoramic views that include the imposing architecture from foreground to background inviting viewers to explore and leading them through the Cityscape Picture.

Stitch multiple pictures to create an impressive Panorama Photography picture of a city skyline at twilight while unleashing its full beauty.

 

Experiment with long lenses capturing more intimate compositions of the city structures and Skylines at Night.

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The only thing that stands between you and your dream is ...

"The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to try and the belief that it is actually possible.” ~ Joel Brown

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Flower Photography Tip

Utilize a Polarizing Filter to minimize glare and saturate colors - think of the pol filter as sunglasses for your camera and lens.

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Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into ....

”Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.” ~ Diane Arbus

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Photo of the Week - Idyllic Vermont Autumn Glory

Every week I choose one of my favorite photographs from my Fine Art landscape, seascape, cityscape, flower, abstract and macro photography collection and offer it throughout that week at a discounted rate. This week's photo artwork of the week on sale is "Idyllic Vermont Autumn Glory", displaying the beauty and intimacy of a yellow rose.

Starting today and the week of 10 February 2014 this floral Fine Art Photography picture from my New England gallery selection, available as art photo print, acrylic and metal prints or on canvas, is on sale.

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Compositional Landscape Photography Tip

Before capturing a landscape photography picture always think about the placement of the horizon. An old rule but efficient one is the Rule of Thirds. Don't use it as a set rule; more as a guideline or starting point for a more interesting and pleasing photographic composition. In Landscape Photography it is best to place the horizon in accordance to the importance of the sky; with dramatic sky formations placing the horizon in the lower third will give the sky more preference, for images with stronger foregrounds and weaker cloud or sky formations a horizon in the upper third of the image is more preferred.

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Is Photography Creative Art?

"Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art." ~ Ansel Adams

 

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Take up one idea and make that one idea your life!

“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success." ~ Swami Vivekananda

 

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Macro Photography Tips and Tricks

Keep an eye on the background and eliminate glare on leaves or distracting branches. Isolating the insect against a clean background is crucial for a successful photography image. Utilize colorful scrubs and flowers to your compositional advantage as an attractive backdrop of color when appropriately blurred out via aperture or focal lens setting. Including an attractive background features like a second flower may add a story to the image.

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Quest for Boston Skyline Panorama Photography

appiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
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Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
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Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
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Boston provides the local and travel photographer with such unique and beautiful Architecture. The city is a wonderful mix of historic and new building that make for fabulous photo excursions and subjects. Twilight often provides the best light for stunning Skyline Photography; however it is no secret that early morning and late afternoon makes for great photography as well. Panorama photography provides the photographer with an opportunity to capture a cityscape in its full beauty. I am currently in the process re-shooting the most popular and best Boston photo locations in that format. This blog post compiles a few of my first Boston Skyline Panorama Photography attempts - enjoy and stay tuned for more:

 

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