How to take great photos during your trip to Poas Volcano Poas Volcano is at a stunning 2600 meters or 8700 feet above sea level (our farm is 100 meters or 300 feet) The rim is almost a mile wide. As you can see from our images the weather and scene can vary greatly hour
The Cahuita National Park is the Caribbean Coast’s Best National Park The white sand beaches, palm tree canopies and well maintained jungle trail are a must for every traveler looking for the best that Costa Rica has to offer. Cahuita National Park is 45 minutes South from the Port City of Limon and a quick
DIY Soft Box for Pocket Strobe I use my DIY Soft Box all the time with my pocket strobe. It softens the hard directional strobe light to subtly enhance the subject, so it doesn’t look like it is being interrogated. It adds details to the normal shadows often created when using one light source. You
Photographing Snakes, how to light the scene, when to shoot and how to stay safe. First a warning, without snake handling experience it is not advisable to handle snakes, especially the venomous ones. Remember to ALWAYS STAY OUT OF STRIKING DISTANCE! Never touch the snake, they are not intelligent creatures. Their behavior is instinct driven, consequently your hand
How to make a Grid Spot for a pocket flash & why you need it. A Grid Spot is a light modifyer used to funnel or concentrate light. When you don’t want your entire subject lit by the strobe use a grid spot to get light only where you want it. The concept is that the
How to Photograph a Greater White Lined Bat Using DIY Bat Box We see a lot of bats on our farm here in Costa Rica, mostly when taking down ripe bunches of bananas. They live within the banana leaves and eat the spiders that the bananas attract. Every time I saw a bat fly out of a
These are the same images but the second processed in HDR. Which one do you prefer?
Don’t let the funnel cake on your fingers stop you from taking pictures! Although, you may need an assistant to hold your cinnamon hot nuts while you are setting up your shots. Don’t forget to use a shutter release cable to reduce blur.
Dunluce Castle in Northern Ireland is an amazing structure. It sits right at the sea shore allowing visitors to imagine the daily life and the sea trade. An infrared image of Dunluce Castle in Northern Ireland.
How to make Star Trails at Night First Let us discuss what is a star-trail; in the evening because of the earth’s rotation the stars in the night sky slowly move (from our perspective) in a circular motion around the North Star (Polaris). So a star-trail image is essentially a long exposure ranging from minutes
Rear Curtain Shutter Sync – What it is and how it can help you A flash mode that you should ALWAYS have ON in the menu of your DSLR is Rear Curtain Sync.This is a flash option that is available on most intermediate to advanced DSLRs that I have engaged 100% of the time on
Utah – Zion, Bryce Canyon, Moab, Canyonlands and Arches National Park – Part 2 Utah is one of those places that it would be best just to live there rather than visit. There is just too much to see and photograph. So I chose these four parks to visit in the time I had available.
The Start of our National Park Photography Trip Just to be clear as to the purpose and origin of this National Park Photography Trip: In 2007ish my wife and I bought a few acres in Costa Rica. In fact I am writing this right now in Costa Rica at a friends house (next to an
Tilt-Shift Effect made easy. Follow the step by step process in this instructional video. Guest post by Andrew Ducker: How to create tilt-shift in Photoshop from Andrew Ducker on Vimeo.
How to create light leaks using Photoshop Guest post by Andrew Ducker This video tutorial on how to create light leaks using Photoshop gives click by click instructions. Clear and concise instruction. To view our other instructional video’s go to visit our Photography How To page. How to create light leaks in Photoshop * This video is
Vignette in Photoshop CS5 Guest Post By: Andrew Ducker This video takes you step by step the process of the best way to vignette in Photoshop CS5. The best way to vignette an image in Photoshop from Andrew Ducker on Vimeo We also have these titles: How to create light leaks in Photoshop Create Tilt-Shift
How to Sharpen Images in Photoshop Guest Post – By Andrew Ducker The most subtle and realistic way to sharpen images in Photoshop. This easy click by click video demonstration allows you to follow along while you are practicing on your screen. There are options discussed so you get the correct changes based on your
The Photographer – An image of an image maker A photographer is always in search of the best light. In this case it found him. This picture was taken in an abandoned powder factory in Maineville, Ohio. The facility has been padlocked since then. It was a great place to capture unusual textures and beautiful light.
Carnival Time-Lapse This Carnival Time-lapse was shot on a Nikon D300 in Bellevue, Kentucky. The colorful lights make for an interesting subject and the people getting on and off the rides give it a personal element that people can identify with. Carnival Timelapse
How to make and use an Infrared Camera Trap How-to’s and uses of using a DIY Phototrap to capture photographs of animals and birds. A Phototrap is a device that uses an Infrared beam (much like in a garage door or a home alarm) to send a signal to your camera every time the invisible