Top ten mistakes that aspiring professional freelance photographers make
Posted on 06. Apr, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
I run into a lot of people, either physically or virtually who have aspirations of turning their hobby photography into a freelance career. I thought I’d put together a list, derived from my and other’s experience, to help…
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Learning wildlife photography – The power of simplicity
Posted on 01. Apr, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
I’m extremely fortunate in that my passion for wildlife and photography has evolved into my full-time occupation. As part of my work, I get to review and critique quite a number of wildlife photographs. When I think back over the images that stand out from the others I am reminded of…
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Guest blogger on the Telegraph
Posted on 27. Mar, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
I’ve been a little under the weather the last while and haven’t been blogging as regular as I should. But, if you get a chance, check out my guest article on Kate Day’s blog on the UK’s Telegraph. I discuss what it takes to get prepared…
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Top Ten Annoying Things That Photographers Say to Each Other
Posted on 13. Mar, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
Last week’s list of Top Ten Annoying Things to Say to a Wildlife Photographer was quite popular and it generated a lot of great comments. That’s inspired me to produce another Top Ten list for this week. Today’s list compiles the top ten things that other photographers have said to me that I’ve found to be annoying. And, the more often I’ve heard something the more annoying it tends to be. That’s just the way I am.
If you’re a photographer who is easily offended or you can’t take a little bit of sarcasm, please don’t read any further. I don’t want to…
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Learning wildlife photography – When to use manual focus
Posted on 11. Mar, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
If you’re a regular reader of my blog you know that I’m a big advocate of using your camera’s autofocus system whenever possible. While there are better and worse autofocus systems and the debate as to whether Canon/Nikon/Sony/Olympus/Pentax have the best autofocus performance will go on forever, in reality they all have very useful autofocus systems that will usually achieve very acceptable results. There are however, a few circustances where trying to use autofocus will cause more problems then it solves. Read on to learn how to solve this issue…
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-41 (Without the windchill)??? Are you freakin kidding me???
Posted on 10. Mar, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
As I write this, the temperature at the International Airport just outside Edmonton (where I live), is a biting-41 Celsius (-41.8 Farenheit) and with the wind chill, it feels like a cutting -54 Celsius (-65.2 Farenheit). Are you freakin kidding me? It’s ten days away from spring and it’s this cold out? Why in the heck do I live here anyway? Read on to find out…
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Top ten annoying things to say to wildlife photographer
Posted on 06. Mar, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
The other day I started to think about things people have innocently said to me about my photography that have annoyed me. Now, I know that most of the comments were meant without any malice and were well intentioned. I get that. But, that doesn’t stop them from bothering the heck out of me. So, I’ve compiled them into a top ten list, presented in traditional descending order…
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Photoshop Tutorial – Sharpener Pro 3.0 by Nik Software
Posted on 04. Mar, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
In this Photoshop tutorial, I take a look at the Sharpener Pro 3.0 plugin from Nik Software. During the video presentation, I work on sharpening the same image for the web/email, printing an 8″ x 12″ print on an Epson 3800 printer and preparing the print for printing on an offset press on coated paper. Like everything we do here at WildShots, this tutorial…
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Learning wildlife photography – Seeing with both eyes
Posted on 02. Mar, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
Learning wildlife photography – Seeing with both eyes – One of the great disappointments in wildlife photography comes about when we miss, or fail to anticipate some behaviour or action. And instead of ending up with a great behaviour image, we’re left with an image of half an animal or, worse yet, an empty frame. What can you do to help ready yourself for the action?
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More snowflake photography – No two alike?
Posted on 26. Feb, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
More snowflake photography – No two alike? – One of the common bits of knowledge is that there are supposedly no two snowflakes that are alike. And in my relatively limited experience of closely examing these wonderful water vapor crystals, I have yet to find any that are even reasonably close to identical. And, it is unlikely in the extreme, that I’ll ever photograph two identical crystals. Why is this?
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