Tag Archives: Wildlife
Book Review: 100 Ways to Take Better Nature & Wildlife Photographs
Posted on 16. Nov, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
I recently got my hands on a book called “100 Ways To Take Better Nature & Wildlife Photographs” by Guy Edwards and published by David & Charles. I’m a big believer in life-long learning and will…
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Top Ten Wildlife Photography Tips
Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
Creating a tremendous wildlife photograph is an extremely rewarding pursuit. However, developing the skills and techniques necessary to create captivating wildlife images is more difficult than it might appear on the surface. Composition, lighting, equipment, natural history, and patience are just some of the areas…
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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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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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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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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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February Update – Foxes, we got foxes!
Posted on 18. Feb, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
My last update featured some foxes I’d managed to find and this update continues that focus with some images from another fox den. The images in today’s update were made alongside a sparsely travelled secondary highway around Mayerthorpe in Alberta. On my first journey to find the fox den, I was treated to a spectacular thunderstorm that literally shook and rattled my vehicle while it…
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Learning wildlife photography – Shoot in RAW or JPEG mode?
Posted on 05. Feb, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
Learning wildlife photography – RAW or JPEG? – Much discussion is bound to occur when photographers get together and the question arises: “Do you shoot in RAW mode?”
Many photographers prefer to have their camera produce RAW files because they consider them to be…
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Learning wildlife photography – Monopod usage
Posted on 28. Jan, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
Learning wildlife photography – Monopod usage – There is little doubt that a monopod is a very useful tool for a wildlife photographer. Like everything, using a monopod requires proper technique to make sharp images, but probably equally important is the way…
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