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Most people get a good animal in frame and call it done. Fair enough, wildlife is hard enough to find and photograph without also worrying about where you put it in the picture. But composition is the difference between "I saw a bear" and a photo people actually stop scrolling for. Let's go over a few things I actually think about when I'm lining up a shot. Give the animal somewhere to look. This is a big one for me! I always like to tell people "Give your subject room to lo

Every time someone brings up AI and photography, the conversation goes the same place. Somebody gets nervous about fake sunsets and cloned-in eagles, somebody else brings up whether a photo edited with AI tools is still a "real" photograph, and forty-five minutes later nobody has said anything new. I get it. Then there is the whole other subject of using AI tools for editing and all of that. I have opinions on that stuff too. But that's not what this post is about. What I do

What filters do you actually carry/use for waterfalls? I am using the NiSi JetMag Pro system. The one you see above, actually. It is what is called their Landscape Kit. It includes a Circular Polarizer, a 3 stop ND, a 6 stop ND, and a 10 stop ND. It also includes the magnetic adapters and a magnetic front lens cap. Generally, I recommend that everyone have a circular polarizer when shooting waterfalls. I will not shoot water without one. It makes such a huge difference

I wanted to share my workflow on managing and backing up my files to ensure I do not lose any of the important images and video that I have accumulated over the 20 years of being involved in photography. What equipment are you using? I am pretty heavily into the Apple Ecosystem, so I am using a MacBook Pro as my main editing rig. I'm using external drives and backup drives made by OWC. They have a reputation for being very fast and reliable. I also have chosen them because

I see this question pop up from time to time. Which one is better? Or which one should I use? First off, lets talk about which one is which... They are the same editing engine, same core tools, genuinely different philosophy about where your photos live and how you get to them. Lightroom (Desktop) IS NO LONGER A CLOUD ONLY VERSION. Does not require you to use the cloud. Does not require any import of your images. It has a "local" option that you just point to your photos