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Master the skills you need with photography techniques from the experts. Whether you're a novice seeking advice on landscape, wildlife or nature photography or a pro looking for more advanced techniques, you'll find all the information you need, here.



10 Tips For Better Autofocus


10 Tips For Better AutofocusIt’s easy to take autofocus for granted. I know, I do. This technology is amazing—your camera has to figure out what should be sharp in a scene, focus the lens and take the picture, all in a fraction of a second.
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Setting The Background


Using backgrounds to complement your nature photographs


Setting The BackgroundMinimalism has been a trend in nature photography that has spread from the point of capture all the way to the fine-art print, often resulting in photos with the “less is more” technique.
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Pro Tips For Better Photography


There are no commandments in photography, but these simple tips will make an immediate difference in your shots


Pro Tips For Better PhotographyWho among us isn’t hoping for a secret formula or a magic spell we can use to conjure up great images anywhere, anytime, at our beck and call? A switch we can flip to reveal unique compositions, beautiful light, rare moments and deep insight—a “silver bullet.”
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Sound Practices III: Putting It All Together


Assembling your multimedia into a cohesive, finished project


Sound Practices III: Putting It All TogetherIn my previous two columns, I talked about the techniques and gear for gathering sound, and some of the software for editing sound.
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5 Top Tıps For Autumn Wildlife


With the seasons in flux, fall gives nature shooters some of the best photography possibilities of the year


5 Top Tıps For Autumn WildlifeThere’s so much happening with fauna in the fall—bird migrations are in full swing, it’s the autumn rutting period for big game and even small animals are preparing for the imminent cold of winter.
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Photoshop Secrets Of The Pros


Discover new ways to enhance images using this classic editing program


Photoshop Secrets Of The ProsThere’s no shortage of options when it comes to using Adobe Photoshop to improve the quality of your nature photography. Photoshop is, after all, the standard by which all other image-editing software programs are measured.
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Digiscoping


Try a spotting scope as an alternative to an extreme telephoto lens for birding and small wildlife shots


DigiscopingOne of the biggest challenges photographing wildlife is having enough magnification. You want to fill the frame and utilize all of the resolution of your digital SLR, but for most of us that means having an extreme telephoto lens, which can be prohibitively expensive.
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Panoramas: Getting The Big Picture


Stunning panoramas are within your grasp with this step-by-step process


Panoramas: Getting The Big PictureWhat is a panorama, and why would you create one? Although panos have been around for a long time, advances in tripod heads and software have made creating excellent panoramas much easier. How do you know when you have a panoramic opportunity?
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Getting The Most Out Of Fall Color


Autumn Color • Bracket, Bracket, Bracket • Edit, Edit, Edit • Finding The Problem


Getting The Most Out Of Fall ColorFall is here, and my past experience is that I never come back with the brilliant leaf colors that were before my camera. Do I need special filters on my lenses, or is it all done in Photoshop?
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