Jerry Monkman

I’ll be leading a 5-day photo workshop on the Cape Cod National Seashore in September. It is a beautiful place...

Here’s a video with some tips for shooting from a kayak. Post a comment if you have any techniques or...

A little more than a year ago, I was fumbling around with my Canon 5D MarkII, wanting to add video...

Like most photographers who have been at it for a while, I’ve been putting together slide shows of my work...

If you live in the northeastern U.S. like I do, it lately seems as if it rains every day. Bad...

Most people who get serious about their photography eventually entertain the idea of doing it professionally. Selling a few photos...

We recently received a big dump of snow here in New England – up to 40 inches in some places....

Earlier this year, I wrote about the benefits of attending portfolio reviews at the North American Nature Photography Association’s (NANPA)...

I jumped on the HD Video DSLR bandwagon about a year ago as a way to tell conservation stories with...

I recently ran across two nature photography books that are true works of art: William Neill’s “Impressions of Light” and...

The most common comment I hear from students during my fall foliage workshops is how their photos rarely capture the...

I’ve spent most of the year learning how to translate my still photography skills to video, shooting as many clips...

Self Portraits – Images by Jerry and Marcy Monkman During the last decade or so of shooting projects for conservation...

I recently put together a little video for AMC Books, where I give three quick photo tips for outdoor enthusiasts...

Ansel Adams is often quoted as comparing the photographic negative to a musical score, and a print to the performance...

When I shot this image of an abandoned pick-up truck yesterday morning, I made three exposures with the intent of...

Back in February at the NANPA Summit in Reno, I finally succumbed to the temptation to buy a Lensbaby.  Lensbabies...

Unless you’ve been hanging out in Antarctica (without an internet connection), you probably know that Adobe has been developing Photoshop...

Getting this shot with all three flowers in focus isn’t possible in one exposure. This is a single image shot...

When I first started using Lightroom three years ago, I thought its identity plate was just a way to have a fancy way of displaying my name at the top of the Lightroom window, but once I got into using the powerful Print Module, it became clear that the identity plate was a really cool feature that lets you add your logo or fancy type to prints, cards, posters, even slide shows.