I came across a review on the wildlife photography book, Success With Wildlife Photography. The reviewer says “this is a good book for someone just about to get into wildlife photography”. Lots of tips about photography, equipment and marketing too. I thought you’d enjoy it. View the review.
Come see us at the 2009 Art & Apples Festival in Rochester Michigan. New Book! Stop by to see a preview of our new book, One Child, One Planet. Prints See prints from our gallery and more! Books, Movies and Plush If you’re looking for a great gift, check out our award winning children’s books, [...]
This article offering wildlife photography tips is right on. Tip #1: Study your camera and the technical details associated with it well. A photographer without a sound knowledge of his equipment is like a guitarist, who doesn’t know how to tune his guitar. No matter how skilled he is in playing, the sound will still [...]
Wildlife photographer John Gavin is the Boston.com Photographer of the Week. In his article in The Boston Globe online at Boston.com, he says he discovered his passion for photography after being in a serious car accident. He spent 7 months in a hospital. While in the hospital he ordered a Pentax camera. To get started, he shot [...]
I came across a funny blog post about wildlife photography. It reminded me of my own failed attempts. The author writes “It’s not that the birds don’t like our garden, or that the treats we put out for them aren’t to their taste. No. They just don’t like having their photographs taken…But when I go out there [...]
Come see us in Ludington, Michigan this July 4th holiday weekend at The West Shore Art League Fine Arts & Crafts Fair. Stop by and meet professional wildlife photographer and New York Time’s best selling children’s book author Carl R. Sams II. Carl can personalize and autograph any “In the Woods” series books you purchase. Show [...]
“People used to say, ‘Oh you must have a very nice camera.’ No, I have a good eye,” photographer Jon Sheppard said in the article about nature photography, “Vail’s thrill of the ‘click’ photo class“, in the Vail Daily. If you happen to be near Vail, Colorado anytime soon, Jon’s “Art in the Gardens” photography workshop [...]
The following is continued from yesterday’s post, located directly below this post. Mother’s scent, if she stayed, could attract predators to her babe who’s not yet strong enough to run from trouble. “Thousands of fawns are lost each year when people take them from the woods thinking they’re lost or abandoned,” Carl R. Sams II [...]
Great Egret in Red This image of the great egret was taken in late March in Charleston, S.C. The great egret is the symbol of the National Audubon Society. Audubon was formed to protect this bird from extinction as its feathers were being used for ladies’ hats. (This image was taken with a Canon 5d [...]
Yesterday I decided to move a bird feeder over to our blossoming magnolia tree. Only a few birds came in but I was lucky enough to capture this image of a chickadee looking for places to hide seeds. (taken with Canon 5D Mark II with 100-400 canon zoom lens at 1/1250 of a sec at [...]
