Depth of field!
on Nov 18, 2009 in Tips and Tricks Plant Every time I take pictures, I love toying with depth of field. Depth of field is, in a nutshell, how much detail you have in the background of your photo. It can be controlled through f/stops (I'll have a post on those later). The first image was tak...

The great photography trick known as "Panning"
on Oct 27, 2009 in Tips and Tricks Mammel This photo was taken one evening of one of our horses "Patches". They were both running around one of their pastures and I thought that I would try to get some photos. In order to show movement, I slowed the shutter speed down to1/50 of a second. I w...

Bald Eagle
on Oct 21, 2009 in Bird Zoo At the Minnesota Zoo, they have a bird show. After the program one day, there was a trainer holding a Bald Eagle up on the stage as people filed out of the stadium. Most people walked past but I thought it was a great opportunity to get some photos o...

Shamu!
on Oct 20, 2009 in Water Zoo Mammel Alot of people know who Shamu is, the lovable Orca that resides at every SeaWorld Adventure Park (yes, there are several Shamus). About a year ago I went to SeaWorld San Diego where I had a chance to photograph the Orca during the "Believe" show...

Louisiana Purchase
on Oct 20, 2009 in Special Event Macro Plant On this day in history - October 20 - in 1803, the U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase. The land purchased contained all of present-day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, parts of Minnesota that were west of the Mississippi...

Lightening-struck tree
on Oct 19, 2009 in National Park Plant This tree was near the Grand Canyon...and as you can tell, its pretty charred. The reason for this? Lightening! The Grand Canyon sees a lot of lightening in and around it (people have been hit there before) so seeing this wasn't exactly unusual.

Grand Canyon
on Oct 19, 2009 in National Park Rock Formation Reptile Panorama Macro The Grand Canyon is my second favorite National Park that I've ever visited (sorry, Yellowstone grabs the #1 spot on my list!). Since no words can describe how it feels to look out over the Canyon, hopefully a panorama photo might help... (click on t...

"Weathered"
on Oct 18, 2009 in National Park Snow Landscape Mountain Like in my previous post, this photo was taken in Joshua Tree National Park in southern California. I love this photo for the weathered branch in the forground and the snowy mountains in the background, thus I like to call it "Weathered".De...

Skull Rock
on Oct 17, 2009 in National Park Rock Formation Joshua Tree National Park in southern California has some of the most strange rock formations in the world. My personal favorite is "Skull Rock". Check it out!

Flamingos!
on Oct 17, 2009 in Bird Almost anyone will agree that Flamingos are one of the most interesting bird species there is - if not one of the most interesting animal species (seriously, how many animals can you name that are pink?). Their unique body shape and habits add to the...