The camera tripod. What to look for when selecting a camera tripod. The sole purpose of a camera tripod is to stabilize the camera. So are the expensive camera tripods any better than the cheap camera tripods? Many professionals would argue that, most cheap camera tripods don’t do their job; that is [...]
You are looking at one of the most famous portraits ever made by one of THE greatest portrait photographers ever. Josef Karsh, also known as Karsh of Ottawa. Over his lifetime he made over 15,000 portraits.
But this portrait of Sir Winston Churchill stands out. Churchill was a bulldog of a Prime Minister [...]
NATURE …. CLOSE UP
by Skip Heine, Photography by John Kirchner
You are seeing this butterfly about twice it’s normal size. John took this beautiful image with a 100mm macro (close-up) lens and Kodak 800 Max film. Exposure was f11 at 1/500th, hand-held! See how this self-proclaimed “serious amateur” manages to generate these marvelous, first-rate images.
I [...]
Wildlife Photography - A Primer
By Marv Binegar
Alaska Brown Bear
Nikon F4s, Nikkor 400mm/3.5, Fujichrome 100
While hiking the trail to Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park, I heard what sounded like an Olympic sprinter in bedroom slippers behind me. I managed to get a few feet off the trail before a large brown bear with a salmon [...]
Processing your own film will save you bucks AND give you great
feedback on your shooting!
By processing your own film you will be able to evaluate how good you are shooting…. and, if you do it soon after shooting the film, you’ll remember what the light and scenery was like. Which means you will become a [...]
