Photo Dodo

This month’s project: Fall

// October 10th, 2006 // No Comments » // hacks, landscape, photo, photo hack, photograph, photography, photohack, scenery

Fall is here, so it’s time to take some great pictures of the changing colors, falling leaves, clear blue skies, etc. October is my favorite month of the year: There’s usually not much rain, the skies have wonderful blues and clouds, there’s a slight chill in the air, and the leaves are turning on the trees.

Tonight offers a prime opportunity to photograph the moon

// October 6th, 2006 // No Comments » // landscape, moon, photo, photo hack, photograph, photography, photohack, scenery, tips, tricks

The moon is set to appear about 12% bigger tonight, due to it being closer to the earth tonight. Even sweeter is the fact that it’s a full moon.

So set up your tripod and start shooting. Recommended: Tripod!, remote shutter release or use the camera’s builtin self-timer. Set your camera to Manual mode and set the f-stop to f/11 and the shutter to 1/250. This should keep everything in focus and give you a good exposure. Of course, try other settings — experimentation is the essence of the art.

Half Dome Near Dusk

// September 29th, 2006 // No Comments » // hacks, landscape, photo, photo hack, photograph, photography, photohack, scenery

Half Dome Near Dusk,
originally uploaded by billspaced.

Here’s a photo I took while on vacation with my family. This was taken in the Yosemite valley floor near sunset. Simple set up:

Tripod
Polarizing filter
Tamron 28-300mm zoom
Canon Digital Rebel XT

"Where there’s one good shot, there are at least three good shots."

// August 23rd, 2006 // No Comments » // landscape, photo, photograph, photography, photojournalism, scenery

“Where there’s one good shot, there are at least three good shots.”

Who said it? Terry Livingstone, nature photographer. I am sure he didn’t say it first, but he says it here in a feature article at ritz.com about making a beach trip a photo safari. There are a lot of insightful things that Terry says in this article. It’s a good read about nature and landscape photography.