There is apparently a school of thought among some hobby photographers that you pretty much always want to have your camera on a tripod. I see people out shooting birds in flight (or trying to) in full daylight, with their camera sitting snugly on a tripod. And I think: why? A tripod is an essential...
On a weekend photo shoot & camping trip, I was talking with my camp neighbors, who saw me lurking along the bank of the river, shooting birds. They asked about my photos, and of course I was happy to show them some of my favorites from a previous outing. Looking through shots on my phone,...
I began working my way into photography as a hobby fairly late in life. Oh, I had a definite interest much earlier, but didn’t do much about it, for any number of reasons. Back in the days of film photography, getting seriously into it took some pretty serious financial commitment; I was deeply involved in...
