A Good Time to Switch to Manual–An Example
By Amy Novotny Knowing when to switch to manual mode can be difficult these days with digital SLR cameras making it easy to capture images in Aperture or Shutter priority modes. It is often taught to ...
Wildlife photography–Increasing your chances of capturing an image!
By Amy Novotny Recently, a friend commented that he had moved away from wildlife photography to landscape photography because it was hard to find wildlife and then even harder to capture an image of a...
Breaking the Ice-Shooting portraits in foreign lands
By Amy Novotny During a recent photography tour in Mongolia, I was exposed to a wide variety of photographic opportunities–landscapes, wildlife, night, street, event, and portrait. The first t...
Summer’s Little Secret
By Amy Novotny Arizona’s late summer months are often known for their hot humid weather and monsoon storms, but they also represent the season of hummingbird migration to the high country. Areas...
Using Live View for Composition
Author: Amy Novotny Live View is a great tool featured on many new digital cameras and serves many purposes. It can help with focus, with shooting scenes in which the camera is higher or lower than th...
Benefits of Facebook Photography Groups
Author: Amy Novotny Photography workshops and classes are a great way to learn general photography and various types of photography, such as landscape, macro, portrait, etc., in a condensed period of ...
What to do in the heat? A day at the zoo.
Author: Amy Novotny As summer kicks in full swing, light becomes harsher and opportunities to shoot in softer light become earlier or later in the day. In some regions and cities, such as the Phoeni...
Come Prepared for the Unexpected
Author: Amy Novotny When photographing mother nature, we know that nothing is guaranteed. To make efficient use of our time and resources, we check the weather forecast or follow animal migration pa...
Photo Wall Calendars
Author: Amy Novotny With the new year and holidays approaching, wall calendars can be a great way to display various types of photography. They can serve as gifts to friends and family or can be a way...