Getting Everything in Focus in a Landscape Photograph

This is not a simple task, even when you set your aperture as high as possible for the given lighting conditions. In such situations, one effective solution is photo stacking. This video explains how to do it.

 

I have to confess that I don’t have the temperament to use this technique. I don’t carry a tripod, and without one, stacking most likely won’t work.

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Yet another video about the invisible black background

Many people believe that to achieve a black background in your photos, you need to buy a black backdrop. That’s one way to do it, but there’s another method that costs nothing. This video will show you how.

 

Luminar Neo for editing portraits

Luminar Neo, a user-friendly photo editing software, enables photographers to effortlessly edit portraits in just a few seconds. In this three-minute video, I showcase the software’s capabilities. 

Bokeh, a matter of opinion

 Bokeh (from the Japanese blur or haze) refers to the aesthetic quality of the out-of-focus areas in a photograph. It’s not about how blurred the background is (that’s simply “shallow depth of field”) but rather how that blur looks — whether it’s smooth and pleasing or harsh and distracting.

Camera NewB just posted a video exploring this important photography concept in today’s world. I highly recommend checking it out.

 

One thing is what I think and...

 One thing is what I think about my pictures, and another thing is what people think of them. 

 The above is a mosaic created by Flickr with the most popular pictures taken by me according to Flickr users. You can enjoy this mosaic, visiting this page and scrolling all the way down to the bottom. 

My favorites shots from Mayan Challenge

I recently photographed a karate event in Clearwater, Florida — the Mayan Challenge by USA Sport Karate. I put together a YouTube Short with my favorite shots, but I felt it deserved a second part.

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Some thoughts about wildlife photography

 One of the things that inspires me about wildlife photography is that, no matter how many times you return to the same location, you never know what you’ll encounter. Even if you’re simply photographing the landscape, the same scene will never look exactly the same.

Click on the picture to truly appreciate the details of this landscape. It was a beautiful morning, and although I’ve captured this view many times before, none compare to this one, with the fog gently draping part of the scene.

The next picture is a vertical panorama. I walked into a scene that truly stunned me with its beauty. I had to step back to find the right spot for the composition I envisioned. Knowing my zoom lens—designed for wildlife—wouldn’t capture the entire view in a single frame, I decided to take several shots along the vertical axis to capture the full landscape.

 Is not it beautiful?