Tips. Try Something Different! Try a Different Angle

Tips

Try Something Different!

Try a Different Angle

Try a Different Light

Scale Can Be Useful

Don’t Ignore the Small

Include Pollinators or other insects

Patience and Planningis important

But Don’t Miss an Opportunity!

Shooting Philosophies

Spray-and-Prayvs.

Getting Exactly What You Want

A Tale of Photographic Horror

aka

Always Make Sure You Have a Backup!

This slide is deliberately blank in honor of photos lost…

Hardware Tips

Know your Hardware

a great place to start is the manual!

practice with your equipment

check your equipment before you go on a shoot (clean, charge, clear)

Hardware Tips

Have plenty of memory with you

the best photo may not happen early

Be sure the memory card is blank!

today’s pictures should add to your old ones, not replace them…

Hardware Tips

Be prepared…

The cable you suddenly need? …it’s probably the only one you

didn’t bring with you

A spare battery that isn’t used isbetter than not having one and missing a shot.

Practice Ideas

We have a showy spring here, but there are times when things are not as exciting…

GreenhousesBotanical GardensRoad TripsHouseplants

Shooting for Identification

Have pity on your identifier!

A Series of Shots

Is Often More Useful

Photo by Daniel Tenaglia

Photos by Daniel Tenaglia

A scanner is also a camera.

The most important tip of all…

Love what you’re doingand have fun!

It will show in your pictures.