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Tips and Tricks for Photographing Ants
Published on 3 May 2008 at 2:51 pm.
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Filed under Biology, Ecology, Photography.
Alex Wild, a biologist at the University of Arizona, has a blog on insects, photography and life. He has an excellent article on tricks and tips for keeping ants relatively still while photographing them in their natural surroundings and while performing natural behaviors.
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
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Planet Earth
Published on 12 Dec 2007 at 3:20 am.
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Filed under Green, Photography, Travel, Wildlife.
I have been really enjoying the BBC Series Planet Earth. I am extremely impressed with the quality and subject matter of the footage, and can watch these episodes over and over again.
As we have an HDTV, I am going to wait to purchase the series until we have a BlueRay player. I don’t think that […]
Eight Photography Secrets
Published on 24 Sep 2007 at 1:07 am.
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Filed under Photography.
I have been selling my photos online at several sites.
Shutterstock
Bigstockphoto
iStockphoto
Fotolia
and today I read about this article in the Shutterstock forum.
This article lists eight photography secrets that amount to some useful advice:
1. Learn to see and frame your pictures in perceptual layers
2. Think “icon”
3. Use stereotypes to strengthen your point
4. Take advantage of basic human nature
5. […]
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Water Balloons!
Published on 16 Sep 2007 at 8:52 pm.
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Filed under Fun, Photography, Physics, Space.
A few days ago, my brother sent me an email with a slow-motion movie of a water balloon being popped in zero gravity. This led me to searching for all sorts of slow-motion water balloon movies, which I have now collected here.
I hope you enjoy them…
0. Entire Sets of Movies can be found at http://exploration.grc.nasa.gov/balloon/blob.htm
1. […]
Shutterstock: Buy and Sell Photos
Published on 13 Sep 2007 at 4:39 am.
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Filed under Entrepreneurship, Internet, Photography, Solutions.
I am surprised at how well my photos are selling on Shutterstock. So far this month I have sold 122 photos, which amounts to over $30. At this rate, it appears that I will make about $100 this month. I am still uploading photos, and the number of sales does increase with the number of […]
