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
Posted under Biology, Ecology, Photography
This post was written by drknuth on May 3, 2008
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 I have a favorite episode, although the episode on caves was fascinating, and the footage of the Birds of Paradise in Indonesia was astounding. The Discovery Channel is currently replaying the Planet Earth series with two episodes every Sunday night!
Enjoy
Kevin Knuth
Posted under Green, Photography, Travel, Wildlife
This post was written by drknuth on December 12, 2007
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. Stay away from conservative composition
6. Instruct and say “stop”
7. Be overly productive
8. Don’t ever settle for less
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
Posted under Photography
This post was written by drknuth on September 24, 2007
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. Water Balloon Popped in Zero Gravity
(From paintthebox on YouTube)
2. Water Balloon Not Popping
(From LucidMovement on YouTube)
3. Water Balloon Popping in Slow Motion
(From aaron20o6 on YouTube)
I really like how the balloon itself peels away and sprays a thin layer of water due to the surface tension. The entire mass of water then slowly begins to fall under its weight.
4. More Slow Motion Popping (80 times slower)
(From fotzenknecht123 on YouTube)
5. Another Slow-Motion Pop
(From tomatoface on YouTube)
6. A Guy Punches a Water Balloon in Slow Motion
(from mikedpirone on YouTube)
7. This Guy Takes it in the Head!
The resulting sheet of water is gorgeous!
(from askquestions on YouTube)
Posted under Fun, Photography, Physics, Space
This post was written by drknuth on September 16, 2007
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 uploads as one might expect. This is a very nice way to support my hobby.
In a previous post, I describe the ins-and-outs of selling your photos online. Of you find these useful, and want to give selling, or buying, a shot, feel free to sign up with this link… Shutterstock… which says that I referred you.
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
Posted under Entrepreneurship, Internet, Photography, Solutions
This post was written by drknuth on September 13, 2007
