Do More With Your Polarizer | OutdoorPhotographer.com

Do More With Your Polarizer | OutdoorPhotographer.com: "If you think a polarizer is only for darkening the sky, you're missing opportunities to enhance reflections, saturate color and emphasize texture in shade or overcast. Many nature photographers are simply screwing on a polarizer without understanding how it works, mistakenly believing that merely having it attached is sufficient. When used properly, a polarizer is one of the most valuable tools in your bag for creating rich, evocative landscape photos. "

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Backlit Landscapes | OutdoorPhotographer.com

Backlit Landscapes | OutdoorPhotographer.com: "Backlight can impart many different looks to a landscape. It can emphasize a strong silhouette, it can rim light a subject with a strong outer glow, it can enhance the look of fog or mist, it can create shafts of misty light, and it can provide a sun star as the sun ever so slightly peeks from behind a portion of the subject. It presents a unique quality of light that is often overlooked by landscape photographers. It presents challenges, but the rewards are worth the effort. Subjects must be judiciously chosen. The more you realize which ones work, the more you’ll add dramatic images to your files."

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8 Tips For Photographing Birds

8 Tips For Photographing Birds: "Photographing birds can be really frustrating. They never seem to sit still for even just a second, and if you get too close, they’ll just fly away"

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Establishing Yourself as a Photographer on a College Campus: A How To

Establishing Yourself as a Photographer on a College Campus: A How To: "My name is Xavier Burgin. I am a recent graduate from The University of Alabama. In the upcoming Spring, I’ll be attending The University of Southern California’s Cinematic Arts Program as a graduate student. During my undergraduate tenure I focused my academic studies within film production, but I worked as a freelance photographer and videographer around the campus and city of Tuscaloosa, AL"

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