Nature Photography Day 2024 is on Saturday, June 15, 2024: nature photography?

Saturday, June 15, 2024 is Nature Photography Day 2024. 2013 Nature Photography - Breathtaking images of nature‎ Share your photo to inspire others!

Character Photography Day was produced through the United States Character Photography Association in the year 2006 to advertise the good thing about character photography and also to promote the conservation and protection of plants, wildlife, and landscapes in your area and worldwide. Since that time, people around the world have found numerous methods to observe and relish the day.Its Northern Border American Character Photography Association encourages people everywhere to savor your day using a camera look around the natural world who are around you. Why don't you mind out to your backyard, local park, or favourite scenic place.

You need to master two disciplines Photography and Nature and you need to be good at both.

For instance knowledge of an animals habits and habitat can give you the lead in isolating your subject, but you need to have mastered your camera so, when the opportunity for a great shot arises (and they are rare) you don't waste it by 'faffing' with your camera.

I have a few great shots of kingfishers it took two days to find them other than a 'blue blur' as they flew past, but observation showed me of his favorite 'fishing tree' so I just set up on that and sure enough he posed for some great shots. In total about a week from hearing of them to the shots in the bag, but what would have happened if I didn't know the correct settings for this particular light and the chances came and went?

Professionally you have to have an edge and as they say knowledge is power, certainly in the nature photography fields, which is why its so specialized, you get people who specialise in Africa or birds or mammals etc.

Good luck

Chris

Photography?

I have been taking photos since I was seven years old. I took a lot of photos from that point throughout college but I only recently got serious about trying to make a business of it. I decided several years ago to better my work by attending a class at a local botanical garden. From there I joined a local camera club. You might have one in your area. This club had monthly meetings with guest speakers giving all sorts of interesting photographic topics. I also found several good books on photography basics. One of the best was titled "Understanding Exposure" by Bryan Peterson. Amazon sells it for about $17. It gives an excellent overview of the basics of photography and is an easy read with a lot of relevant examples. The book should give you a good idea if photography is really something you want to pursue further. It shows you all about different techniques such as blurring your background, motion photography, and all sorts of other ways to improve your images. As far as practical things you can do without a book, try watching your corners and edges to make sure you don't have something you didn't intend to get in your photo. Try not to put things in exactly the center of the photo. Draw a rectangle on a piece of paper and then draw four lines at the third points in each direction. If you can imagine that rectangle as your viewfinder, where these lines intersect is where you want to place your subject when you take your photo. That subject could be a person, the sun at sunset or a bird on a tree branch. Practice taking and holding your breath, then exhaling slowly. At the end of your breath is the time to shoot. You will be at your most stable pose to hold the camera still. If you can get a tripod, do so. The less your camera moves, the sharper the image. Also, try differing your depth of field. That means if you shoot a picture of a single flower in a group of flowers, how many of them will be in sharp focus in front and behind the one you focused on. Start by taking a photo of the flower at f2.8 and then at f22. Look at the background and you will see what I mean. Learn this and you will have a good jump on your career.

Photography, like any creative occupation, is not an easy way to make a living. Many photographers start out like I did. Others go on to take classes at a photographic college. Some go on to do weddings, graduation photos and the like. Others prefer nature photography and selling museum prints.

I'm not sure how old you are but if you old enough, have the money and its okay with your parents you might want to into short term photographic studies such as those offered with the Rocky Mountain School of Photography (RMSP). You'll find them on line and they offer a variety of classes from a few days long to several months.

Photography is a blast and I hope you grow to love it as much as I do. Never be afraid to try something different (even if it doesn't work) and above all, have fun!

Nature Photography Tips?

Well the first thing that I would suggest is to study study study composition. Incorporate compositional rules into every picture you take. Often times this is the difference between a snapshot and an image that could pass for an intentional photograph.

Here is a website that outlines a few:

The next thing you would want to consider would be lighting. Since you're wanting to shoot in nature you probably wouldn't use artificial light, so lighting would be really dependent on the sun. The best times to shoot are right before the sun rises and right after the sun sets. The worst time of day to shoot is midday as the sun is high enough that it creates harsh shadows. If you're in the woods, however, then there would probably be enough shade that these shadows wouldn't happen, so you could use that to your advantage.

Finally, I would advise you to learn the basics of shooting with the mode in manual. Choosing your own shutter speed and aperture gives you greater control over the photograph.

Just keep taking photos and having others critique them. Often times others will notice things that you never noticed yourself.