The Creative's Corner

Bookmarks, almost everyone has a few lying around. You can use them to mark your place in books and magazines and to promote your business. The most natural tie-in is for businesses that work in the publishing of books and magazines, or if you’ve written your own book. But that’s not using your imagination. Any [...]

Fall colors have arrived in many places, and are spreading across the country. Reds, yellows, oranges and other colors are popping up everywhere, so grab your camera and take some great photographs of Mother Nature’s big show. To help you get the most out of your shooting, I’ve updated my annual list of links about [...]

Check out my new article “How To Photography Lightning, And Live To Tell About It” at Pro Nature Photographer http://www.pronaturephotographer.com/2011/09/how-to-photograph-lightning-and-live-to-tell-about-it/#more-3457 Have Fun, Jeff

Yes, that’s right. It’s costs more to take photographs with a digital camera than with a film camera. And I’m talking about dollars and cents, not the extra time you spend Photoshopping digital images. I constantly hear photographers saying that digital photography is free, that they could never afford to shoot film because film and [...]

Hi Everyone, The May issue of Photo Zoom magazine just came out, and I’m in it, twice. You can see it here http://emag.marinmediagroup.com/doc/marinmediagroup/photozoom-3rd-issue/2011050501/ I’m the Featured Photographer, and I have a tutorial on making a complex photo mask in Photoshop using a pen tablet. Head on over and have a look. Have Fun, Jeff

My first article received such good feedback that I decided to make a sequel, and here it is. Photographs are one of the most powerful marketing tools that a business can use to grab a prospective client’s attention. They allow a business to present a strong message to customers that no other media is able [...]

Hi Everyone, Want to know how to make a complex mask to improve those images that need some help? Then head on over to NatureScapes.net and read my article “Making a Complex Photo Mask with a Pen Tablet.” Have Fun, Jeff

Photographs provide a business with limitless ways to promote themselves, both to customers and the community. Let your imagination go wild when it comes to creative ways to use photographs to make your business a success. The following list contains both more common uses, that are very successful, and ways to use photographs that are [...]

Now it’s time to make the final adjustments. As before, the adjustments you need to make will vary with each image. These adjustments can be very time-consuming, depending on the image and how the image will be used. Making an image for a blog post, like I did here, took me about an hour. To [...]

Shooting in nature can be an amazing thing, but the weather doesn’t always cooperate. I recently took three trips to the Flagstaff, Arizona area to photograph the Aspens changing color, and experienced this challenge first hand. On my first trip I had some blue skies, but spent most of the day dealing with storm clouds, [...]