One of the keys of successful outdoor photography is planning. While many great shots have been made simply by ending up in a good spot by chance, and then having a great composition catch your eye, for many types of shoots, especially with landscapes, prior planning can make the difference between coming back with a…
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Capturing the Postcard Photo
With Cologne’s great cathedral stretching high into the sky, any shot that represents the city typically features this well-known (and quite beautiful) landmark. There is, however, one spot where the ‘quintessential’ photo of Cologne is typically made: across the river to the left of the bridge at sunset. There have been tens of thousands of…
Alone in the Great Cathedral
Just a quick post with one of my favorite personal pictures from yesterday here in Cologne. On the way back to my hotel, I popped my head in the giant Cologne Cathedral, which I have visited several times in my life, but I’d never been inside at night. I managed to snag this capture. I…
Early Morning Skyline
Last Thursday, I had an early meeting, and decided to wake up a bit earlier and take some shots of the Columbus skyline in the pre-dawn morning. I’d been meaning for some time to try some shots from this vantage point, which is up near a bridge over the highway, to get some trails of the…
Fallsville Falls
Last week, I came upon a waterfall that is remotely located in southwest Ohio. The falls are somewhat pointedly named “Fallsville Falls,” after the now non-existent town of Fallsville, that I’m sure was originally named after the waterfall, so there’s some circular naming going on. It’s really in the middle of nowhere, and no signs…
Star Trails and the Milky Way
I’m not much of a star photos guy. At least, I haven’t been in the past. Not because I don’t enjoy seeing super late night images with the stars gleaming, but because I live near a fairly large city, and light pollution makes capturing images of the stars problematic. It requires a drive a good…
Long Daytime Exposures
There are many ways to add a creative element to your images, and one thing that you may wish to explore is adding time as an element in your photos. You may know about taking long exposures in dim light or at night to get low noise high quality images in dark situations, but…
A Trip to the Hollow
I had a day off from work this week, and chose to get up before the break of dawn to head down to one of my favorite areas in Ohio, the Hocking Hills area, where there are plenty of gorges and waterfalls and other lovely natural sites. This time, I went to Conkle’s Hollow, which…