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June 24, 2020 - Last week, I noticed several of these plants growing along a creek that I often walk by. I believe that this is called a...

June 05, 2017 - I was anxious to photograph something, so I desperately looked for a subject in my front yard! I came across an ordinary...

May 28, 2017 - Over the past few days, I've been playing with my macro lens. While walking around the neighborhood, I spotted some subj...

April 18, 2017 - Last month, I visited the Tropic World exhibit at the Brookfield Zoo to capture some pictures of the orangutans. Below...

April 08, 2015 - I had the itch to photograph something the other day. But, I was having trouble identifying an interesting subject. Whi...

February 10, 2015 - Most times when I visit Tropic World at the Brookfield Zoo, I use my Better Beamer flash extender to photograph various...

October 20, 2014 - Whenever possible, I use a tripod to secure my camera and lens. A major benefit of using a tripod is to minimize camera...

March 28, 2014 - One of the most challenging subjects to photograph at the Brookfield Zoo, or anyplace else for that matter, is a Cotton-...

August 03, 2013 - Shooting portraits under hard, direct sunlight is generally not a good idea. Unfortunately, those are exactly the condit...

May 17, 2013 - Earlier this week, I captured a series of photographs of a female orangutan at the Brookfield Zoo. Although this animal...

January 26, 2013 - It's been a while since I've used flash units while shooting basketball. But, I get a lot of questions from photographer...

November 19, 2012 - Yesterday, I had the pleasure of capturing pictures of Jackson, my photogenic five year old cousin. Here are a few image...

October 06, 2012 - The blue poison frog is housed behind very thick glass in an exhibit at the Brookfield Zoo. A few days ago, I shared som...

October 04, 2012 - While visiting the Brookfield Zoo, I captured some photographs of the blue poison frogs. One challenge with taking pictu...

July 09, 2012 - It doesn't always take a fast shutter speed to freeze a moving subject. When a flash unit is the primary light source, o...