Nature Photography in Your Own Backyard

Nature Photography in Your Own Backyard by Kristel Schneider Nature Photography in your Backyard sounds easy but you still have to walk around and look for the right light, different angles and backgrounds to create an interesting image. Yesterday afternoon I decided to remove the dust from my Sigma 150mm macro lens. I noticed that lately I was stuck to my 300mm L 4.0…

A study of nature patterns

A study of nature patterns by Kristel Schneider During my photography workshops I always mention that to take an interesting photo requires certain skills.  A very important one is to have an eye for details, color and structure. A good exercise is to look at patterns and details in nature. You can go to a forest or in my case a mountain field with…

Spring Flower Photography

Dog’s tooth violet by Kristel Schneider Thanks to a tip from  Emmanuel Boitier I was lucky to find a rare spring flower called  Dog’s Tooth violet ( Erythronium dens-canis). After my last flower session on Spring Snowflakes I wanted to take soft focus images and try different things.  But the problem with this little flower is that they do not grow close together. To…

Interview with Jim Brandenburg (part 2)

Visions and Nature Photographers interview Jim Brandenburg by Kristel Schneider  The series of interviews with Nature Photographers is coming to an end and I thought with Jim Brandenburg I have a real Grand Finale.  Missed Interview with Jim Brandenburg (part 1), click here. Do you have any tips for Visions and Nature readers who would like to become   professional nature photographers? Nature photography is…

Abstract images via panning technique

Abstract images via panning technique by Kristel Schneider ‘To create interesting images of moving subjects requires some practice’ In my latest blog post I commented on Serge Deboffle’s exhibition entitled Art Animalier. Looking at what he showed at the Nature Photo Festival in Montier en Der made me look quite differently at the cranes gathering on Lac en Der. It’s quite renowned that November…