Column: Picture This!

Tagged: tree-of-life

Tourist in the Wild at Animal Kingdom

Posted on by Lisa Berton
Animal Kingdom has animals and the king of the jungle, who doesn’t reside on the Maharajah Jungle Trek. Wait, who rules this kingdom? I think too much. Yeah, we’ll just move on to the Disney Pic of the Week – Animal Kingdom. Here he is, a specimen of tourists who come from far and wide … Continue reading "Tourist in the Wild at Animal Kingdom"
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How to Create Travel Magazine Photos at Walt Disney World

Posted on by Scott Thomas
When you use Auto mode with a digital SLR camera, the programing in the camera will do its best to give you a “good” exposure. Even in Program mode if you do not understand how to use it, the camera will give you a “good” exposure. I put good in quotes because, while you will … Continue reading "How to Create Travel Magazine Photos at Walt Disney World"
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Including Guests in Walt Disney World Photography

Posted on by Scott Thomas
Continuing our tips for photographing in busy tourist attractions using Walt Disney World examples. When the parks are full of people, and it is a rare day when they are not these days, I just include them in the composition. People help to tell the story and add scale to whatever surrounds them. Watching the … Continue reading "Including Guests in Walt Disney World Photography"
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Where in the World #243

Posted on by Erin Blackwell
To all who come to this photo trivia game, Welcome! Along the way, the photos can make us relive memories and see details Walt’s Imagineers put into everything we love in Walt Disney World! Jeremy Mccaffrey, your Aunt Patti feels bad she got your answer in too late for last week’s challenge, especially when you … Continue reading "Where in the World #243"
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Animal Kingdom’s Silent Owl

Posted on by Lisa Berton
Birds with gorgeous, colorful feathers can be found at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. They star in the show Flights of Wonder, they fly and waddle through the Maharajah Jungle Trek aviary, and sit atop branches and man-made perches along the Discovery Island Trails and The Oasis. As we salute Donald’s distant cousins, I’d like to point … Continue reading "Animal Kingdom’s Silent Owl"
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Photographing Walt Disney World

Posted on by Scott Thomas
Disney fans photographing around the Tree of Life.Nikon D70/18-200VR, 1/20s, f/5.3, ISO 200, EV +0.3, 95mm focal length. Scott is at Walt Disney World this week and hanging out with a fun bunch of people who love to photograph Disney parks as much as he does. You can follow Scott’s adventures from his Twitter account, … Continue reading "Photographing Walt Disney World"
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FX Disney World

Posted on by Scott Thomas
In keeping with our theme of creative processing this week, I want to share with you an app I was made aware of a few weeks ago. If you own an Apple computer, iPhone, iTouch or iPad/2. You might enjoy getting FX Photo Studio to quickly add one or more special effects to your photos. … Continue reading "FX Disney World"
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Animal Portraits

Posted on by Scott Thomas
In the past I have shown you a portrait of a Wood Stork but I never went into details as to how to make a good animal portrait. The principles are the same as a good human portrait. Good lighting, good background, sharp focus, fill the frame (or crop after) and good exposure. In most … Continue reading "Animal Portraits"
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Same Place, Different Time

Posted on by Lisa Berton
We’re all aware that the Earth rotates around the Sun causing variations in lighting throughout the course of a calendar day. The magic time that creates golden glows happens twice but not in the same place. When the sun first appears in the morning and then again roughly an hour – an hour and a … Continue reading "Same Place, Different Time"
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September Disney Calendar

Posted on by Barrie Brewer
I just love the Tree of Life at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. What an amazing collection of sculptures. I think it’s especially spectacular at night. I hope you enjoy this month’s calendar as much as I do. You will need to have Adobe Reader on your computer to download the calendar(s). Just click on the photo … Continue reading "September Disney Calendar"
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