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Where in the World #87

Posted on by Barrie Brewer
This was Challenge #86: And here’s the answer: Copyright © 2009 Barrie Brewer, Nikon D300, 18-200VR, 1/125s shutter, f/11 For this week’s answer, if you knew this photo was from Africa in Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park then you are winners – nice going! These two chairs are actually sitting on the roof of the Dawa … Continue reading "Where in the World #87"
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Super Zoom on Safari

Posted on by Scott Thomas
In 1998, a wannabe wildlife photographer’s dream came true when Disney’s Animal Kingdom opened. I’ve always wanted to bring a super zoom telephoto lens to this park and I did just that during Mousefest 2008. There were three specific locations at Animal Kingdom I wanted to try my super zoom lens, Nikon’s 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED … Continue reading "Super Zoom on Safari"
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Tam Tams of Congo

Posted on by Barrie Brewer
Copyright © 2008 Barrie Brewer, Nikon D50, 18-200VR, 1/400s shutter, f5 Here’s my Pic of the Week for street performers. I always love watching the drummers from Tam Tams of Congo, a percussion and dance group who perform in Disney’s Animal Kingdom. You’ll find them next to the Dawa Bar in Africa several times throughout … Continue reading "Tam Tams of Congo"
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Alpha Male Gorilla

Posted on by Scott Thomas
The Alpha Male Gorilla as seen from the Pangani Forest Exploration Trail.Nikon D70/80-200D, 1/60s, f/5.6, 400 ISO, +0.3 EV, 200mm Focal Length After disembarking from your Kilimanjaro Safari, I recommend taking the Pangani Forest Exploration Trail back to the African village of Harambe in Disney’s Animal Kingdom. From the trail, you may come face to … Continue reading "Alpha Male Gorilla"
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Backlighting

Posted on by Scott Thomas
Backlighting is light illuminating from behind the subject. This is very tough to correctly expose for and causes havoc with your camera’s light meter. If you are outdoors and the light source is the sun, the best way to meter for backlighting is to point your camera to one side of the sun or the … Continue reading "Backlighting"
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Frontlighting

Posted on by Scott Thomas
Almost as important as the amount of light for a photograph is the direction the light is coming from. In the next three weeks, I’ll show you how the direction of light effects your photographs. It doesn’t matter what kind of camera you use, light properties and direction remain the same. Frontlighting is light illuminating … Continue reading "Frontlighting"
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Photographic Innoventions: Kilimanjaro Safari Photo Tips

Posted on by Scott Thomas
I was reading about some photographers who came back from an African safari the other day. They listed the equipment they used the most. Cameras costing thousands of dollars, lenses in the 500 to 600mm range which cost, you guessed it, thousands more. It got me to thinking about how wonderful the Kilimanjaro Safari is … Continue reading "Photographic Innoventions: Kilimanjaro Safari Photo Tips"
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Photographic Innoventions: Disney Props

Posted on by Scott Thomas
The definition of a prop is something used in creating or enhancing a desired effect. The entire Walt Disney World resort is full of props. Some conspicuous and some not. I’m going to show you an example of each from Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The first prop is found in Chester & Hester’s Dino-Rama which is … Continue reading "Photographic Innoventions: Disney Props"
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Photographic Innoventions: Dialing in Digital Exposure

Posted on by Scott Thomas
Positive Exposure Compensation of +0.3 EV.© Scott Thomas Photography 2007Nikon D70/18-200VR, 1/50s, f5.6, 200 ISO Exposure Compensation allows you to adjust the exposure measured by the camera’s light meter and telling the camera to allow more light in (positive exposure compensation) or less light in (negative exposure compensation). On your digital SLR camera, look for … Continue reading "Photographic Innoventions: Dialing in Digital Exposure"
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Photographic Innoventions: Creative Uses of Aperture

Posted on by Scott Thomas
As we learned earlier, aperture is the size of the opening in the camera’s lens measured in f-stops. I know it sounds weird but the smaller the f-stop number the larger the opening. I want to show you today how you can take advantage of apertures to create outstanding photographs. Maximum Depth of Field or … Continue reading "Photographic Innoventions: Creative Uses of Aperture"
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