Cervidae – The Zootographer

Focus on What Matters

The above isn’t a picture I’d normally share outside of instagram. Seen from a distance at web resolution, it looks like a real nice photo. Seen properly, it’s obvious that the camera hit focus on the back leg rather than the face. Great pose, great light, bad photo. This photo isn’t focused on what’s important.Continue reading “Focus on What Matters”

The First Shot is Always the Best

Buy a print. If you’ve been shooting photos for even a brief amount of time, you probably remember the joy of seeing your first shot. Maybe you got a new DSLR or new lens and you remember the joy of the first shot you took with that new bit of equipment. Maybe you met aContinue reading “The First Shot is Always the Best”

It’s a Frame Job

Buy a Print. Was driving through Arsenal, late evening, very overcast. Dark enough that we’re looking at f/2.8 at 8000 iso. I catch mama and bebe to my right through the passenger window. I turn around to get them on the good side. Mama knows what’s up; some looky-loo with a big lens wanting toContinue reading “It’s a Frame Job”

A Day That Shouldn’t Have Been

Buy a print here. My trip to Arsenal today had no right to be as good as it was. I had planned on an early trip to the Denver Zoo, but a late night at work left me sleeping in until 1400. Woke up, had some breakfast, and decided to go to the Rocky MountainContinue reading “A Day That Shouldn’t Have Been”

Hip to be Square

Buy a print here. This was luck and not luck. Luck was baby jumping out of the grass whilst I was making pictures of mom. Not luck was getting one sharp shot in the 3/4 of a second I had before baby ran behind my car. 8 fps on the d700 with the battery grip,Continue reading “Hip to be Square”