Another week of isolation outside of work means you get another photo of Mac. Moose Peterson has the Teddy Bear Exercise. It’s a no-right-answer test of how your camera responds to extreme tonal differences and finding where in that response you like the outcome the most. Moose uses his kids’ teddy bears. I have myContinue reading “Setting the Right Tone”
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Punched in the Gut
Work’s been busy, and the trip to Houston reminded me that it’d been far too long since I’d visited my home Denver Zoo. So, upon returning home, I grabbed the 400 and took a trip on a snow day. Boy was it worth it. I got an okay wild dog portrait. I got Lisu, theContinue reading “Punched in the Gut”
Natural Camo
One of the normal tricks to impactful zoo photography is hiding the stuff that people are used to seeing, generally the man-made structures. Because of that, you don’t always get the full impact of the animal in its environment. Well here’s a shout out to the Fort Worth Zoo for this killer habitat, filled toContinue reading “Natural Camo”
All the Things He Said
Had a friend from Washington visiting, and decided to take her to the Denver Zoo to do the Flamingo Encounter (by far my favorite Denver Zoo Up-Close Encounter). I’ve got some pictures from that, but the photo I wanted to share of the day was from watching this handsome boy pose for us and interactContinue reading “All the Things He Said”
Trilogy
I was going to just copy paste the lyrics from Emerson Lake and Palmer’s “Trilogy” here, but I’d forgotten how depressing they are.
Yuri! Yuri! Yuri!
Over on the instagram, I shared a picture from my trip to the Riverside Discovery Center in Scottsbluff of their Amur Tiger. It was a beautiful shot that made me utterly lament that I still hadn’t gotten one quite as good of my tigers at home at the Denver Zoo. Well last weekend, I tookContinue reading “Yuri! Yuri! Yuri!”
Knowing What to Expect
One of the first animals you might happen upon when entering Scottsbluff’s Riverside Discovery Center is this beautiful bobcat. Like all cats, every bobcat has their own personality, and on the day I visited this one wanted nothing but attention. It saw me coming, jumped from its perch, and came to rub up on theContinue reading “Knowing What to Expect”
The Rarest of the Rare
I’ve been to a good number of zoos. More than most, I’d venture to say, but not nearly as many as some. There are habitats at every zoo that are special. The animals that call them home have their own personalities, and those personalities include a general preference for seclusion. This is one of thoseContinue reading “The Rarest of the Rare”
What’s Wrong and What’s Right?
I keep this shot on my main portfolio page for the Omaha Zoo. And at very first glance, that might be a questionable decision. There’s a fair number of things that are “wrong” with this image. The out of focus fencepost in the back is a little distracting. Not all three of the cheetahs areContinue reading “What’s Wrong and What’s Right?”
Tobias in Green and White
Snow in May? Welcome to Denver. Tobias is Denver’s newest male lion, and he was recently introduced to the female pride as part of the Species Survival Plan. Spent a good hour hanging out at predator ridge with that group as the majority of the zoo had been closed down due to a pretty gnarlyContinue reading “Tobias in Green and White”
The Zootographer 