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5 Tips To Get Out There And Smell The Roses….
As we move to the summer, it’s fantastic to see the sun shining, feel the heat and be able to get outside into the great outdoors to make the most of the great world that we live in. I feel myself inspired by the spring flowers, and reinvigorated...
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Volleyball is a sport that is played throughout the world. Did you know that volleyball was invented, so to speak, in the United States? But, although this is true, the sport is now the second most popular...
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Black Bear Chase
Peddling as fast as my aching legs could move, I came to an abrupt stop. My shocked eyes followed the big black bear as it veered off the old brush road into the dark forest, just a few feet in front of me.
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For years people have been gardening in containers, mostly because they lacked space. For some it was because they lived in climates that wouldn’t allow them to grow year round. Container gardens afford you the option of planting outside until...
Tip: Better Outdoor Portraits
This is an easy technique I read about a long time ago, and it works really well. I use it a lot when shooting weddings and portraits.
Outdoor portraits can often end up with a washed-out and boring sky when you set your camera to correctly...
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Caught in the Camera Eye
Caught in the Camera Eye
By: Mike Clifford
a Production of:
HeartlandOutdoorsman.Com
I recently received an interesting question in a photography email group that I subscribe to, and felt compelled to share it with fellow Notebook readers.
It read basically like this: ?I am interested in knowing what purposes all of you feel photography serves. In other words, what place in your heart does photography fill??
A rather simple question at first glance- or so I thought.
As I began to sort out the reasons I enjoy photographing the outdoors, it occurred to me that the camera in itself is one of the most powerful tools we have at our disposal when it comes to preserving our country?s natural heritage.
The inspiration that photography provides in people makes it a medium unlike any other.
Whether you decide to share your works with friends and family or broadcast them far and wide, the fact remains that our natural areas are indeed being preserved in one way or another.
In researching for this article, I came across a fascinating story of the Gordon River in Tasmania. A photographer by the name of Peter Dombrovskis captured an image of what is known as ?Rock Island Bend? (Check out the ?Conservation Corner Online? forum on HeartlandOutdoorsmanCom for a glimpse of this remarkable photo, as it is truly amazing!). As the story goes, it was decided that a dam should be built to harness the power of the river, and public outcry quickly ensued. This one single frame became an important symbol of the fight to save the river, because it depicted the wild untamed beauty of this ecologically significant waterway and people instantly embraced it while coordinating their efforts.
Not everyone goes out with the camera to use it as a tool for conservation, obviously?but sometimes we overlook how important sharing these memories can be, and the residual benefits that often go unseen.
Remember the old adage ?Take only memories...Leave only footprints?? The next time you are out and about, the focus of this article will become much more evident while keeping that thought in mind.
For yet another reason to bring the camera along with you in your outdoors adventures, consider that it?s one of the best things you can have in your possession when scouting for future fishing ?hot spots? on our local rivers and streams.
Instead of feeling disgruntled in the middle of a major dry period, take advantage of the fact that the water levels are low.
By snapping photos of the shoreline habitat at this point, you can
look back on them during high water and you?ll know exactly where to pitch that perfect cast for those fish looking to get out of the current. The brushpiles, weedbeds and boulders are more than likely still there and you will now have the knowledge at hand to target them quickly and efficiently! Think about it.
Unfortunately, there are other obvious aspects of the outdoors that are not as pleasant for us to cherish as memories of our experience on any given day. The time may come when you happen upon circumstances that are likely to cause great harm to your favorite watershed, and your camera now becomes that all-important tool again in preserving it?albeit from a much different perspective that what we?ve already discussed here. Pollution, poaching, illegal dumping and a myriad of other illegal acts are perpetrated against our natural resources continually, as much as we hate to recognize them or to give them a second thought. In this case, you become the witness, while your camera produces the evidence, and many times you are the only person around that will ever see a specific event happening.
Let?s hope these occurrences are the exception rather than the norm in your travels, but keep it in the back of your mind that the opportunity exists to help bring resolution to the problem.
In getting back to the finer points of photographing the outdoors, be sure to visit HeartlandOutdoorsman.Com for your chance at some great prizes in the SPRING PHOTO CONTEST. Every photo posted among the various Photography Forums will automatically be entered and judged.
Need FREE hosting for your submittals? We can provide you with that as well.
As Spring brings a new awakening to ?all things wild? in our area, we look forward to viewing your submittals, as there are more than likely some remarkable shots in your camera as you read this!
As space is limited in an article of this sort, you can learn much more about capturing the great outdoors on film or in a digital format by reading the numerous articles on the website. Plenty of Tips and Tricks have been submitted by amateurs and professionals alike, so feel free to share your own or simply browse what others have written.
Until next time:
?Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.? ~Rainer Maria Rilke
About the Author
Mike is a passionate outdoorsman/photographer with one of the most comprehensive websites in America-
HeartlandOutdoorsman.Com
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