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My Three Favorite Lenses - Digging Deep into What I Use to Make Pictures - a Hackberry Farm Nature Photography video workshop
While there's a technical glitch at the first of this video, it still has a lot of good information. This video goes into detail about my three favorite lenses and why I choose to use them.
What's your favorite lens?
Russell Graves
Nov 161 min read
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Why Canon Cameras? A Hackberry Farm Nature Photography Workshops video
In this Hackberry Farm Nature Photography Workshops video, I discuss what led me to choose Canon cameras over Nikon, OM Systems, Sony, or another brand. As photographers, we often have a lot of decisions to make when it comes to choosing the right gear for us. The answer I give as to why I chose Canon may surprise you.
What compelled you to choose the kind of camera you chose?
Russell Graves
Oct 261 min read
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Clearing the Log Jam - A Hackberry Farm Nature Photography Workshops Webinar
For most of us, the ultimate photographic log jam happens when we get home from a shoot. It's easy and fun to go out and take a bunch of pictures, but it all comes crashing down when we get the images back home and it's time to process them.
That's the log jam.
Russell Graves
Oct 191 min read
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Three tips for Effective Wildlife Spotting - A Hackberry Farm Nature Photography video workshop
With wildlife photography, there are a ton of technical things you need to learn about the camera. Perhaps, however, the most important ski
Russell Graves
Sep 210 min read
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Getting Published as a Photographer - A Hackberry Farm Nature Photography Workshops Webinar
In this Hackberry Farm Nature Photography Workshops webinar, I'll take you step by step on what I do to get my images published.
Russell Graves
Sep 141 min read
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Fireflies - A Hackberry Farm Nature Photography video wprkshop
Fireflies are among the hardest critters in which to take good photos. With a little planning and some post-production magic, it's not as hard as you think it is.
Take a look at this video nature photography workshop and learn more.
Russell Graves
Aug 171 min read
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How I Photograph Dragonflies - a nature photography video workshop
Dragonflies are all around us and are fascinating insects in which to study. In reality, though, they can be a challenge to photograph. Check out this video to see the unconventional way that I used to photograph these incredible hunters.
Russell Graves
Aug 101 min read
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California Dreamin’
California Dreamin' on an awesome spring day. Check out this video to learn about some cool wildlife research going down in Texas.
Russell Graves
Aug 30 min read
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Road Trip Wildlife - a nature photography video workshop
Just getting in your vehicle and cruising around is often an excellent way to photograph wildlife. Animals get used to seeing vehicles, so you can often get close to them.
In this nature photography video workshop, we're way out in far West Texas in search of what we can find along the roadside.
Russell Graves
Jul 201 min read
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Panoramas - The Easy Way
Panoramas are a fun and thoughtful way of shooting landscape images.
Russell Graves
Jul 61 min read
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Composition Case Studies
In this webinar, we'll do a show and tell of sorts. We'll look at some images and break down the compositional elements of the...
Russell Graves
Jun 291 min read
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How to improve your Backgrounds in Wildlife (and any other kind of) Photography - A nature photography workshop video
When shooting pictures of wildlife, one important consideration is how the background looks. To get creamy and beautiful backgrounds only requires a couple of considerations.
In this Hackberry Farm Nature Photography workshop video, I discuss some practical things to think about when you are shooting images and trying to improve your backgrounds.
Russell Graves
Jun 151 min read
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My Approach to Photographing Hummingbirds - A Hackberry Farm Nature Photography Workshop video
If you have hummingbirds, you know exactly how cool they are. While I am a latecomer to the game, I absolutely love my hummingbirds and...
Russell Graves
Jun 81 min read
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The Mammal Calendar - A Hackberry Farm Nature Photography Workshops Webinar
Putting yourself in the right place at the right time is one of the crucial pieces of the wildlife photography puzzle. In this Hackberry Farm Nature Photography webinar, we'll discuss how understanding some basic biological facts about mammals can help you become a better photographer.
Russell Graves
Apr 201 min read
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How to do Panorama Photography the Easy Way - A Hackberry Farm Nature Photography Workshop video
Panoramas are a fun and thoughtful way of shooting landscape images. In this Hackberry Farm Nature Photography Workshop video I'll show you an easy method for capturing landscapes that may not fit the classical model.
Russell Graves
Apr 131 min read
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Bird Photography - Beyond the Basics A Hackberry Farm Nature Photography video Workshop
Good bird photography is deliberate. With a few simple techniques, you can put yourself in a position to take more dynamic bird photographs
Russell Graves
Mar 161 min read
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Use the Photography Tools in your Toolbag - A Hackberry Farm Nature Photography Workshop video
There are all kinds of photographic techniques you can use while you are in the field photographing wildlife.
Russell Graves
Mar 21 min read
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Making a Nature Photography Hotspot - how taking care of the small things leads to more opportunities for my workshop participants.
The conservation work at Hackberry Farm is a long-term process. For the past five years, I've been working on my conservation plan.
Russell Graves
Feb 91 min read
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3 Tips to Effective Wildlife Spotting: How to Become a Better Wildlife Photographer
With wildlife photography, there are a ton of technical things you need to learn about the camera.
Russell Graves
Feb 23 min read
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What Makes This Picture Memorable? A Hackberry Farm Nature Photography Workshop Video Lesson
In another session of What Makes This Picture Memorable, I talk about a recent image that I took and I love.
Russell Graves
Jan 121 min read
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