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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
2 days ago1 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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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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Why Canon? A Hackberry Farm Nature Photography Video Workshop
In this video, I discuss what led me to choose Canon cameras over Nikon, OM Systems, Sony, or another brand.
Russell Graves
Dec 15, 20241 min read
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My Three Favorite Lenses - A Hackberry Farm Video Nature Photography Workshop
While there's a technical glitch at the first of this video, it still has a lot of good information.
Russell Graves
Dec 8, 20241 min read
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Song of the Open Road - A Hackberry Farm Nature Photography Workshop video
We love our guests at Hackberry Farm Photography Workshop.
Russell Graves
Dec 1, 20241 min read
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What Makes This Picture Memorable - A Hackberry Farm Photography Workshops Video Lesson
In another session of What Makes This Picture Memorable , I talk about another one of my early images that I think checked a lot of...
Russell Graves
Sep 22, 20241 min read
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Capturing Dynamic Images of People - September Webinar Replay
In this webinar, I share strategies for improving your photos of people in the outdoors.
Russell Graves
Sep 15, 20241 min read
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What Makes this Picture Memorable? A New Video Series
In this new series, I discuss some of my favorite images and the elements that make the images memorable. I'll break down the image, talk a
Russell Graves
Sep 1, 20241 min read
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August Webinar Replay #2 - a video photography workshop
In this webinar, I talk about composition and try to demystify some of the concepts surrounding photography's most enigmatic subjects.
Russell Graves
Aug 18, 20241 min read
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Picking the Picture - a practical guide to the first step in organizing your photos
I’ve heard this question often: How do you pick which image is good and which is not?
Russell Graves
Jul 28, 20241 min read
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How to Pack Your Gear for a Nature Photography Trip
The key to packing for a photography trip or a nature photography workshop (or any trip) is having a flexible process.
Russell Graves
Jul 21, 20241 min read
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Photographing Hummingbirds
While photographing hummingbirds can be a real technical endeavor, we just want to take pictures of hummingbirds.
Russell Graves
Jul 14, 20241 min read
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Lightroom Came out with a New Update…
Lightroom came out with a new update last week. In the update, Adobe introduced generative fill into the platform.
Russell Graves
May 26, 20241 min read
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Why your camera gets exposures wrong... and how you can fix it. A Hackberry Farm Video Photography Workshop
Cameras aren't infallible. In fact, in many scenarios in nature photography, your camera just can't figure out the exposure. In this video,
Russell Graves
May 5, 20241 min read
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