bird photography Archives

I’m sure that I’m not unique in the struggle to really define what might constitute my portfolio of photography. Over the years, I have captured tons and tons of images, the subject of which has varied tremendously; it ranges from lots of dog sport images from agility competitions, portraiture and human events, food photography, abstract images and lots of nature images.

As I’m starting to renew my effort to define what my portfolio might be, I’m taking a stab at my nature images first. These have great variation in them as well, as I tend to love landscapes, but also have a mix of animal images, some of which I still enjoy reviewing.

The image above is one of these. This headshot provides a sense of gravitas to this lovely puffin, as he appears to be considering the next discussion to have with one of his closest friends, many of whom are nearby.

There are still some technical issues with this image, as the pose and sunlight didn’t line up perfectly in the way I would have preferred (these puffins didn’t pay much attention to my requests); so I still see some future editing to improve the overall look, but in the mean time, I still like this little fella.

I’m curious what struggles other photographers have in defining their profile and how they tend to tackle these demons.

Do you ever have one of those moments when something happens that leads you to believe the Universe isn’t such a bad place after all? For some unfathomable reason this tends to happen to me on a regular, although unpredictable, basis.

During our recent vacation cruise with Viking from Amsterdam to Basel, there was such a moment. Imagine being moored (Kehl, Germany) and sitting down for breakfast on a lovely morning, when you’ve decided to just take it easy (it’s a vacation, after all). As breakfast is served you look out the window to see this…

Clearly there’s good fishing (or frogging) when there’s a boat next to the bank of the river, as this grey heron knows what they are doing. He stood there for several minutes, moving just a bit from time to time looking for a meal.

I felt lucky to capture this moment, as a number of coincidences had to coalesce to create this part of space-time. The heron had to pick the spot on the river bank right next to our window. As we were facing easterly, the morning sun reflected off the window to create reflected lighting that most photographers have to learn to create with often expensive equipment. I appreciate moments such as these!

This photo was captured with an iPhone 13 Pro Max and processed using Skylum’s Luminar AI software and Adobe Photoshop.