Nature Photography by Martin Ryer

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One of the best things about wildlife photography, is setting out with a plan, but ending up with something completely different. One May 25th, we were hoping to find Orca, we didn’t have any luck but we found some Eagles that were fishing up by Sonora Island. Thank you again to Nick Templeman and Yukon, #chiefwhalespotter for another great day filled with adventure. Be sure to visit Nick’s website to find out… Read More

Photographing Hummingbirds

Some tips on how to best manage, save and even export your Lightroom presets. If you’re like me, you’re not going to want to just trust “the cloud” when it comes to something as important as this: lightroompresets.com/…/17457404-backing-up-your-pretty-presets-for-lightroom

I continue to be amazed with the power of Lightroom. Equally as impressive is the new Lightroom Mobile App which allows for RAW image capture and processing on iOS 10.This in itself is a potential game changer and a sign of things to come. A friend of mine asked me to touch up some recent images taken of her daughter. Unfortunately the photographer didn’t save the RAW image files so all I… Read More

Okay, I could name names and provide visual references to surely justify this rant but out of respect for others I wont. Increasingly I am seeing images that are so heavily processed it’s utterly distasteful. Do manufactured sunbursts, stitched in skies and so forth really have a place in nature photography? I don’t think so! It’s a disservice to our natural environment and those that view these images. Sure, I use lightroom… Read More