A few months ago, I added a camera review module to The Lens Flare, and people have been adding their comments about various cameras, software, and other important equipment.  Canon, one of the most popular camera brands used on TLF, is well represented.  There are over 25 different cameras and lenses now listed on the […]

As a follow up to my previous article titled, Nature Photography Equipment, I asked some other nature photographers what equipment they carry when out in the field.
Ned Levi, a professional photographer from Philadelphia, gave me permission to quote him and had this to say:
I’ll tell you a little of what I carry for my nature […]

Most people resort to using a flash when shooting pictures indoors because there isn’t enough light to expose the image properly.  Using the built-in flash will severely decrease the quality of your image. It will cast harsh direct light, which will throw dark shadows on and behind your subject and potentially cause problems such as […]

For under $2000, the serious amateur to semi-professional digital nature and wildlife photographer can get a great DSLR Nikon D80 and a range of lenses from super wide angle to super telephoto or 10mm to 300mm (15mm to 450mm 35mm film equivalent or from about 4 times wider to 9 times closer than the normal […]

Sigma’s 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX DC HSM lens allows enjoyment of super wide-angle photography and it is a very powerful tool for indoor shooting, landscape, and nature photography with APS-C size image sensors of digital SLR cameras. The wide angle of view ranges between 102.4-degrees at 10mm and 63.8-degrees at 20mm, which offers the photographer greater […]