Browsing Category "General"

By Kurt Budliger | Jan 5, 2012
Posted in: General, Inspiration, Landscape Photography, Vermont |

Just Do It!

I don’t have any New Year’s Resolutions or great epiphany to share at the close of 2011 and I’m about to celebrate (if you can call it that) my 42nd birthday on Monday. Don’t worry, I’ll include my shipping address below so you can send gifts. That means I grew up in the ‘80s and am a Gen X’er (whatever the hell that means). I watched Dukes of Hazard on [...]

By Ian Plant | Jan 3, 2012
Posted in: Death Valley, General |

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Happy New Year!

Hi everyone, and Happy New Year! I have a few quick announcements. First, I’ve started off the new year with a website redesign. I’ve tried to make the new site more of a personal artistic statement. I’ve also focused my collection of images to include only my very best and personal favorite work. I’m still tweaking a few things here and there but the new look is more or less [...]

By Ian Plant | Jan 1, 2012
Posted in: General |

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10 More Top New Year’s Resolutions

Last year I did my first Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions. I was really drunk when I wrote them, and as a result they ended up being pretty damn funny. Although they will be a tough act to follow, I’m kegstanding Absinthe right now—the same drink that induced Van Gogh to hack off his ear—so I feel the funny coming on real hard. Here goes . . . 1. Perform random acts of kindness. [...]

By Ian Plant | Dec 25, 2011
Posted in: General |

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all! I hope this holiday season finds you all happy and healthy. My warmest wishes and regards, and a hearty thank you for all of your support!

By Kurt Budliger | Dec 22, 2011
Posted in: General, Inspiration, New Hampshire, Tech Tips |

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How Photography is like Tequila

For some they both can be an acquired taste, a little bitter at first but after a while starts to get easier to swallow. Just think about the first time you tried to shoot an epic sunset and came home with nothing but washed out skies or blocked up foreground details. I don’t think I need to remind you about the first time you drank tequila, or maybe someone does? [...]

Want Your Images to Look Different? (part 2)

By Kurt Budliger | Dec 12, 2011
Posted in: Acadia National Park, Creativity, General, Tech Tips |

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Want Your Images to Look Different? (part 2)

In part one of this series I offered 5 strategies for jumpstarting your creative juices and beginning the journey toward creating unique or different images. Part one can be found here and is probably worth reading in conjunction with this post. 6) Incorporate motion. Many of the techniques we’ve learned as nature photographers have been geared toward maximizing sharpness in our images. We use tripods, small apertures for depth of field, [...]

Want Your Images to Look Different? (part 1)

By Kurt Budliger | Dec 5, 2011
Posted in: Creativity, General, Tech Tips, Vermont |

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Want Your Images to Look Different? (part 1)

Then photograph differently! I don’t mean to be glib, especially since this is my introductory post to the Dreamscapes Blog (give me a couple of more posts and believe me I can be glib) but it’s really true. We’ve all no doubt heard the famous Albert Einstein quote about the definition of insanity: something like doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Simply put, if [...]

By Ian Plant | Dec 2, 2011
Posted in: Featured, General |

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Guest Bloggers

As you can probably guess, I’m spread a bit thin lately. Between my blog, the Outdoor Photographer magazine blog, magazine articles, my ebooks and video tutorials, workshops, and my day-to-day travel and shooting schedule, I feel like butter scraped over too much bread. I’m finding it hard to keep up with this blog’s three-prong mission of education, inspiration, and entertainment in the art of nature photography. In order to provide a better experience for you, the reader, I’ve [...]

By Ian Plant | Dec 1, 2011
Posted in: General |

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Holiday Sale and Gift Guide for Nature Photographers

Looking for the ultimate gift for your favorite photographer? Or are you looking for the ultimate gift for yourself? Look no further! Here’s a list of some of my favorite photo equipment and related stuff. And while it may be true that gear won’t make you any better as a photographer, acquiring new toys is always fun! I’ve broken this into two categories: Education and Gear. Education: Looking to learn more about [...]

By Ian Plant | Nov 28, 2011
Posted in: General |

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A Week in the Life: Glacier Bay Day 6

The story continues from A Week in the Life: Glacier Bay Day 5 . . . Although there is a persistent light drizzle overnight, I awaken dry and comfortable, my first decent night sleep in almost a week. I crawl out of the warmth of my sleeping bag, dress, and exit my tent, only to find that everything is covered in heavy fog. Normally, fog wouldn’t present much of a problem, but [...]

By Ian Plant | Nov 24, 2011
Posted in: General |

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Okay, I don’t have any photos of turkeys so another bird will have to do. Just imagine it slathered in gravy and cranberry sauce. Yum! Or, for our vegetarian readers, imagine a tofu substitute slathered in faux gravy and cranberry sauce. Mmmm, sounds delicious. Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving!

By Ian Plant | Oct 31, 2011
Posted in: General |

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Happy Halloween!

To commemorate the spookiest of holidays (and therefore the best), I’ve picked the scariest image I have ever taken: this photo of a giant mutant man-eating praying mantis. I hope it terrifies you. Happy Halloween!

By Ian Plant | Oct 26, 2011
Posted in: Alaska, Bears, General |

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Please Bear With Me . . .

Over the next few weeks I’ll be making some changes to my blog and website. Overall I am trying to enhance the user experience and give the site a fresh new look. I’ve got a few other exciting things that I will announce in due course. I should be able to keep operations running smoothly, but just in case, please “bear” with me as I get these revisions complete. Pardon [...]

By Ian Plant | May 8, 2011
Posted in: General |

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Love Your Mother

On this Mother’s Day, it seems appropriate to write something about the virtue of loving your mother—Mother Nature, that is. I sometimes ask myself why I do what I do. The answer, always, is simple: I love nature, and I couldn’t imagine a life without it. I suspect that all nature photographers more or less feel the same way. It is this common love for nature that unites us, overwhelming the everyday frivolous divides [...]