On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, I took four other photographers to the Rockport-Fulton area of the Texas coast to photograph endangered whooping cranes on their wintering grounds at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. It’s been a tough winter for the birds, even though there is a record number (over 300) of them in...
Blue Jays, Whooping Cranes and more… Since my last newsletter, the whooping crane instructional photo tour has filled and we need two or three more photographers for a second tour on Thursday and Friday, January 12-13. If you can go, give me a call or email.MORE Young Whooping Crane feeding in marsh at Aransas National...
The Stars at Night are Big and Bright… posted by lditto at Larry Ditto Nature Photography – 2 weeks ago In early November, I spent a week photographing in the Davis Mountains. The Montezuma and Gambel’s quail were among my priority subjects, but I wanted to get other wildlife, landscapes, and star trails, Number...
Hummingbirds &Backyard Migrants posted by lditto at Larry Ditto Nature Photography - This is my first newsletter in several weeks. I’ve been putting some shots on Facebook but I just got lazy with the newsletter. Now that migrating songbirds are passing through, I thought you might want to see what we’ve been seeing at the birdbath. Hummingbirds are more abundant...
Taking Advantage of Tough Lighting Situations We averaged about 101 degrees in McAllen this week; so we were one of the cooler spots in the state, but it was still too hot to get out much. Last Saturday, Paul Denman and I went to Corpus Christi to do a seminar for photographers participating in the Coastal Bend Wildlife Photo Contest. Then on...
Dealing with the Summer Heat! Photographers, the hummingbird photography workshop begins in seven weeks? Did you know this is going to be a great opportunity for you to get some of the best bird photographs you could ever hope for? Three slots are open and will be filled on a first come, first served basis. When I...
Black-chinned Hummingbird male at Turk’s cap flower. In less than 90 days, I will be hosting a hummingbird photography workshop at the Barnhart Ranch and Nature Retreat between Beeville and Goliad, Texas. Last fall, hummers were swarming at the ranch in late September, so we are counting on a repeat performance. If you haven’t done hummingbirds...
April has been a busy one. I just got back from doing several workshops at FeatherFest in Galveston, then I spent three days guiding on the Santa Clara Ranch, and next week I’m off to South Padre Island for a spring migrant birds instructional photo tour. Immediately after that workshop, I will be leading a workshop on the...
NANPA Came and Went Green Jay landing on feeder beside flowers Last week, McAllen hosted the North American Nature Photography Association’s annual Summit. It was a great opportunity to learn more about photography and to see the work of some great photographers. It’s funny though, that those of us who live here think we do a great job...
Spring is Workshop Season Spring wasn’t slow arriving in south Texas…one week we were in the 30s and the next week temperatures shot all the way up into the mid-90s. Green leaves are popping out all over the place. All this warmth reminds me it is Photo Tour/Workshop season again. Next week, the North American Nature Photography Association will hold their annual...
Shooting the Texas Tundra February 14, 2011 My wife and I spent last week trying to stay warm while visiting her mother in Wichita Falls, Texas. Being the tough guy that I am, I spent all day Wednesday photographing from Dottie’s garage with the door open, no heat, and facing into that cold north wind. About 2″ of snow fell the night...
Winter on the Texas Coast January 31, 2011 I made 6 trips for whooping cranes this month and had sunlight two mornings. The birds were always there, but the warm light of sunrise was missing. Those of you who were with me know what a big difference that made in bird activity and photo...
Happy New Year! January 1, 2011 I can’t believe 2011 is here already. The fall and early winter have flown by, and I didn’t get to do nearly as much photography as I’d hoped. I just spent most of the holidays editing and culling photo files. Still there are thousands of shots to be edited, labeled...
Block Creek Natural Area My latest instructional photography photo tour was to the Block Creek Natural Area near Comfort, Texas. I was joined there by 4 other photographers for the three day outing. Our hosts, Larry and Sharron Jay own the Turkey Hollow portion of the natural area where we enjoyed excellent accommodations and three great meals...
Eye to Eye Most of us don’t see “eye to eye” on everything, especially when it comes to photography. I look at several other blogs each week and try to pick out techniques and compositions that interest me. Eventually, I will try a lot of them on my own subjects and share the ones I...
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