Welcome back to Through the Lens with Nick Leadley, our continuing series on wildlife photography. Read the rest of the series here, and see more of his work at Touch The Wild. A quiet spring morning in the woods of western Maine. Not long after the sun breaks the horizon, a rapid trill splits the […]
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Through the Lens with Nick Leadley: Seeing the Scene Within the Frame
Welcome back to Through the Lens with Nick Leadley, our continuing series on wildlife photography. Read the rest of the series here, and see more of his work at Touch The Wild. A fresh dusting of snow. Trees partially block the light of the sun. I’m in a landscape photography spot I have not been […]
Through the Lens with Nick Leadley: Winter Bird Photography
Welcome back to Through the Lens with Nick Leadley, our continuing series on wildlife photography. Read the rest of the series here, and see more of his work at Touch The Wild. The leaves are down. Temperatures are slowly dropping. Perhaps a light dusting of snow is covering the yard. Winter offers some great opportunities […]
Through the Lens with Nick Leadley: Photographing Birds in Flight
Welcome back to Through the Lens with Nick Leadley, our continuing series on wildlife photography. Read the rest of the series here, and see more of his work at Touch The Wild. Spring is here. That fact leads me to think about one thing: bird migration and the distances birds fly during migration. This led […]
Through the Lens with Nick Leadley: Self-Assignment
Welcome back to Through the Lens with Nick Leadley, our continuing series on wildlife photography. Read the rest of the series here, and see more of his work at Touch The Wild. Long-term assignments always make for interesting photographs. They reflect a nature and wildlife that photographers desire to create, produce meaningful photographs and learn […]
Through the Lens with Nick Leadley: A Little Soft Light
Welcome back to Through the Lens with Nick Leadley, our continuing series on wildlife photography. Read the rest of the series here, and see more of his work at Touch The Wild. Cloudy days never get me down. Actually, I look forward to them. Building on the last blog post for Maine Audubon, I’m going […]
Through the Lens with Nick Leadley: The Quality of Light
Light is the one constant all photographs have in stock and something all photographers must learn to work with, though the quality, color, and angle can change quickly. As photographers, how do we learn to evaluate light not only in terms of quality but our creative goals? The answer is simple � observation.
Through the Lens with Nick Leadley: Defining Your Vision
Welcome back to Through the Lens with Nick Leadley, our continuing series on wildlife photography. Read the rest of the series here, and see more of his work at Touch The Wild. The idea for this post came from an ordinary event: scheduling my annual eye exam. That got me thinking about vision. Not as […]
Andy’s Note: A Lovely Look at Loons on the Lake
The stars aligned for me the weekend of July 20. About 1,300 of you will recognize that date because you volunteer for Maine Audubon’s Annual Loon Count. Those of you who keep careful journals will recall it as a weekend with record high temperatures in the forecast. For me, it was marked on my calendar […]