Brenda Tharp and RMSP’s Callaway Gardens Workshop

Posted on December 17th, 2010 by Bob McGowan
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With over 25 years of photographic experience, long-time RMSP workshop leader, Brenda Tharp, is one of our most accomplished nature and fine art photographers & instructors. She’s back with us again in 2011 leading our Callaway Gardens: Georgia’s Springtime Palette workshop. I spent a few moments with Brenda in order to give our readers some insight to her [...]

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Macro Mating

Posted on November 11th, 2010 by Steve Russell
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I’m pretty sure Henri Cartier-Bresson didn’t have insect mating in mind when he coined the photographic term “decisive moment,” but I can’t think of a phrase that better describes these momentary opportunities that often happen by surprise.  More often than not catching insects mating at the decisive moment is just dumb luck, although it helps [...]

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Lights! Camera! Action!- Using a Ring Flash

Posted on September 10th, 2010 by Steve Russell
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In my last blog I had just begun to shoot bees hand holding my camera in natural light. This month I’ve experimented with my ring flash, shooting bees and bugs during the harsher mid-day light, and intentionally finding the most colorful natural backdrops possible. The result is that I’ve experienced a much higher shot-failure rate, [...]

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