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5 Tips for Better Stream & Waterfall Photographs

by kbpadmn | Creativity, Digital Photography, How To, Landscape Photography, Vermont

I’m naturally drawn to water as a photographic subject.  In fact, if forced to choose only one subject to shoot for the remainder of my days I’d be hard pressed to find something I’d rather shoot.  Perhaps it’s the fly fisherman in me or perhaps the peace and calm...

Exacerbated Pixels: 5 Tips for Avoiding Them

by kbpadmn | Creativity, Digital Photography, How To, Landscape Photography, Vermont

I once listened to an interview with a film critic, or some such industry expert that described the newest spate of action films as a collection of “Exacerbated Pixels,” or EP for short.  Exacerbated Pixels, as the interviewee explained describes the over the top...

Color is in the Eye of the Beholder

by kbpadmn | Acadia National Park, Creativity, Digital Photography, How To, Landscape Photography

So, I’ve got this friend… No, really I do!  He’s real, not just made up.  Anyway, we’ve been shooting together for a long time, routinely critique each other’s comps in the field, and email images back and forth for feedback or just to brag a little.   Lately I’ve...

Best Images of 2017

by kbpadmn | Creativity, Digital Photography, Inspiration, Landscape Photography, Uncategorized, Workshops

Happy New Year! I can hardly believe it’s already 2018. I was hoping to get this post out before the end of the year but alas the holidays took over and you know what they say about the road to hell being paved with good intentions… Oh well, enough self...

Back Light: 5 Tips for Taming the Beast

by kbpadmn | Acadia National Park, Creativity, Digital Photography, Landscape Photography, Uncategorized

“Autumn Surprise,” Groton SF, Vermont,  Sony A7RII, 52mm f16 @ 1/50 ISO 100 As photographers we’re keenly aware of light every time we head out to shoot, or at least we should be!  There are few elements that can improve a photograph quicker than light, it...
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Kurt Budliger is a professional photographer and educator based in Vermont. His photographs and articles have appeared in numerous books, calendars and magazines and are routinely used by conservation organizations working to protect wild lands. His clients have included Outdoor Photographer, Popular Photography, National Geographic Adventure, Outside Magazine, Vermont Life Magazine, Eastern Fly Fishing, Patagonia, 1% for the Planet, Trout Unlimited, Trust for Public Land, The Nature Conservancy, and many more.

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