I’m Daniel Long and I hope you enjoy my photos!
All tagged wildlife photography
What’s in my bag? Everything I carry when I go out for a wildlife photography photo shoot and why you should carry some of this as well. Personally I believe you should be well prepared and think about safety, as well as being able to get some great photos, so this list includes everything from cameras and lenses to first aid kit and wellies.
I’ve had some good experiences photographing pine martens on the Black Isle in Scotland and this is a brief guide to what you can expect using James Roddie’s pine marten hide. Pine marten photography can be incredibly challenging but when you manage to get an image, it makes all the waiting worthwhile…
The good, the bad and the ugly of 2020, everything that I’ve managed to accomplish throughout this rather turbulent year in landscape and wildlife photography. A retrospective of my favourite images that I managed to capture through a rather difficult year for everyone. I managed to accomplish a lot more than I realised despite what’s going on in the world.
After 15 hours sitting a hide and watching ospreys dive, I managed to capture this amazing image of a wonderful bird. Back lit and in black and white, truly dramatic and a wonderful osprey image. This is the story of how I managed to take that image.
I simple introduction to wildlife photography. I talk about my experiences of how I became interested in wildlife photography. There’s some advice on equipment for wildlife photography. What settings you should be using for wildlife photography and your first wildlife photography project: how to photograph garden birds. A little bit of everything.
A winter’s day of wildlife photography, trying to find the elusive ptarmigan on Cairngorm mountain and eventually encountering a mountain hare in its winter pelage. A hard day with a great reward, this is the tale of one of my favourite mountain hare pictures that I have captured.
A photography challenge for you to convert your images to monochrome! Look at some example images of mine and why I converted them to black and white. What does monochrome do for your pictures, why not have a go and convert some!
The fourth and final part of my adventure exploring the Northern Isles. In this article I recount my time on the Orkney Isles, exploring Mainland Orkney and the island of Hoy. I struggle with the weather but still manage to get a few images. A wonderful time for landscape photography.
The third part of my adventures on the isles Shetland and Orkney in July 2018. After finishing my tour with Shetland Nature, I continued to explore Shetland, going to places that we had missed during our tour. My main pursuit was landscape images, but if a wildlife opportunity presented itself, I certainly would get some images.
The second part of the chronicle of my adventures on the isles Shetland and Orkney in July 2018. I continue to talk about my week tour with Shetland Nature and our adventure trying to get otter images and other wildlife endemic to the Northern Isles. A wonderful experience in the rugged Islands halfway between Norway and Scotland.
The first part of my chronicle of my adventures on the isles Shetland and Orkney in July 2018. I talk about my first week on tour with Shetland Nature, capturing images of various wildlife endemic to the Northern Isles. An epic journey across the most northern part of the United Kingdom.
I discuss the topic of whether the photography industry is dead. A quick look at how things used to be and the possibilities of today. Spoiler alert: I don’t think it is dead, but it has evolved from what it used to be. Have a read to see my thoughts and I would love to hear your opinion!
An introduction to 5 of the best photographers that are based in the Cairngorms National Park. They each offer services and tours for you to better improve your photography, while getting to explore a rare beautiful area in the UK. Their work is inspiring and I hope that it inspires you also!
Quick guide to back button focusing. What is it, why you need it and how to set it on your canon camera. As soon as you change to back button focusing you will soon find it a lot easier to not shift your focus by accident and it will become so habitual you will wonder why you weren’t using it before!
