Stop Photographing Birds You Find
Finding a bird and finding a great photograph are two completely different things. Learn how light, backgrounds, food, behaviour and patience can help you anticipate better bird photographs before the bird even arrives.
Photographing Ecuador’s Andean Cock-of-the-rock: Worth the 4AM Alarm?
Photographing the Andean Cock-of-the-rock in Ecuador means an early alarm, dark cloud forest and challenging light. Here’s what I learned photographing one of South America’s most extraordinary birds — and why the 4AM start was completely worth it.