I’m Daniel Long and I hope you enjoy my photos!
How can a photographer make a living in 2021? I’ve written a 3 part series looking at the revenue streams available to photographers. This second part is all about selling your photography knowledge and products. One of the best ways to earn an income in photography is to teach others through workshops or online courses. And a great income stream is products such as prints and books.
How can a photographer make a living in 2021? I’ve written a 3 part series looking at the revenue streams available to photographers. This first part is all about selling your photography for specific purposes: commissioned work, licensing and stock, press and editorial, and magazine work.
Are you stuck with your photography? Experiencing a block preventing you from creating images? Could it be Photography Block? I’ve been there several times and it can be quite difficult to work through, but the solution is actually quite simple…
Have you tried shooting in JPEG? I always recommend that you should shoot in RAW but there are some advantages to shooting in JPEG. When we used to shoot film, a lot of factors that determined the look of an image were chosen by the chosen film, JPEG has the same effect in digital cameras….
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…
My attempt at Nigel Danson’s edit my RAW files challenge. A few months ago, Nigel gave a challenge for everyone to download and edit a selection of 3 RAW files that he had taken. It was an interesting experiment into how editing is a part of the creative process for photography. Here are my versions of his images…
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.
What’s in my bag? Everything I carry when I go out for a landscape 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, lenses and filters to first aid kit and wellies.
What 3 Essential Items Every Landscape Photographer Needs to get amazing shots? Can these 3 things improve your landscape photography and help you become a better photographer?
Planning landscape photography photo shoots can quite a gruelling task especially when conditions do not meet your expectations. A video made by Thomas Heaton examines this phenomenon and gives rise to a bit of advice: “don’t plan!” Considering some of my recent photography experiences, I wonder if this is the advice I’ve been looking for…
What is image stabilisation? What are the different image stabilisation modes on my lens for? Image stabilisation is a very useful tool developed by camera manufacturers to aid the photographer in getting a sharp, clear image. But how does IS actually work? And how do the different modes work in different situations?
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.
My Top 20 Landscape Photography TIps and Tricks that I use to enjoy a day of photography out in the wild. There are tips about the planning process, tips about what equipment to bring for landscape photography beyond conventional kit, and how not to get overwhelmed and enjoy your photography day. These landscape photography tips and tricks are meant to make it easier for you to enjoy photography!
‘Why do my pictures have a colour around the edges of object?’ This is a common question for those starting out in photography and it is caused by the phenomenon called Chromatic Aberration. But what is Chromatic Aberration? This simple guide explains the concept and will tell you how you can remove chromatic aberration from your images.
What does ICM mean? What is Intentional Camera Movement and why you should do it? A simple guide to Intentional Camera Movement in photography and how you can use it to create some amazing and interesting abstract landscape images. This article explains the technique of Intentional Camera Movement and the settings you should use…
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.
Is White Balance important? For that matter what is white balance? What are all the different white balance settings on a camera? And if you’re shooting in raw files does your white balance setting actually matter? A quick guide to white balance to answer all of these questions!
RAW image file format is the type that every photographer recommends, but why? I give a quick explanation as to the pros and cons of both raw and JPEG file formats and why you should be using RAW right now!
