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Pack Up Your Kids When You Travel

As a dad who traveled with his son (since he was three years old), and as a travel photographer, dads-to-be and new dads often ask me the following questions: "What was it like traveling with your son? Did traveling with a kid slow you down?...

Rick’s Top Five Big Cat Photo Tips

Adventurous travelers can photograph in-the-wild big cats in several locations around the world – Kenya, Botswana, Tanzania and India perhaps being the most popular. In this column I'll share with you some of my favorite in-the-wild photographs of big cats, along with some tips for...

Rick’s Top Sunrise/Sunset Photo Tips

Photography is an important part of adventure travel, and for many travelers, experiencing and photographing sunrises and sunsets is often a high point of an adventure. In this column I'll share with you some of my favorite sunrise and sunset photographs along with tips you...

Conquer Composition on Your Next Adventure, Part Three

Composition is one of the key elements in making a good photograph. Add a good exposure and a good subject to a well-composed image, and you have a good photograph! I this two-part column I’ll cover some of the basic rules of composition. In reading the...

Blastoff at Bosque Del Apache

Each November and December, photographers and bird-lovers from around the world travel to Bosque Del Apache, New Mexico, to photograph and experience the world-famous “blastoff.” Each morning, around 7 am, thousands of snow geese and sandhill cranes take off in a fast-paced flurry . ....