Steve Rubin Photography

 I'm always amazed when I see great wildlife photography.  When we watch any type of activity that highly accomplished people do, we always tend to say "that looks easy" (even though we know its not easy at all). Whether that be a great football player, a gymnast, or a magician. But what about wildlife photography.  It always seems to me that when I see other photographer's amazing wildlife shots I think the same. I assume (actually I don't but I'm sure many do) that they just wondered up to that animal, waited a minute,  and saw the animal do something interesting and take that single shot. If only it were THAT EASY!  Have you ever wondered off to an area where you may see a serious wildlife photographer working you'll hear his camera shooting rapid shot all the time. Of course we all know that's one of the secrets to capturing a great shot.  You know when you were getting ready to buy your first home your parents told you the secret to real estate, &

 When ever most people take photographs, they try not to take a picture directly into the sun. If you want even lighting on your subject you have the sun at your back. If you want dramatic lighting on your subject (and the sun is lower in the sky) you have the sun at your side.  If you do shoot into the sun usually you get what’s typically called “backlit” photos, with the subject being very dark almost always in shadow, a silhouette. That can be fine, it’s just a creative choice. However, sometimes you can make it even more interesting depending on the scene.  Have you ever seen the a photograph with the sun coming through and you see a “starburst” effect? Yes, there is software that does it (and I’ve used one of them in the past from Topaz on wedding rings so that the flash has a starburst).  But you can also make this happen right in camera.  Sorry, I’ve not found a way to control an IPhone to do this (no real control of the aperture that I’ve been able to find) but it can be done w