Layered backgrounds are awesome WILD: Depth WILD Part Five - Depth: Your background isn't just the stuff behind the bird. It's half the photograph. Here's how to use it with intention. Shawn Thomas Photography • Photography Lessons
WILD: Level WILD Part Four - Level: Getting eye level with your subject is the simplest concept in wildlife photography and sometimes the hardest to actually do. Here's why it changes everything. Shawn Thomas Photography • Photography Lessons
WILD: Illuminate WILD Part Three - Illuminate: Wildlife photography gives you something landscape and portrait can't, a constantly shifting relationship between you, your subject, and the light. Here's how to use that to your advantage. Shawn Thomas Photography • Photography Lessons
WILD: Watch WILD: Watching isn't about patience. It's about curiosity. Here's how learning to read animal behavior will change what you come home with. Shawn Thomas Photography • Photography Lessons
A Macro morning Adventure A wildlife photographer's deep dive into the tiny world! I swapped my telephoto for a 105mm macro to shoot frogs and spiders. Macro gives you creative control over light that big-glass shooting doesn't. My secret? A simple AK diffuser. Plus, a bonus hummingbird shot using the macro lens! Shawn Thomas Photography • macro
Chasing Puffins in the Fog: A Lesson in Letting Go Six months of planning led me to a fog‑shrouded island and a day that didn’t go as planned. This is the story of finding beauty in the unexpected — and the shots I almost left behind. Shawn Thomas Photography • Photographic Adventures
