tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11845344455665673522024-03-04T00:20:15.033-05:00NSL Photography BlogThis Blog discusses photography in light of the growth travel brings to each of us. It discusses, the planning, hows, and problems of travel in general, locations, culture and opportunities for meaningful travel photography experiences, offers concrete discussions, tips and ideas to enhance travel.Ned S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.comBlogger420125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184534445566567352.post-40676532746569609402023-05-29T06:00:00.008-04:002023-05-29T06:00:00.154-04:00Memorial Day: more than a long holiday weekendToday is Memorial Day. For many, it's merely the end of a long holiday weekend. For others, it's a time of reflection and an opportunity to say thank you to the men and women who have fought to protect us.
Living in Philadelphia, America's birthplace, I am surrounded by history, landmarks, monuments, and many important places well described in our history books. While you're reading my column Ned S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184534445566567352.post-34644502512009457712022-01-04T06:00:00.003-05:002022-01-04T06:00:00.193-05:00Happy New Year 2022 - Update your copyright notice!I hope it's a happy and healthy year for you!
Welcome to 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic is seeing unprecedented infection rates and among the unvaccinated extremely high levels of hospitalizations, ventilator usage and deaths. If you've been following my articles and columns in various publications, especially at Travelers United, you know I've had little time to write about much else, during the Ned S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184534445566567352.post-22875493208249469472021-12-28T06:00:00.002-05:002021-12-28T09:20:01.189-05:00Photographing fireworks on New Years in cold climatesNew Years comes this Saturday, and with it, across much of the U.S. like across much of the globe, that means fireworks displays. In much of the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia, that also means cold weather.
Photographing fireworks takes planning and knowledge at anytime, but cold weather makes photographing fireworks even more challenging as we have to contend with both the cold which will sap theNed S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184534445566567352.post-18005316273351751982021-12-07T00:23:00.001-05:002021-12-07T00:24:13.230-05:00Beware: a new study shows that tobacco smoke and vaping aerosols kill eye cellsA new study shows that smoking potentially damages the eyes more than anyone thought, as smoking can kill the eye's corneal cells.
Tobacco use has been scientifically linked as a cause of heart disease, stroke, chronic pulmonary disease and lung cancer. The data on smoking and those diseases is undeniable. The deadly health effects of tobacco have been well known since 1964, when Luther L. Terry,Ned S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184534445566567352.post-75303842866507323312021-11-09T12:21:00.000-05:002021-11-09T12:21:29.912-05:00If you're in the U.S., did you reset your clocks to standard time, but forgot to reset your camera's clock?
If your location in the U.S. changed from Daylight Time to Standard Time this past Sunday, you need to remember to change the clock in your cameras too. If you didn't remember, you can change it today.
To change your camera's clock to Standard Time, set it back one hour, or if it has a Daylight Time adjustment, turn it off.
On Sunday, November 7, 2021, most, but not all of the U.S. switched Ned S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184534445566567352.post-33709423902080212902021-09-30T02:50:00.000-04:002021-09-30T02:50:00.201-04:00Making great fall foliage images: surprising tips for successToo often when photographers think about fall foliage photographs, they're guilty of target fixation.They're
only thinking of photographing fall foliage colors in rolling hills,
vast fields and grasslands, solely in rural areas or parks, in bright
sunlight and blue skies. While no one can deny that fall foliage images
in those areas and conditions can be magnificent, there are many other
Ned S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184534445566567352.post-74123446344610216332021-09-09T01:00:00.001-04:002021-09-09T01:14:23.978-04:00A guide for group wildlife walks and hikes to increase everyone's enjoymentWhile there are times that photographing wildlife is a solitary activity, personally I also love photographing wildlife on walks and hikes with friends, or on organized bird, butterfly, plant or wildflower walks or on a wildlife photowalk. They're all great ways of seeing wildlife in action in the natural world. They give me a chance to capture images and videos of living nature while in great Ned S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184534445566567352.post-77954767857978940292021-06-30T06:00:00.003-04:002021-07-01T14:40:27.686-04:0016 Easy ways to give your Independence Day fireworks photos pizzazz!Whether using a Mirrorless camera, DSLR or Smartphone, you can make great fireworks photos, if you follow these easy to use suggestions.
In the U.S., Sunday is July 4, Independence Day. The nation's second president, John Adams, is in large part responsible for how it's celebrated. In his July 3, 1776 letter to Abigail, his wife, he said that the day should be celebrated “with Pomp and Parade, Ned S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184534445566567352.post-43143035635880464952021-06-01T06:00:00.001-04:002021-06-01T06:00:00.203-04:00MoMA is startlingly trying to use your photos for free, forever!The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City is soliciting photographers to join the MoMA Photo Club and submit photos to MoMA in honor of their new exhibition, Fotoclubismo Brazilian Modernist Photography, 1946–1964. To add to the exhibition, MoMA is challenging photographers to “get outside and get creative” and participate in their new photo club by submitting photos to it.
They explain Ned S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184534445566567352.post-24317384506657369062021-04-20T06:00:00.002-04:002021-04-22T08:17:34.583-04:00Beware: Some photo contests and campaigns are little more than rights grabsRecently, the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife (NJDFW) conducted a “Photo Campaign” to solicit free photo submissions of wildlife for their photo library. They asked for images of New Jersey's “fish, wildlife, habitats, and the recreation associated with them.” They particularly noted that they were “committed to the principles of equity, diversity and inclusiveness, and encourage entriesNed S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184534445566567352.post-73840783908472383572021-03-15T06:00:00.001-04:002021-03-15T23:51:08.757-04:00When we changed to "daylight" time Sunday, I remembered to reset my camera's clockOn Sunday, March 14, 2021, most of the U.S. switched to Daylight time from Standard time. Not all of the U.S. makes the change. Arizona, except for the Navajo Nation, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands don't switch to Daylight time in the spring nor back to Standard time in the fall. Their clocks are always set to Standard time.
Few of Ned S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184534445566567352.post-22469505035540065762021-01-11T23:30:00.009-05:002021-01-11T23:32:19.404-05:00Nikon's repair policy clause permitting them to refuse to repair a lens is unethicalLast week, Nikon announced the elimination of their international warranties for their interchangeable lenses and accessories. This includes both their F-mount and Z-mount lenses, plus all Speedlights, etc. In the future, Nikon will only provide local warranties specific to countries or regions of sale under their marketing system or by shipping destinations.
Nikon states that this change was Ned S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184534445566567352.post-75031270579865889612020-12-29T06:00:00.005-05:002020-12-29T08:23:03.606-05:00Happy New Year 2021 - Change your camera's copyright notice!I hope the new year is a happy and healthy year for you!
It's January 1, 2021 in just a few days. The COVID-19 pandemic rages on, particularly in the U.S. If you've been following my articles and columns in various publications, especially at Travelers United, you know I've had little time to write about much else, during the “Year of the 21st Century Pandemic.”
Unfortunately, with the end of Ned S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184534445566567352.post-81079777003551160542020-09-08T06:00:00.004-04:002020-09-08T06:00:01.081-04:00COVID-19 and Photography: Part 1a, Update - Understanding how the virus spreadsIn the U.S., COVID-19 has already killed more than 193,000 people. It's done it in less than seven months. COVID-19 is a serious, highly infectious coronavirus. Since writing Part 1 of this series, nothing has changed about how serious the virus is and that photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, need to determine how to safely make photographs in the COVID-19 pandemic world. The Ned S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184534445566567352.post-42227839802429936542020-06-25T06:00:00.000-04:002020-06-25T07:51:24.967-04:00Mask Up! Social Distance! No Touching! — COVID-19 is alive and well
Opinion: From the desk of Ned S. Levi
Today in the world, COVID-19 has infected more than 9.5 million people and taken more than 484,000 lives. In the U.S., COVID-19 has infected more than 2.4 million people and taken more than 124,000 lives.
Just yesterday, there were more than 173,000 new cases of COVID-19 in the world and more than 39,000 in the U.S. The fact is that COVID-19 is alive and Ned S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184534445566567352.post-23657036688269844672020-05-28T06:00:00.000-04:002020-06-27T22:57:07.654-04:00COVID-19 and Photography: Part 1, Understanding how the virus spreadsIn the U.S., COVID-19 has killed more than 100,000 people. It's done it in less than five months. COVID-19 is a serious, highly infectious coronavirus. Photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, need to determine how to safely make photographs in the COVID-19 pandemic world. We need to not only stay safe and healthy ourselves, but ensure, as much as possible, that we don't spread the Ned S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184534445566567352.post-68662846402354038522020-03-10T06:00:00.000-04:002020-03-10T06:00:06.947-04:00Daylight Saving Time and your cameraIn most locations of North America, we just reset our clocks, moving the time forward one hour, in the “wee” hours of the morning, on Sunday, March 8th, to begin “Daylight Saving Time,” or “Daylight Time.” In some parts of North America, such as the states of Arizona (except for the Navajo Nation lands there) and Hawaii in the US, and most of Saskatchewan in Canada, “Daylight Time” isn't used. Ned S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184534445566567352.post-28449743527672426412020-01-01T06:00:00.000-05:002020-01-01T09:07:02.786-05:00Happy New Year 2020 - Change your camera's copyright notice!
Happy New Year. I hope it's a happy and healthy year for you!
It's January 1, 2020. That means we may or may not be starting a new decade.
While it may look obvious that a new decade has begun, if we're consistent within our Gregorian calendar counting, we'll have to wait another year before that happens.
There's confusion about when decades start because Pope Gregory XIII, who in 1582 Ned S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184534445566567352.post-74937859375619636802019-12-12T06:00:00.000-05:002019-12-12T11:21:47.430-05:00Photographing on railroad tracks can mean your death!Last month, a 17 year-old teenager from Oregon was having his high school senior portrait made. He and the photographer decided it would be a great idea to shoot it along railroad tracks. It wasn't a great idea. The young man was struck and killed in the midst of the session, while on the tracks, by a Union Pacific train in Troutdale.
A Union Pacific spokesperson said, “Our thoughts are with Ned S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184534445566567352.post-15764221833412983212019-09-05T12:00:00.000-04:002019-09-07T11:46:06.956-04:00Street Photography: Children — law, morals & ethics, commonsenseHenri Cartier-Bresson was a 20th century French photographer. He is considered the father of photojournalism and perhaps the most important pioneer of street photography.
Cartier-Bresson was more than a street photographer. His images transcended the genre in a way that street photographers aspire, but rarely achieve. Cartier-Bresson was a humanist photographer. His photographs tell the stories Ned S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184534445566567352.post-3551813476498810952019-07-12T06:00:00.000-04:002019-07-12T06:00:02.161-04:00Wildlife photography ethics: Doing what's right!A few years ago, I was traveling in Greenland. We landed ashore at Renodde, off Scoresby Sund, a large fjord system on the east coast of Greenland. It's rugged terrain there. Renodde is known for its muskox. Muskox are Arctic hoofed mammals of the Bovidae family. They're large, with adults averaging 4–5 feet high (1.1–1.5 meters) and weighing about 330–880 pounds (150–400 kilos), yet around Ned S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184534445566567352.post-66868863714159312582019-07-02T06:00:00.000-04:002019-07-02T09:02:58.877-04:00Photographing July 4th fireworks with your camera or smartphoneThursday is July 4, Independence Day, in the U.S. The nation's second president, John Adams, is in large part responsible for how it's celebrated. In his July 3, 1776 letter to Abigail, his wife, he said that the day should be celebrated “with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever moreNed S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184534445566567352.post-41259131341446082172019-05-21T06:00:00.000-04:002019-06-04T09:09:09.583-04:00Nature Photography Day - June 15Next month, we'll be celebrating National Nature Photography Day.
It's occurs on June 15 every year. The original date and day was first created by the North American Nature Photography Association in 2006. It was created to “promote the enjoyment of nature photography and to explain how images are used to advance the cause of conservation and protect plants, wildlife, and landscapes locally andNed S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184534445566567352.post-31253051644311159802019-04-23T06:00:00.000-04:002019-04-23T06:00:09.969-04:00Beware, selfies can be hazardous to your healthSince March 26, three tourists visiting the Grand Canyon have died in the famous national park. The identities of two of the dead are unknown, as are the full circumstances of their deaths. We know that one fell to his death from the South Rim at Grand Canyon Village.
The third tourist who died was from Hong Kong. He tripped near the Grand Canyon's Skywalk while shooting a selfie at the edge of Ned S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184534445566567352.post-20047198093565444762019-04-02T06:00:00.000-04:002019-04-02T06:00:01.233-04:00Using photography contest judging criteria to help photographers self-assessMany photographers struggle to create an insightful set of principles to self-assess their work. Getting a critique from trusted photographers is an excellent idea, but without regular in-depth, honest image critiques of their own work, photographers will have a tough time improving and growing.
I offer for consideration, using the criteria photography contest judges use to assess images, as theNed S. Levihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924189990444148376noreply@blogger.com6