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Tag Archives: Clay Bolt
Meet Your Neighbours technical standards. NB
Shoulders-back-chest-out-chin-in-head-up, I need to lay the law down here! When it comes to the technical specifications for Meet Your Neighbours pictures, we’re needing uniformity so that ALL the attention is on the subject rather than the prowess of the photographer. … Continue reading
Meet Your Neighbours enters a new phase. NB
I’ve long bemoaned the fact that none of the major nature photo competitions admit anything but standard images and bar “radical” (that is, imaginative) representations such as multi-image panels or, heaven forbid, field studio photographs. Well that has just changed. … Continue reading
President Obama, The Frogs Thank You. CB
We have been experiencing some very warm days in eastern, North America for this time of year. According to this article, wildflowers are blooming at the earliest date in recorded history. My wife spotted a chickadee gathering material to make … Continue reading
My Twelve from ’12. CB
2012 has been quite a busy year for my photography business and somehow along the way I’ve also managed to make a few decent photographs too! I have never taken the time to do a photographic year-in-review until now (at … Continue reading
Posted in Notes from the field, Project work
Tagged 2012, best images, Clay Bolt, close to home, macro, wide-angle macro, year in review
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Wide-Angle Macro: The Essential Guide, Now Available. PHD | CB
There has been more than a hint that we, Clay Bolt and Paul Harcourt Davies, have been cooking up something for a while: in biological terms, you could say it has had a prolonged gestation period. So here, without further … Continue reading
Posted in Books, eBook, for sale, Macro lens
Tagged Clay Bolt, comprehensive, detailed, download, eBook, guide, how-to, instruction, interactive, macro, macro photography, macrophotography, Paul Harcourt Davies, pdf, purchase, the essential guide, wide angle, wide-angle macro
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Getting Down with Aphids. CB
Each year, beginning in late summer and moving into fall, there is a particular Beech Tree (Fagus grandifolia) that is inundated with Beech Blight Aphids (Grylloprociphilus imbricator). When these aphids are young, they cover the tree’s limbs and leaves with … Continue reading
Posted in Notes from the field
Tagged aphids, beech tree, camponotus pennsylvanicus, carpenter ants, Clay Bolt, social, south carolina, wide-angle macro
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Communicating Differently. CB.
A few months back I commissioned up-and-coming filmmakers Neil Losin and Nate Dappen of Day’s Edge Productions to develop an engaging, promotional video for Backyard Naturalists. BYN is a children’s education program whose mission is to inspire a lifelong appreciation … Continue reading
How I Spent My Weekend. CB
Now that I have your attention with that riveting title, I wanted to share my weekend with you all. Mainly it is just to express my excitement for finally being able to photograph my favorite insect, the Eastern Hercules Beetle … Continue reading
Posted in Comment
Tagged Clay Bolt, close-up, dynastes tityus, eastern stag beetle, macro, scarab, sigma 15mm, south carolina, wide angle
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Breathing in, I Know That I Am Breathing In. CB
This morning I was greeted with a wonderful, unseasonably cool summer morning. The mist was rising up off of the pond and I was reminded of why I love autumn so much, even if it is still months away. Sadly, … Continue reading
Posted in Comment, inspiration
Tagged Clay Bolt, focus, life, mindfulness, nature, photography, thich nhat hahn, zen
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Hands-Off. Hearts-Off. CB
At the conclusion of a recent talk on Meet Your Neighbours a member of the audience shared his view that, when it comes to photographing wildlife, species should only be handled by trained biologists; that animals and plants should be … Continue reading →