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Author Archives: mark

12 Oct 2022
Wave Photography

Wave Photography

As with all waves they come in sets. A noticeable lull would then be followed by a “Holy Moly” session when the size of the waves would again have me questioning my choice of shooting location.

02 Aug 2022

Macro Lighting Diffusion

Macro lighting diffusion is a pathway that many a macro photographer will tell is fraught with confusion, consternation, and frustration. This can be confounded even more especially when photographing subjects with greater levels of reflective qualities, beetles, and certain flying insects.

19 Jul 2022

Let Sleeping Bee’s Lay

Blue Banded Bees are an exquisitely colored species of Bee that calls Okinawa home. By day one may see a flash of Cyan as the diminutive pollinator travel from flower to flower in their search for nectar.

13 Jul 2022

Five Pointers for Nocturnal Wildlife Photography

Again, knowing the behavioral aspects of your subjects, and in that aspect, I focus more on their typical modes of self-defense.

08 Jul 2022

Yomitan Gone Wild

Yomitan, as a district of Okinawa, is distant enough from the madding crowds of Naha and the tourist enclave of Chatan, but rural enough to give a sense of country living.

15 Jun 2022

Get The Book!

‘Yambaru, the Green and Beating Heart of Okinawa’ are the titles for both a Coffee Table Book and a video documentary that will be premiered on my seawildearth YouTube Channel.