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Fireworks Primer for Walt Disney World

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As the calendar heads towards summer, can Fireworks Season be far behind? Wishes fireworks show over Cinderella Castle.Nikon D700/24-120VR, 15s, f/11, ISO 280, EV 0, 35mm focal length, tripod. At Walt Disney World, every day is in Fireworks Season with shows in three parks almost nightly: Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular, debuting in 2016, at … Continue reading "Fireworks Primer for Walt Disney World"
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More Topiaries from Epcot’s Flower and Garden Festival

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This week’s Disney Pic of the Week theme was Topiaries. A topiary is a shrubs or trees clipped into ornamental shapes. Disney landscape artists have been using topiaries since the early 1960’s at Disneyland. The annual Flower and Garden Festival at Epcot gives these artists a larger venue to show, astound and thrill Walt Disney … Continue reading "More Topiaries from Epcot’s Flower and Garden Festival"
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Anchoring Your Photography at Walt Disney World

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In landscape photography, the idea of anchoring a photo with an interesting element in the foreground is almost a rule. An anchor creates drama, shows scope, scale and tells a story. I use anchors a lot at Walt Disney World especially when I have a wide angle lens on my camera. Wide angle lenses allow … Continue reading "Anchoring Your Photography at Walt Disney World"
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Disney Pic of the Week: Macro

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I do not own a Macro (or Micro in Nikon speak) lens and have never brought one to Walt Disney World. It would be interesting to explore Disney through such a lens. Imagine the detail you could find with one. Like last week, you can get a Macro like image by cropping which is what … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: Macro"
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Illuminations at 28mm

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On my last trip to Walt Disney World, I went light by only bringing the Nikon AF-S 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lens. At 28mm this lens is not as wide as I would like to photograph Illuminations, I found this pleasing composition back when photographing at last December’s All Ears event. Illuminations Holiday Tag at 28mm.Nikon … Continue reading "Illuminations at 28mm"
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Disney Pic of the Week: Action

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Action photography is something I do all the time in my role as team photographer for an American Hockey League team. You can either capture action with a fast shutter speed to freeze the action. This lets people see and study the action in ways they can not do by watching the action. Or, you … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: Action"
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Photographing While Riding at Walt Disney World

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One of the hot topics I get asked about a lot is photographing while on a ride at Disney themeparks. There is an easy way and a harder way which I will be talking about and giving examples. First, let me stress the importance of securing your camera while on rides. Whether you are taking … Continue reading "Photographing While Riding at Walt Disney World"
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Photographing the American Adventure in Epcot

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Photographing the American Adventure audio-animatronics show in Epcot’s World Showcase is just like photographing one with live performers. Disney lights their shows the same regardless of the kind of performers. Very moody with bright areas used to focus the audience’s attention where the show’s producers want them to. I set my camera up to use … Continue reading "Photographing the American Adventure in Epcot"
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Spaceship Earth at Night in Epcot

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Before a trip to Walt Disney World, I will browse through photos on flickr and Google in search of ideas. I found this composition and put it on my shot list for the trip. Though the photo which was the inspiration for the photo of Spaceship Earth below was taken during the day, the rest … Continue reading "Spaceship Earth at Night in Epcot"
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FP+ Fireworks Locations at Walt Disney World

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I photographed Illuminations and Wishes fireworks shows from FastPass+ (FP+) locations in Epcot and the Magic Kingdom on my last trip. The FP+ locations had their advantages and disadvantages which I will discuss below. Magic Kingdom Wishes photographed from the FP+ location in the Magic Kingdom.Nikon D750/Tokina 16-28mm, 10.5s, f/16, ISO 100, EV 0, 16mm … Continue reading "FP+ Fireworks Locations at Walt Disney World"
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