The WildLenz Journal

Stories behind the photographs. Considered guidance for choosing and living with fine art.

Stories & Guides

Understanding the Histogram: Photography Exposu...

Learn how to read a photography histogram, recognize highlight clipping and understand RGB channels through original WildLenz wildlife images.

Understanding the Histogram: Photography Exposu...

Learn how to read a photography histogram, recognize highlight clipping and understand RGB channels through original WildLenz wildlife images.

Golden-cheeked woodpecker on a branch among foliage in La Crucecita, Huatulco, Oaxaca

Golden Cheek: Finding Wildlife in Unexpected Pl...

I didn't find this one in the forest. I found it from a rooftop in La Crucecita, with concrete underfoot and tropical green just past the edge of the building.

Golden Cheek: Finding Wildlife in Unexpected Pl...

I didn't find this one in the forest. I found it from a rooftop in La Crucecita, with concrete underfoot and tropical green just past the edge of the building.

White-tailed buck portrait among autumn woods at McLaughlin Bay, Oshawa, Ontario

Woodland Buck: Three Things I Look for Before T...

Most wildlife photographs are decided before the camera reaches your eye. Three things I look for in the field, and how they shaped one November portrait of a white-tailed buck.

Woodland Buck: Three Things I Look for Before T...

Most wildlife photographs are decided before the camera reaches your eye. Three things I look for in the field, and how they shaped one November portrait of a white-tailed buck.

Red-winged blackbird in reeds at Deas Island Delta British Columbia

Blackbird: Finding Order in the Wetlands

Dense, restless reeds, one small opening, and a blackbird that stepped into it. How a busy wetland became one of my calmest photographs.

Blackbird: Finding Order in the Wetlands

Dense, restless reeds, one small opening, and a blackbird that stepped into it. How a busy wetland became one of my calmest photographs.

Mesoamerican slider in reflective water at Laguna Ventanilla Oaxaca

Laguna Ventanilla: Wildlife, Reflections and th...

A lagoon behind the beach near Mazunte, a community that chose to protect its crocodiles, and four photographs where wildlife turned into colour, line and reflection.

Laguna Ventanilla: Wildlife, Reflections and th...

A lagoon behind the beach near Mazunte, a community that chose to protect its crocodiles, and four photographs where wildlife turned into colour, line and reflection.

Free WildLenz photography cheat sheet preview

Free Photography Cheat Sheet — Camera Settings ...

A free two-page printable photography cheat sheet for camera settings and composition.

Free Photography Cheat Sheet — Camera Settings ...

A free two-page printable photography cheat sheet for camera settings and composition.