Capturing the Beauty of Birds at Fort De Soto: A Bird Photography Guide
Fort De Soto is a bird photography gem located on the Gulf of Mexico, just south of St. Petersburg, Florida. This park offers a variety of habitats, such as beaches, mangroves, marshes and hardwood hammocks, that are home to a…
Capturing the Beauty of Florida’s Birds with the OM System OM-1
This blog is dedicated to exploring the beauty of Florida’s birds through the viewfinder of the OM System OM-1 camera. The OM-1 is a terrific camera among bird photographers for its compact size, computational photography features, and the m.Zuiko lens…
How to use the OM System OI.Share App for Backyard Bird Photography
OM Digital Solutions has a free OI.Share app that communicates wirelessly with your Olympus / OM System cameras. The App has Remote Control, Photo Import, Camera How To, basic Photo Editing, and Geotagging. The Olympus version of the OI.Share app…
What Bird and Wildlife Subjects work with OM Systems / Olympus Subject Detection AF?
Olympus first introduced Bird Detection AF with the OM-D E-M1X. OM Digital Solutions improved Bird Detection AF with the OM System OM-1 camera, and also added Subject Detection for Dogs and Cats. OM Digital Solutions has been consistent in their…
How to Use the Olympus / OM System Internal AF Limiter to Improve Your Bird Photography
The internal AF Limiter in Olympus / OM System cameras allows you to be much more precise in setting the focusing distance range than using the Focus Limiter Switch located on your M.Zuiko lenses. This allows the autofocus to work…
Putting the OM System OM-1 to the Test on a Photography Trip to Alaska
I went on a 6-day photography trip to Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula using the OM System OM-1 as my primary camera. The trip included a mixture of landscape, bird, and wildlife photography. There were a couple challenging photography situations including 2…
Comparing the OM Systems OM-1 and Olympus OM-D E-M1X for Bird Photography
The OM System OM-1 camera has been receiving a lot of positive press as a bird photography camera. The camera has a new Stacked BSI Live MOS Sensor and shooting modes with faster frames per second. I’ve been using the…
8 Tips for Photographing the Spring Bird Migration
Spring migration is one of the most exciting times of the year for bird photographers. With hundreds of bird species migrating from the south to the north, you never know what you’re going to see and photograph. After many years…
Review of the OM System OM-1 for Bird Photography
I’ve spent the past few months field testing the OM System OM-1 camera for Bird Photography and in this blog, I’ll share my findings and opinions on the new flagship camera from OM Digital Solutions / Olympus. For the past…
Photographing Birds and Wildlife at Bombay Hook NWR, Delaware
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is located 10 miles from Dover, Delaware near the town of Smyrna. Dover is a good place to stay with several hotels and multiple restaurants on the southern side of town on North Dupont…