Author: John Tunney

Nobska Lighthouse, Woods Hole
Nobska is one of the Cape’s most popular and photographed lighthouses. it sits high on a hill overlooking Vineyard Sound with views out to Martha’s Vineyard. It offers decent photo potential most of the day with the best light late in the day toward sunset.

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A few suggested locations to photograph the sunrise and sunset on Cape Cod:

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Provincetown Harbor

Quissett Harbor, Woods Hole

Barnstable Harbor, Barnstable Village

Hyannis Harbor, Hyannis

Greys Beach, Yarmouthport

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A few suggested locations to photograph Cape Cod wildlife:

-Audubon Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary, Wellfleet
– Coast Guard Beach, Eastham
– Fort Hill, Eastham
– South Beach, Chatham
– Monomoy Island, Chatham
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Spring flowers and buds are great subjects for close-up or macro photography. Extension tubes, close-up filters and macro lenses will help you get closer to the subject, but you don’t really need special gear.  Most lenses today will let you focus on a subject within a few feet of the lens.  Cameras today have very high resolution, so you can then crop the image for a closer view. (more…)

Focus Stacking with Photoshop and Elements

Focus stacking lets you extend the depth of field by combining multiple images, each each of the same scene, but with a different focus point.  Photoshop and Elements each have their own way of combining the multiple images into a single photograph. (more…)

There are lots of stories about photographers having their pictures stolen from their websites and used by others without permission. If you want to track down some of your pictures,…