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Sharing photo tips, workshop news and other creative tips.
December Newsletter

December Newsletter

Planning ahead… Success during a nature photography shoot can be a bit of a crapshoot. Weather conditions often dictate the mood, drama or lack of, during any shoot in the great outdoors. However, long range planning is vital as you want to arrive at the optimal times...

November Newsletter

Those of you who regularly follow my newsletter you may have noticed a lull in publication over the last several months as I have been traveling extensively. The frequent flier and driver miles have been building up. The good news is that I have a bevy of new images...

Late summer newsletter

Late Summer Newsletter Greetings from Big Sky Country, I'm often asked for equipment advice and what I use in the field. I recently re-tooled my gear, so this is the perfect time to discuss what is actually in my camera bag. I don't profess to be a techno-geek; just...

Summer Newsletter

Summer Newsletter

It's been a crazy beginning to the summer here at Chuck Haney Photography. The assignment work has been steadily coming in, I completed several workshops and managed a few days devoted to shoot stock in the eastern Montana prairies. I slept in my own bed a total of 5...

The smaller picture

The smaller picture

Often times in landscape photography the goal is to capture the "big" landscape. You know the wide angle, f16 depth of field images that contain dramatic lighting with foreground wildflowers and distant mountain peaks all in focus. These type of images are often the...

June 2015 Newsletter

June 2015 Newsletter

Greetings from Big Sky Country, You may have noticed that there was no newsletter last month. I was in the midst of an adventurous 3-week road trip that harkened back to earlier in my career when I lived a spartan-like existence from the back of my car. My Subaru was...