by Atala | May 12, 2020 | Nature Spirit | Photography Tips
It pleases me so much to see how members of our Facebook group grow over time – their ability to call forth the energies they are photographing to get a good clear image, their own photographic skills. This work, and the growing number of people in our group and...
by Atala | May 25, 2013 | Nature Spirit | Photography Tips
Any good portrait photographer knows that the background can enhance or detract from the subject, and plans accordingly. It is a bit more difficult for a nature spirit photographer, for we are photographing in a natural setting with other trees, bushes, and buildings...
by Atala | Feb 18, 2020 | Nature Spirit | Photography Tips
Nature spirit portrait photographers have a harder time of it then human portrait photographers. Humans can be moved into a setting that highlights their personality. Nature beings are embedded in an environment filled with other natural objects – trees, leaves,...
by Atala | May 26, 2020 | Nature Spirit | Photography Tips
We get many photo submissions of sun flares and sun on lens dust where the submitter says they were asking to see an orb, and here one is. It always makes me sad to have to respond that they got a lovely shot of smudge…sun flare…dust… And sometimes...
by Atala | Oct 22, 2019 | Nature Spirit | Photography Tips
One of our newer Nature Spirit group members contacted me off-line and asked how to connect to and get good photos of nature spirits. She can sense and feel them, but the photographs are not, to her taste, really clear. Good question, so I wanted to respond for all...
by Atala | Jun 1, 2013 | Nature Spirit | Photography Tips
Here’s a fun project for you to try out. How do you like the “nature spirits” in this image? I created them “magically” via Photoshop cut and paste. I wanted to experiment with a popular Photoshop project of cutting and adjusting photo...
by Atala | Oct 26, 2012 | Nature Spirit | Photography Tips
Some of you have sent in photos of shimmering specters you’ve caught on your cameras and asked if they were ghosts. So I wanted to show you photos of anomalies that are, and are not, ghosts. These two images below are not ghosts. Cameras are fun to work...
by Atala | Nov 9, 2012 | Nature Spirit | Photography Tips
Following is information on how to photograph nature spirits – it is a handout I’ve been using at my nature spirit photo classes. Shown here is a before (right) and after (left) of a nature spirit as taken in bright sun, and then adjusted in Photoshop. (Shown is a Pan...
by Atala | Aug 27, 2020 | Audio & Video, Nature Spirit | Photography Tips
Video – If you would like to know how to photograph nature spirits, check out this video, in which I explain the process. This is a talk I gave at the Theosophical Society in Wheaton, IL. You can see more videos on related topics – interdimensional...
by Atala | Dec 20, 2016 | Audio & Video, Nature Spirit | Photography Tips
You’ve been asking me how I go about locating and photographing nature spirits. Here is a video I made in which I show you my process, for you to adapt to your own work. This is one of the first videos I’ve made in what will be an on-going series....
by Atala | Jul 28, 2020 | Nature Spirit | Photography Tips
The kindness and soothing energies of nature are so important to all of us right now. Do stop by my atalatoy.com art gallery and stay awhile with one or more of the welcoming, brave, gentle, enduring Nature Spirits whose portraits reside there. Here are three of the...
by Atala | Aug 4, 2011 | Audio, Audio & Video, Nature Spirit | Photography Tips
Audio – An interview with Atala about nature spirit art photography, by Wendy Garrett on her show “Conscious Living” at Empower Radio. “In her photography, Atala explores interdimensional life forms and nature scenes. She started photographing...
