TRI-LAKES AREA — Many outdoor photographers dream of taking an African safari. Who wouldn’t enjoy photographing lions, elephants and other exotic wildlife? Unfortunately, that dream won’t come true ...

Traveling to Africa, Alaska or even the ACE Basin isn’t necessary to get stunning photography of animals and plants. A backyard with a diversity of trees, vines, bushes and blooming flowers, mixed ...

This chapter was originally written for the Chattanooga Area Historical Association and published in volume 7 #1 of the Chattanooga Regional Historical Journal, 2004. Even though I made a living in ...

In this third part of our mini series on local nature photography Ian Andrews takes a look at the medium telephoto lens in the range of 70-300mm in 135mm format. After the standard lens, discussed in ...

While most time capsules require a level of patience that’s not entirely suited for a child’s attention span, the Backyard Safari Time Capsule can be both buried and continually stocked with new items ...

To a kid, a backyard is a place to play. But they might be surprised at how many critters they’re sharing their play space with. Entomologists (otherwise known as bug scientists) conduct something ...

ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Here was the challenge. My wife and I wanted to go on safari and witness wild animals running and playing and doing other things wild animals do, but we weren’t ready to spend ...