| Here are a few tips to ensure you have quality | | | | 3. Clean up the House: I know you heard this |
| deer photo's that can back up the big whitetail | | | | from your mother before. It makes good sense |
| buck story you tell the people at home when you | | | | now. Take time to wash your deer up as best |
| return from your annual hunting trip. | | | | you can. Water in a pail will do. I have even |
| Have you, in the past resorted to the pictures | | | | resorted to wipes on occasion. Desperate times |
| taken out of the back of the truck, or worse yet | | | | call for desperate measures. Either way, wash off |
| after your biggest catch is already messy from | | | | the bloody spots, smooth back the hair as best |
| preparing for transport home? Did you too get | | | | you can and moisten up the eyes and nose. |
| caught up in the excitement and forgot to get | | | | (Some deer photographers carry glass eyes with |
| the camera out of the truck, where you left it to | | | | them, just in case the eyes of a deer they are |
| keep the darn batteries from freezing into the | | | | photographing have already sunken). Clean |
| useless. | | | | yourself or the person in the picture up as well, |
| This season, instead of pictures that show the | | | | such as taking off a blood stained coat. Try and |
| "lack of planning motif": Take your deer hunting | | | | cover up the impact spots with your bow, gun, or |
| photograph that is worthy of the mantel. | | | | leaves and position yourself in angles that will hide |
| For those of you wanting to improve the quality | | | | those gunshot holes. |
| of your hunting memory photos, the following | | | | 4. Think Glamor Photography: Find the trophy |
| advice may help: | | | | buck's best look or feature. If you're taking the |
| 1. Let's Get Serious: Think of all the time money | | | | shot, have the hunter pose with different person |
| you spent even before you even got your tag in | | | | and animal angles in an attempt to find the best |
| search of this year's big one. We won't forget the | | | | shots. |
| frozen fingers and toes either... Don't lose your | | | | 5. Don't be Cheap: Take a full role of film for each |
| patience now, take some time to set up a good | | | | deer if you have to. If you are not working with |
| deer hunting photograph and you will be glad you | | | | digital you have probably had the experience of |
| did. | | | | multiples that didn't work out. If only one photo in |
| 2. Location, Location: This isn't the first time I | | | | the 36 exposures comes out perfectly, well that |
| have harped about location. Last time you heard it | | | | is all you need for a lifetime of memories. |
| was in relationship to building your deer food plots. | | | | 6. Watch the Big Nose Syndrome: These are |
| This time, I mean find a good location with some | | | | shots where the trophy whitetail and the hunter |
| decent background that represents the site of | | | | are so out of balance it looks unrealistic. When it |
| the kill. If this happened to be on your deer food | | | | comes to film, nothing real fancy here either, the |
| plot this often makes a great backdrop and also | | | | standard quality Kodak or Fuji print film, ASA 100 |
| adds another level to the story of success. If | | | | or 200 with 36 exposures will work just fine. The |
| such conditions are not favorable, be creative. Find | | | | advice I was given, if you do have a zoom lens, |
| a stream, or take it in front of the cabin. The | | | | was to take your photos between the 70 mm |
| salient point here is to take the time to set up | | | | and 90 mm range. |
| your shots. | | | | |