Pandemic travel safety 101: 5 tips for planning a trip during COVID-19
I love nothing more than exploring new cities, sharing an exotic meal with strangers, learning from other cultures and opening my mind. Whether I’m exploring mountaintops or being perfectly quiet as the sun rises over a remote landscape, travel has a special place in my heart. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic
3 reasons Derek Nielsen Photography is setting itself apart from the competition
Bring home some of the industry’s best nature photography Why should you buy from my studio? This is a valid question. Now that everyone has a decent camera on their phone, humans take more pictures every second than we did in the entire first 100 years of photography. And experts estimate
How to become a photographer?
Do what you love and help save the planet at the same time Chicago Fine Art Wildlife Photographer Derek Nielsen If you’d asked me what I was going to be when I grew up, never in a million years would I have said “a nature photographer,” let alone one attempting to save
5 steps for lighting your home gallery to make it pop
So, you purchased a beautiful work of art. Congrats! Now, how do you make sure it speaks to others the way it spoke to you? The answer: high-quality lighting. Whether you bought a photograph online or came home from a gallery with a new painting under your arm, the piece in question
How to relieve stress with art: 5 scientifically proven methods
(Open Edition Print - Derek Nielsen Photography) Did you know that looking at art gives humans the same internal, chemical response as falling in love? It’s true! Researchers in the United Kingdom recently figured out that admiring paintings, drawings, and sculptures (or, perhaps, beautiful pictures of nature) triggers the brain to release dopamine,