I really enjoy shooting dragonflies and damselflies. They are beautiful little creatures, kind of comical to watch, and they make really good photographic subjects. I find myself sitting on the little bridge over the pond for hours watching them and making images. Sometimes I think I’ve...

For the second weekend in a row, I was able to get out and do some dragonfly photography at Rock Cut State Park in Loves Park, Illinois. It was entirely too windy to be out shooting dragonflies. I quickly discovered that the bigger dragonflies were very busy trying to stay aloft and all their...

Steve Berardi over at PhotoNaturalist recently made available a free 18-page e-book written by his Father, Vic Berardi, titled “How to Photograph Dragonflies“. In my 30 years of shooting, I’ve never photographed dragonflies, so I figured I would give it a try. The...