Bald Eagle Watch

I spent Saturday morning going on an Eagle Watch at the Mississinewa River near Peru, Indiana to check out a Bald Eagle roosting site with my friend Nick who works for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. We saw about 25 eagles, mostly from very far away. One day last year over 150 were counted at this site.


The only one close enough to photograph






Best Eagle watching outfit ever!

iPhone and Instagram

There is currently a lot of debate about whether professional photographers should be using iPhones and Instagram to shoot and post pictures. I for one embrace both. Some say that Instagram can make any crappy picture look great if you just slap a filter on it (in some cases it can). But most times it just takes a bad boring picture of what you are eating for lunch and turns it into a bad boring picture with a funky filter applied. The art to making any good image using an iPhone, Instagram, or a Canon 5D MKIII lies in the composition, the moments, and use of light. That shows through no matter what medium you are using. I have a great time pulling out my small iPhone when I am somewhere I don't want to lug around my gear. I can post images the moment I shoot them but I work hard to make them quality images. Here are a selection of iPhone images shot in the past week, some processed in Instagram, some right out of the camera. Follow me on Instagram and Twitter @cbergin

iPhone, no filter applied


iPhone, Instagram filter


iPhone, Instagram filter


iPhone, no filter applied


iPhone, Instagram filter


iPhone, no filter applied