Photo 101: No Need For Expensive Trips to Be Published in National Geographic

An image that appears in the pages of National Geographic magazine is the result of a photographer's years of practice, patience and a bit of luck. But Joe Petersburger also explains that knowing something about the animals that you're shooting goes a long way too. The biologist and photographer, who has been three-times featured in NGM, shot images of a bee-eater bird presenting a caught dragonfly to his mate. Because he knew about the birds, he knew the behavior that would happen once the male caught a dragonfly. Petersburger also encourages people to shoot iamges around their homes, in areas that they can access during times of sunlight and storms, during the night and day.