Documentary photographers have the opportunity to see the world in ways the everyday photographer may never understand. With the ability to chronicle events, they can tell stories from inside the action. However, this can also take a toll on the mind…
Filmmakers Criticised For Intervening with Trapped Penguins in Antarctica
A film crew have found themselves amid controversy, after they “broke with convention” and interfered when a group of penguins got stuck during filming for David Attenborough’s new BBC series.
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Over 24,000 Photos Were Compiled in Time-lapse Showing 929 Hours of Flowers Blooming
A newly-released timelapse has condensed 929 hours of blooming flowers into a casual three minutes. The video captures the moments the flower heads pop open to reveal the insides.
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The Best Post-Processing for Woodland Images
Thomas Heaton breaks down an essential woodland editing technique, known as the Orton effect. He recommends using it when shooting natural, woodland scenes. It provides just the right amount of pleasing glow and softness to take down the artificial a…
50 Photographers Across 50 States Capture Portraits for Merrell’s One Trail Campaign
Merrell, an outdoor footwear brand, wanted a photography concept that would celebrate diversity on trails, but in a way that felt genuine and reflected reality. While outdoor brands usually look towards more of a traditional commercial photography ap…
It’s Time to Capture New Landscape Images
If you’re an aspiring professional landscape and outdoor photographer, it might be time to stop capturing those iconic landscape scenes.
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What Will Your Imagery Miss the Most From Spring, Summer, and Fall?
As fall draws to a close and we head into the colder winter months, the scenery around us shifts for the season. If there is something that you’ll miss the most from the warmer weather, what would it be?
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Five Steps to Photography Greatness
A chilly September morning. The crispness in the air added weight to the solemn moment. My composition was all figured out. I patiently waited for the final elements to come into place.
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Photographer Creates Cameras for 1,000-Year Long Exposures
An artist and philosopher created special cameras to document the next 1,000 years of environmental change.
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‘Monsoon V’: Mike Olbinski Is Back With a Stunning New Storm Chasing Time-Lapse
I first met Mike Olbinski back in 2009 or 2010, during the golden age of Flickr and personal photo blogs. Back then, most everyone I knew was focused on preening their websites, almost all of whom used the same ProPhoto Blog template.
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Clear Evidence To Stop Geotagging Specific Locations Of Your Nature Photographs On Social Media
I recently wrote an article asking photographers to stop tagging locations of outdoor photographs. Here’s a follow-up to that piece, with a great supplemental video from Vox.
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Couple That Died in Yosemite: ‘Is Our Life Worth Just One Photo?’
A young couple fell to their deaths in Yosemite National Park last week. We should all take it as an unfortunate reminder: no photograph is worth your life
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Creating Fog for Your Photos in a Pinch
You’re shooting the landscape, a dense forest rife with fantasy vibes perhaps, but there just isn’t the fog you wish there was to complete the scene. Well this video has you covered and can help you get that little extra atmosphere in a pinch.
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Outdoor Photography Apps I Won’t Leave Home Without
Living in the Southwest, I’m always out with my camera, looking for that great new vista just beyond the next curve in the road. For years, I didn’t pay much attention to photo apps, because I was seeing stupid apps that put hats on people or distort…
Take Only Photographs, Leave Only Footprints
Hunters shoot and kill wildlife. But watch what happens when this hunter puts down a rifle, trades bullets for an SD card, picks up a camera, and starts taking a different approach to shooting.
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2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition Opens Today
While the awards ceremony for the 54th Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition wrapped up last week in London, the prestigious competition opens its doors today for submissions to 2019’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. For those …
Winners Announced for Nikon’s Small World Microscopic Photo Competition
Creating microscopic or macroscopic photography requires considerable skill and proper equipment. But you don’t need to be a professional photographer to appreciate the fascinating world that this mind-blowing imaging opens up.
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When Was the Last Time You Shot Just for the Sake of Shooting?
I know it’s easy to get bogged down in all the different aspects of this industry. When is the last time that you took your camera and just shot some things with little-to-no plan just because you could?
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Elusive Snow Leopard Shoots Purrfect Selfies
Have you ever been fortunate enough to see a snow leopard out in the wild? Yeah, me neither, and it may be because they are busy taking selfies just like us.
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How to Use Neutral Tones to Convey Weather, Temperature, and Time of Day in Your Photos
Like the “rule” of thirds, neutral tones are one of those principles that tend to emerge in spite of artistic differences, and by identifying them in a landscape, you can tint them to recreate dynamic weather, temperature swings, and time of day.
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