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Outdoor Photography Techniques


Master the skills you need with photography techniques from the experts. Whether you're a novice seeking advice on landscape, wildlife or nature photography or a pro looking for more advanced techniques, you'll find all the information you need, here.


Friday, March 1, 2013

Underground Soul

Chase Jarvis captures the essence of Seattle subculture with a gritty, human aesthetic

In this video, photographer Chase Jarvis talks about his Seattle 100 Project, documenting the underground culture of the city, and the process of creating prints for the exhibition of the Project.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Plan A National Park Road Trip

A seasoned pro shows you how to plan, research and pack for an efficient photo weekend

Just about the sweetest two words you can hear if you're a photographer.

Monday, February 25, 2013

Finding Compositional Balance

My doctor tells me to eat a balanced diet.

I do this to stay healthy - a good thing.

Friday, February 22, 2013

World Traveler

Transporting viewers through the fine art of print making

Capturing iconic locations around the world for National Geographic Expeditions, photographer Jim Richardson set out on an amazing journey.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Dawn And Dusk Photography

The light at dawn and dusk is magical...

yet the number of images taken at these times is surprisingly low.

Friday, February 15, 2013

Surreal Motion

Freezing the fluidity of dance with split-second exposures

Lois Greenfield's stunning images of dancers seem impossible.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

The Universal Exposure Strategy

How to harness the power within your camera and your eye to get perfect exposures for every kind of lighting situation

Menacing gray clouds filled the sky when I arrived before dawn on the crest of Black Face in the San Juan Mountains near Telluride, Colorado.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Use Lightroom Like a Darkroom

How to work like an old-school master printer when you’re processing images in the computer

To do this in Photoshop, you need to use things like selections, feathering, layers, adjustment layers and layer masks.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Solutions: Clarity

This incredibly useful control helps close the gap between actual global contrast and apparent contrast in a photo

One of the more interesting challenges that the digital revolution brought home to nearly every photographer, both amateur and professional alike, is that with digital, you're now in control of your own image processing.

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