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Digital Photography Tips For Landscape & Wildlife Photos


Mastered the art of the wide angle yet? Know how to add a spicy kick to those action shots? Browse articles filled with expert digital photography tips. These landscape and wildlife photo techniques will improve your photography in no time.


Monday, November 16, 2009

Into The Caves Of Patagonia


New camera technology comes to the rescue when one of the world’s pristine wonders is photographed

Into The Caves Of PatagoniaA few days before, we had left our home in Colorado in the midst of a winter storm, our visions of sunshine, wildflowers and this lake calling us 7,000 miles south. Months previously, our friends, the landscape photographer Linde Waidhofer and her poet/graphic designer husband Lito Tejada-Flores, had shown us Linde’s haunting photographs of a group of marble caves accessible only from Lago General Carrera.
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Monday, November 16, 2009

Old West Color


David Stoecklein brings a timeless cowboy allure to his photography by combining classic aesthetics with his own unique style

Old West ColorThere’s an old cowboy adage that goes, “Talk less and say more,” and David Stoecklein does just that. Based out of Idaho, he has photographed amazingly iconic images of the American West for more than 20 years. Astoundingly, whether it’s of a modern cowboy or an expansive Southwestern landscape, his photographic style is instantly recognizable and remarkably consistent.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

10 Tips For Top Sharpness


Getting your sharpest photographs today is as much about processing as it is about shooting technique. We’ll show you some pro tips for making your best pictures.

10 Tips For Top SharpnessNature photographers are always on the quest for sharp pictures. I know I am. I want to be sure that when something should be sharp in a photograph, it’s indeed sharp.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Inside A High-End Workshop


In April 2009, we sent a photographer to Frans Lanting’s workshop to give OP readers a sense of what a multiday workshop with a top pro is like. There’s much more than just learning how to use your camera.

Inside A High-End WorkshopI’m going to teach you how you can tell stories with pictures, and that’s quite different from taking pictures just by looking at the surface of things.”
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Extreme Wildlife


Jim Oltersdorf works on the edge to get wild and unique photographs of wildlife and nature as a whole

Extreme Wildlife"Normal" isn't usually a word that describes what high-risk, extreme outdoor photographers' lives are like. When we think about what they do, it usually conjures up death-defying antics—that somehow they're hanging with a vice-like grip on the arm of Lady Luck to get out alive.
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

The GigaScape


The GigaPan gives you the ability to make images that are higher resolution than you’ve ever dreamed possible

The GigaScapeDo you often feel that photography is advancing faster than you can buy new cameras and computers? Since the advent of digital imaging, it seems the capabilities and complexities expand faster than we mere mortals can master them.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

The Right Filters For Fall Color


When shooting in autumn, the polarizer, neutral-density and grad ND filters are indispensable for achieving stunning imagery

The Right Filters For Fall ColorWhen it comes to color and impact, fall is full of opportunity. The season is an amazing time to create mood with color while capturing landscapes as they transform before one’s eyes.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

It's In The Details


Go beyond the ordinary macro shot to create striking close-ups anywhere

It's In The DetailsAs you get physically closer and closer to your subject, you’ll find increasingly interesting possibilities for your images. The world looks different up close. You may find that your original subject is no longer the most compelling thing in front of your lens as you approach macro distances.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Going On A Photo Road Trip


Be ready for anything by packing for a journey with the essentials

Going On A Photo Road TripGetting off the beaten path can inspire your photography with new subjects, unexplored environments and pictorial challenges.
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