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May 2010

How-To

  • Minimize To Maximize

    A National Geographic pro on how to lighten up on your gear and keep focused on getting the best photos


    Oh, if only Antoine had been a photographer. Traveling as a photographer and the word “light” generally aren’t spoken in the same sentence.

Gear

  • Build A Landscape Kit On Any Budget

    Great photographs don’t always depend on the price of your equipment. OP takes a look at the advantages and disadvantages of entry-level, midrange and top-tier gear.


    By The Editors
    Even though technology has certainly changed, the keys to capturing a great landscape haven’t.

  • Canon EOS Rebel T2i

    This new DSLR features high resolution, full HD video and more


    By The Editors
    Canon’s latest DSLR puts a lot of the features found on the midrange EOS 7D into a compact, entry-level EOS Rebel body.

  • Gadget Bag: Carbon-Fiber Tripods

    They’re lightweight, rock-solid tools that are guaranteed to make an immediate improvement in your images


    By Jon Sienkiewicz
    Admit it: You know you should use a tripod more often, but you can find more excuses than a ninth-grader who forgot his homework assignment.

  • In Focus: May 2010
    Shoot sharp 18-megapixel stills and capture full 1080p HD video using the Canon EOS Rebel T2i, which features 3.7 fps shooting, an ISO range of 100-6400 (expandable to 12,800), and Canon’s DIGIC 4 Imaging Processor.

  • PMA Wrap-Up
    By The Editors
    Every year, the photo industry assembles for the annual PMA trade show. Manufacturers, distributors and photographers all gather to see the latest innovations and new equipment designed to help photographers take better pictures and do more with them.

Locations

  • Life On The Ice

    James Martin travels to the ends of the earth to photograph a vanishing resource


    When James Martin was in his mid-20s, he began learning how to ice climb in the Columbia Icefield near Athabasca Glacier in the Canadian Rockies.

  • Masters Of The European Landscape

    On photography, wilderness and the differences between continents


    By William Sawalich
    These pages are regularly filled with the finest photographs from around the world. Foreign lands often are seen in wildlife images, but when it comes to landscapes, it’s the American places and American photographers who tend to dominate the conversation.

  • Top Rock

    Trekking the jagged and often desolate high country, a master of the landscape finds challenge and renewal


    The last bit of rocky trail crunches beneath your boots. You’re winded—who wouldn’t be after scrambling up 5,000 vertical feet with a heavy load of camera gear?

  • Underwater Odyssey

    Constantly traveling and seeking the hidden seascapes that wait beneath the surface of the world’s oceans and seas, Eric Cheng has quietly become one of the top underwater photographers in the world


    Outdoor photography and, more specifically, landscape photography, is an art form that transcends geographic boundaries. For millions, it’s a passion, a hobby or a profession, in many cases all three.

  • Vembanad Kayal & Kumarakom, Kerala, India
    The Kerala backwaters form a large ecosystem similar to the bayous in the Louisiana delta.

Columns

  • Best Of The Year

    An annual review of your images can point you in new directions of creativity


    By William Neill
    Many years ago, when I was involved with Ansel Adams’ workshops, I was fortunate to hear lectures by many master photographers.

  • NANPA Summit 2010

    A look at the annual meeting of the North American Nature Photography Association


    By Rob Sheppard
    It was off to Reno, Nev., for the 2010 North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) Summit.

  • The Future Of Nature Photography

    The Next Generation • Show Me The Money • The Crystal Ball • Too Much Of A Good Thing


    By George D. Lepp With Kathryn Vincent Lepp
    We’ve just returned from the 16th Annual Summit of NANPA, the North American Nature Photography Association (www.nanpa.org), an organization that promotes responsible and creative photography of wildlife and the landscape. The Annual Summit always is an occasion to reconnect with old friends and colleagues and to be inspired and renewed by the amazing work shared by professionals and skilled amateurs in this field.

  • The Land Of Oz

    Stepping carefully into Australia


    By Bill Hatcher
    I’m writing this column at the start of yet another big adventure. I recently moved from my home of 25 years in the sparsely populated and arid Colorado Plateau in the American Southwest to a new home on the outskirts of Sydney, Australia.

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