The Grand Canyon Monsoon

In the July issue of Outdoor Photographer, Gary Hart gave some excellent tips for photographing the booming thunderstorms that hit the desert southwest in summer. This post is a followup to that article with Hart’s favorite locations to shoot in and around the Grand Canyon.

Using Selective Focus

Attempting to convey our three-dimensional world in a two-dimensional medium creates both challenges and opportunities for photographers.

Master The Grad ND

A typical graduated neutral-density filter (GND) scene is a landscape with a bright sky and dark foreground.

Shooting The Monsoon

It was the bolt atop the ridge directly in front of me that finally got my attention.

It’s More Than The Camera

We asked a number of top landscape photographers about their essential gear—the equipment they always want to have with them—for doing their work.

Is That Really How It Looked?

The truth is, great photographers understand that it’s impossible to duplicate human vision with a camera and plan their images accordingly without feeling frustrated by the inability to duplicate the color, contrast or depth their eyes see.

Get In Shape For A Workshop

If you come from sea level and want to go on a tour at high elevation, are you physically fit and able to handle the abrupt acclimation?

Do More With Your Polarizer

If you think a polarizer is only for darkening the sky, you’re missing opportunities to enhance reflections, saturate color and emphasize texture in shade or overcast.

Shoot The Moon: Night Photography Tips

I started “shooting the moon” in a quest for unique photos, and while I’m certainly happy with my results, I’ve discovered that the actual experience of moon and moonlight photography is just as rewarding as the images I bring home.