July 2011
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Our Pros | Your Photos Critique #1: Fashion
Sigma Pro Lindsay Adler gives a photo portfolio critique to aspiring pro Kaitlyn Betz of Owego, NY in the first critique session in the Our Pros | Your Photos series.
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Our Pros | Your Photos Critique #1: Fashion
Sigma Pro Lindsay Adler gives a photo portfolio critique to aspiring pro Kaitlyn Betz of Owego, NY in the first critique session in the Our Pros | Your Photos series.
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Waiting for a Window
Sometimes, pictures take planning. I have been wanting to photograph this location at dawn for over a year, but conditions...
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Denali Lynx 1
During my recent visit to Denali National Park, I photographed this rare portrait of a Canadian lynx. I had been...
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Olympic National Park Part 2: Into the Rain Forest
When I set my foot in the rainforest for the first time this trip, three thoughts came to mind, ancient,...
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Hyperfocal Distance
(© Ian Plant) Finding the hyperfocal distance for any given photo is one of the most vexing technical challenges facing...
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Photo Critique: Palouse Country Landscape
This week’s photograph, titled “Steptoe Beauty,” was made by Greg Speasl in the Palouse country of eastern Washington. The image...
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Vampires, Werewolves And A Dreary Sunset
For the first time in my professional career, I had a chance to spend some time photographing the Pacific Northwest....
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The Story Within
“What makes a good photograph?” is a common question with a seemingly elusive answer. Sometimes it’s hard to articulate just...
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The Third Dimension in Photography
A Tale of Two Photographs Reading David duChemin’s eBook A Deeper Frame got me thinking about how we perceive depth...
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Heather Island Dwarf Fireweed Sunset 1
I created this bold image of dwarf fireweed at sunset while visiting Columbia Bay with my small boat Serenity a...
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Control Your Perspective
A pair of new high-end tilt-shift lenses from Schneider Optics that mount on a DSLR
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Svalbard, Norway Post #2: Polar Bear Sighting
July 23, 2012 Two years ago on my first trip to Svalbard we found a dead whale, floating in the...
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Svalbard, Norway Post #1: Montana to Fidembukta Harbor
July 20, 2011 Our trip from Montana was uneventful – though flying anymore I find literally painful. When Tanya and...
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A Common Photographic Challenge
I think one of the most common photographic challenges all of us face is this — we see subjects and...
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How Do You Handle Unusual Conditions?
Landscape photographers have to be flexible. You can try to plan—to be at a certain place at a certain time...
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Lens Diffraction
(© Ian Plant) Without getting deep into the science of optics or physics (frankly, I don’t understand either), diffraction is...
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Life Among the Rubble
Summer has come late this year in the Pacific Northwest. While much of the country has been sweltering, it has...
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Nikon AF-S DX Micro NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8G
Capture detailed close-ups with a 1:1 reproduction ratio
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July 4th – and the Family Paparazzi
A bit of a departure from nature photography with this post – today we’re talking about photographing kids. I don’t...