July 2011

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.

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.

Sometimes, pictures take planning. I have been wanting to photograph this location at dawn for over a year, but conditions...

During my recent visit to Denali National Park, I photographed this rare portrait of a Canadian lynx. I had been...

When I set my foot in the rainforest for the first time this trip, three thoughts came to mind, ancient,...

(© Ian Plant) Finding the hyperfocal distance for any given photo is one of the most vexing technical challenges facing...

This week’s photograph, titled “Steptoe Beauty,” was made by Greg Speasl in the Palouse country of eastern Washington. The image...

For the first time in my professional career, I had a chance to spend some time photographing the Pacific Northwest....

“What makes a good photograph?” is a common question with a seemingly elusive answer. Sometimes it’s hard to articulate just...

A Tale of Two Photographs Reading David duChemin’s eBook A Deeper Frame got me thinking about how we perceive depth...

I created this bold image of dwarf fireweed at sunset while visiting Columbia Bay with my small boat Serenity a...

A pair of new high-end tilt-shift lenses from Schneider Optics that mount on a DSLR

July 23, 2012 Two years ago on my first trip to Svalbard we found a dead whale, floating in the...

July 20, 2011 Our trip from Montana was uneventful – though flying anymore I find literally painful. When Tanya and...

I think one of the most common photographic challenges all of us face is this — we see subjects and...

Landscape photographers have to be flexible. You can try to plan—to be at a certain place at a certain time...

(© Ian Plant) Without getting deep into the science of optics or physics (frankly, I don’t understand either), diffraction is...

Summer has come late this year in the Pacific Northwest. While much of the country has been sweltering, it has...

Capture detailed close-ups with a 1:1 reproduction ratio

A bit of a departure from nature photography with this post – today we’re talking about photographing kids. I don’t...