March 2012
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Capturing Motion.
Last week I talked about varying your aperture to create different effects through depth of field. In a static landscape...
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Dealing With Bad Weather
My wife Claudia and I are in Humboldt County this week visiting our son Kevin, who’s a junior at Humboldt...
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The Next Generation
They are tiny, still gray, and seeing the world for the first time. This family of kit foxes had six...
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Outdoor Photographer April 2012 Discover Digital Quick Tips Article
I am excited to share that my “Discover Digital Quick Tips” article is published in the April 2012 issue of...
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Mastering Depth of Field.
Depth of field plays such a large role in the overall look and feel of a photo that I encourage...
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Photoshop CS6 Beta Now Available
First major release since April 2010
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Olympus E-5 and PEN Updates
Stabilizes operation when using SDXC cards; improves external flash
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Beautiful Belize
(© Ian Plant) With most U.S. destinations overflowing with photographers these days, many shooters are beginning to look elsewhere for...
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Timing is Everything
The San Joaquin Kit Fox is one of the rarest mammals in North America, having the great misfortune of being...
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Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2,8/15
Features large 110-degree angle of view and fast f/2.8 aperture
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Composition – perspective, depth, and scale.
This is the fifth in my series of ten photo tip videos, and like the last couple of tips, this...
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Taming the Light: The art and technique of exposure blending
I am often asked about my post processing and the one question that always comes up is, “Did it really...
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Manfrotto MVK502AM Tripod System
Supports up to 13.2 pounds
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Pinterest…and the end of Everything
With staggering regularity, someone comes along with a new idea, a new website, and a new way to channel social...
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Manfrotto SYMPLA
Modular rigs for HD video DSLRs and camcorders
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A Short Commute
I have spent most of my career getting on airplanes to far-flung locations around the world: Ironically, I have almost...
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Keep it Simple and Dominant.
Two big problems I see when critiquing photos in my workshops are compositions full of distracting elements and/or a center...
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Business vs. Creativity
(© Ian Plant) A reader recently emailed me with an interesting question: How is your photography affected by the fact...
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Breaking Routines
Everyone develops routines and habits: waking up at the same time every day, eating the same thing for breakfast, taking...