August 2012

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(© Ian Plant) George Lepp just posted an excellent article on the importance of pre-visualization, in which he discussed using...

Last month I spent an amazing three weeks in Iceland leading a Photo Tour with good friend and fellow photographer...

Great Ocean Rd by Ian Houghton was taken in Australia and Houghton used an ND grad filter on his Canon EOS 7D and 28-300mm lens to manage the sunset/twilight contrast.

Ansel Adams talked a lot about pre-visualization. In his day the term meant knowing in advance how the image he...

At Tenaya Lake last week my workshop student and I watched and photographed a spectacular, constantly-changing cloud display for over...

Today's Photo of The Day was taken by Mitch Ridder and submitted to the OP Fall Color Cover Assignment which is still open. Ridder took the photo in Big Cottonwood Canyon near Salt Lake City, Utah.

There's a hint of Autumn in the air this morning.

Today's Photo of The Day comes from Dave Hammaker and it was one of the Finalists in The American Landscape photo contest.

Today's Photo Of The Day was submitted to the Black & White Cover Assignment. The fortuitous visit by the moose make this a special photograph. David Fischer took the photo in Jasper National Park, Alberta on what he describes as a cold May morning.

Features a sharp 7.1x zoom with a maximum aperture of f/2

Features Wi-Fi connectivity

Weighs 3.4 ounces and measures 3.1 x 2.1 x 0.7 inches

Steve Biederman's photograph of Mt Rainier gets todays Photo Of The Day honors. The photo was sent in to the Atmospherics Assignment.

Travis Swentosky sent this photo to the Black & White Cover Assignment. As nature photographers we spend a lot of time seeking out grand landscapes, but sometimes it's a good idea to ground ourselves with something more modest in scale.

Jim Shoemaker submitted this photo to the Booming Clouds Assignment. This wild black and white photo captures the drama and intensity of a fast-brewing storm.

Steve Perry sent this photograph to the Birds Assignment which is open for submissions for a few more days. I see a lot of photographs of birds in flight, but I seldom see this kind of well-done backlight where the subject becomes luminous. Read on to see Steve Perry's description of how he took this photo.

Brad Goldpaint submitted this to the OP B&W Cover Assignment. To date it's the most popular Assignment on the website. Check out the full gallery...there are over 1400 submissions and the overall caliber of the work is excellent. Brad Goldpaint took this photo in the Mammoth Lakes area of California.

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The Summer 2012 issue of the Michael Clark Photography Newsletter is now available for download. If you’d like to sign...