October 2013

What is one of the biggest benefits of being a photographer that works in and around our world’s oceans?  It’s...

In October of 2012 I had the opportunity once again to join the Red Bull Winch Sessions crew to shoot...

Steve Shuey's dramatic photo near Ebbetts Pass is the Moonshot Assignment Winner!

Doug Kliewer's photo from Wonder Lake in Denali National Park is the Fall Wildlife Assignment Winner.

I wish the photo industry did a better job of naming things. The SLR was great…it’s catchy and it’s descriptive. But other than SLR, and of course, DSLR, I’m hard-pressed to think of a any particularly good names for any photographic technology. Do you have an idea for a better name than "mirrorless"? Send it my way.

I’ve always felt that the best photographs capture a mood or feeling. It’s easier to convey a mood when the...

More than 600 bald eagles live on the islands of Amaknak and Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. Although...

As much as I love a photograph that shows a pristine vista that appears untouched by humanity, I'm also drawn to photos that show a person interacting with the landscape. In recent issue of OP I've published more than one article extolling the benefits and techniques for including people in your images.

Today's Photo Of The Day comes from Bob Faucher and it was submitted to the Moonshot Assignment. Faucher took the photo in California's White Mountains where the Ancient Bristlecone pines cling to the dry, rocky hillsides.

Hello to all OP blog readers! I am really happy to announce that from now on I will be one...

Dyrhólaey is a promontory reaching out into the ocean on the south coast of Iceland, near the town of Vik....

Aaron Reed submitted today’s Photo Of The Day to the Fall Color Assignment. “This image was captured on a fall...

While the new 20.2-megapixel Sony Cyber-shot RX10 may not have the versatility of an interchangable lens camera, the 24-200mm f/2.8...

Sony has just announced the new α7 and α7R full-frame interchangeable lens cameras. The main differences between the two cameras...

Congratulations to Glenn Randall for his winning photo in the Parks, Preserves & Monuments Assignment

Sigma now provides a versatile standard zoom for full-frame cameras with the 24-105mm f/4 DG OS HSM Art lens. The...

After many years of diving and photographing marine life in tropical water around the world, I decided to explore the...

Here are two photographs I made last week near Conway Summit on the eastern side of the Sierra. The first one, above, is from Tuesday afternoon, with soft backlight filtering through thin clouds and making the leaves glow. The second image, below, was made Wednesday morning under overcast skies as the snow started to fall. I used a fast shutter speed (1/90th sec.) to freeze the motion of the snowflakes, which created a faint white dot pattern across the frame.

Sometimes, the best pictures we get are 180 degrees from the ones we were after. This is nearly always true...

Barn swallows arrive at this location in the Los Angeles area each year in March, spend a few days discussing...