Ian Shive

The Little River, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, Autumn 2010 Same location, Summer 2011 As a the end of…

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

I have been privileged to see a lot of wonderful photography over the years, both as a lover of photo…

I’m on the Island of Hawaii (the big island) wrapping up a multi-state assignment. I padded the trip by a…

When photographing in a “busy” landscape it’s hard to figure out exactly how to make the scene work, especially if…

How do you get today’s younger generations engaged and into the outdoors? Multimedia may just be the way. In one…

(© Ian Plant) Every landscape—every scene in nature—is different, each possessing its own unique magic. As nature photographers, our mission is…

It is amazing what you can pull out of a batch of photos that you haven’t looked at in awhile….

Have you ever traveled to a destination to photograph a specific season? Lots of planning is needed and usually if…

The below images and information are the technical aspects of how the images were made. To read more about the…

I managed to sneak a whopping two (yes, two!) days in last week for some hiking in Glacier National Park,…

Last week I braved the 100+ degree heat of the Arizona desert to photograph a popular tourist attraction known as…

Click here to watch the trailer Recently, Russell Chadwick (my business partner at Wild Collective, a multimedia production company we…

I recently made a quick trip to the stunningly clear waters of the Cayman Islands, British West Indies. I figured…

At the foot of the Himalayan Mountains in Northern India I spent the last few days documenting the greatest gathering…

I believe that we all feel a vibe, a resonation, with certain places in this world. I’ve heard surfers describe…

What do you dream of when your days are filled with the activities usually reserved for those fantastical visions that…