Kevin Schafer

It is always difficult to ask ten pictures to define a year, a challenge made more so since my judging…

There are planned pictures,and there are accidental pictures. And then there are those for which both are required. It is…

We are in the middle of a major worldwide extinction event, with vast numbers of plants and animals disappearing because…

By now, you will all have seen the image. You will probably also have heard the many amusing, often ridiculous,…

Five years ago, I photographed a story for National Geographic Magazine on Amazon River Dolphins (“Botos” in Portuguese). It was…

It has been a long-held tenet that the best camera for any situation is the one you’re holding in your…

Believe it or not, this was one of the most frustrating days of my entire trip in Antarctica. We made…

Notice how I say “Favorites”, not necessarily the “Best.” Not only is it hard to honestly assess which are the…

People often say clear skies and sunny days offer the best light for photography. Don’t believe them! Except for narrow…

It was a miraculous day at the bottom of the world. Days of clouds and rain finally gave way to…

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

Wildlife photography asks a lot of someone with a camera. In a heartbeat, you must freeze an instant in time,…

I’ve been burned before. A decade ago, Nikon came out with its first VR lens – the original 80-400 zoom….

The small village of Riglos, on the southern fringes of the Spanish Pyrenees, is not on the way to anywhere,…

I have a thing about sunsets.  As my friends will testify, I have been known to rant about how we’re…

As photographers, our view of the world is often shaped by the lenses we choose to put on our camera….

Over the course of my career, I have been on a lot of airplanes, and traveled to some pretty exotic,…

Snowy Owl in flight, Grays Harbor, WA Forget Christmas – my greatest gifts this holiday season came at New Year’s. This…

Some years ago, I was invited to a “slideshow” (remember those?) at the home of a good friend. He was…

I first visited the Galapagos Islands nearly thirty years ago. It was a revelation. Instead of fleeing in terror at…