Wild Japan: A Photographer's Guide - Outdoor Photographer

A traveler’s guide to Japan’s diverse, year-round wildlife photo opportunities.

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Best Cameras For Wildlife Photography

To capture the decisive moment in animal activity and behavior, choose a camera with the AF performance, speed and image quality that are up to the task.

Horned puffins near Katmai National Park

Katmai For Wildlife

The dramatic landscapes of Katmai National Park in southern Alaska are home to an abundance of wildlife photo opportunities.

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Shortcuts That Shortchange Wildlife Photography

Put the welfare of your wildlife photo subjects first by avoiding practices that endanger and exploit them.

What’s In A Landscape?

Considering the natural history of the places we photograph.

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Max Mirrorless

Mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras came into being because many felt that DSLRs were too bulky to carry around much of the time.

Look And See

In our rush to capture fleeting light and moments, it’s easy to just look, compose and shoot. “Seeing” requires that we slow down and shift into a different headspace.

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