Wrangling The Light

Use simple and affordable accessories to take your landscapes to the next level

Ibarionex R. Perello

Published September 1, 2005
Updated July 1, 2016

My job requires me to look at a lot of photographs, thousands of them. It’s something that I’ve always enjoyed, and I consider myself lucky to be able to review the images of some of today’s best photographers. When it comes to landscape images, I often see familiar locations: Yellowstone, Arches, slot canyons. The places are immediately identifiable because of some distinguishing landmark and because I’ve seen the location photographed hundreds of times before.

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