Variations On A Theme - Outdoor Photographer

The art of photography is about interpretation. What's right and what's wrong?

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William Neill

William Neill is a renowned nature and landscape photographer and a recipient of the Sierra Club's Ansel Adams Award for conservation photography. Neill's award-winning photography has been widely published in books, magazines, calendars and posters, and his limited-edition prints have been collected and exhibited in museums and galleries nationally, including the Museum of Fine Art Boston, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, The Vernon Collection and The Polaroid Collection. Neill's published credits include National Geographic, Smithsonian, Natural History, National Wildlife, Conde Nast Traveler, Gentlemen's Quarterly, Travel and Leisure, Wilderness, Sunset, Sierra and Outside magazines. He is also regular contributor to Outdoor Photographer with his column “On Landscape”.

The Space Between

Learn to watch all the elements in your frame, not just the main subject.

Aim For The Sun

How to find great light beyond the "golden hours"

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Ultimate Landscapes

What does it take to create a great landscape photo? Unfortunately, there are no secret formulas, silver bullets or paint-by-numbers approaches that will make your images rise above the rest.

Wild Japan

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

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White Balance

I’ve heard conflicting recommendations on where to set the white balance on my digital camera. Some sources advise the use of automatic white balance; others say to use a different white-balance setting for each specific light source. What do you think?

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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