How to Decide if Your New Photo is Ready for the Eyes of the World
The fast-paced world of online photo sharing and the conveniences of digital development have combined to encourage increasingly rapid and frequent production of photographs, an approach that is very likely to favor quantity over quality. Indeed, most social media...
When Will Vandalism of our Treasured Locations Stop?
This summer I visited Cape Kiwanda in Pacific City, Oregon. It was my first time to the area in about four years, the longest stretch away as a photographer since my first visit over a decade ago. Shortly after my last visit the area become rather controversial with...
Backlighting – My Favorite Light
I love backlighting in landscape photography; it creates an inner glow to mountain flowers, fall leaves, and meadows or rim lighting around wildlife. Backlighting also accentuates morning mist, fog, smoke, and haze, and shooting into that kind of atmosphere will...
The Intersection of Weather and Photography
One of the most common questions I get asked when teaching workshops or discussing photography is, “How do you know when to go out and shoot?” Or, “What do you look for in the weather forecast when planning a shoot?”. You might look our the...
Split Toning With Luminosity Masks
(Note: I published the video that accompanies this article on my YouTube Channel in June, so if you are a subscriber over there you may have already seen it.) Split toning is a process in photography of adding one color to the shadows and a different color to the...
Visual Flow
I was looking through several of my favorite images from the past 6 months and I noticed a pattern. Many of them have a visual flow I find interesting. Visual flow is the natural way your eye will move through an image. Some compositions will have obvious elements...
Photography – Learning the Hard Way
Most of what you see and read around photography talks about our successes and showcases only our best work. This isn’t surprising as we prefer to show off the good, not the bad, if are trying to capture another person’s split-second attention before the next shiny...
Top Ten Tips For Successful Wildflower Photography
My favorite time of the year for photographing nature is always wildflower season in the summer. There are many reasons why it’s my favorite season. The best reason is that you have an excuse to get out of the house and into nature. In the Pacific Northwest of the...
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