How Landscape Photographs Tell Stories
When a photograph depicts a person, it is likely to suggest storylines in a fairly straightforward manner. A single or predominant person appearing within a scene will read easily as the story’s protagonist, and details in the image will help to establish strands of...
Book Review – Soul Of The Heights by Ed Cooper
One of the presents for my birthday this year my wife and girls got me was a great hardback book by Ed Cooper “Soul of the Heights – 50 years Going to the Mountains”. If you have a love for being in the great outdoors especially in the Pacific Northwest and don’t know...
Photographing Croatia by David M. Cobb
Photographing Croatia By David Cobb The first time I explored Croatia was when I crossed the eastern border through the countries of Montenegro and Albania. Six years later I explored the western portion of the country arriving through Slovenia. Both times I was...
Featured Photographer – Alister Benn
For this installment of our Featured Photographer series I decided to turn the tables on my friend, Alister Benn, and interview him. Alister and I first met a few years ago when he interviewed me for a podcast. Since then I have been an avid fan and follower. His work...
A Picture Journey Through Spring In Yosemite National Park
By Kevin McNeal The 2015 Yosemite in Spring photo tour began with expectations of lush green landscapes, spring-fed waterfalls and endless bloom of dogwoods—and Yosemite did not disappoint. After meeting my group at the Fresno airport we made the journey north through...
Palouse Spring 2015
I just finished up a very enjoyable workshop season down in the Palouse region of Washington State. As many of you know, I live just on the North side of this beautiful area and I am lucky to be able to visit often and give multiple photography tours and workshops...
Video Tutorial: Advantages of Transparent Layer Dodging and Burning
Lightening and darkening (often referred to as dodging and burning) in selective areas of an image to enhance existing light and shadow, to guide the eye or to increase depth and contour is a technique I commonly use. Both in Lightroom and Photoshop there are...
Storm Light
by Zack Schnepf When it comes to photography, I get excited when I see a storm in the forecast. Many of my favorite images are taken before, after, or during a storm. It doesn’t always work out, and there are risks to shooting in stormy conditions, but there is...
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