Photo Cascadia – Best of 2015
Yet again another year has flown by which brings time to look back on the past and what might lie ahead for the new year. Going strong for six years with no signs of letting up on the gas. We grew by a whopping 16.6% with Erin Babnik joining our crew. We continue...
The Creative Photographer: Three Reasons Why You Should Forget About Originality
Originality is the single most celebrated quality of the artist. Craftsmanship may rank a close second, but it is originality that typically draws the most praise and causes an artist to be remembered. Nonetheless, there are several good reasons why the...
Canadian Rockies During Fall – Trip Report
Late last year we were out as a Photo Cascadia group along the Oregon Coast when the idea was brought up to head to the Canadian Rockies for fall 2015. I was in! I had not been there while it sat on my list of must see places to visit for too long. Fast forward to the...
Does a Landscape Photograph Need a “Subject”?
Of all of the terms that typically appear in discussions of photographic composition, the word “subject” may be the most confusing. In typical explanations, a photograph has a subject when it presents a main feature as being distinct from its setting, which is...
Nature Selfies
In this online world of the selfie crazed photo posts there is still the more classic selfie of putting up a tripod with camera for setting up the perfect scene. I like to say I have a selfie stick and jokingly point to my tripod. Taking a more old school approach I...
Ode to the Silhouette by David Cobb
Ode to the Silhouette By David Cobb Silhouette: The dark shape and outline of someone or something visible against a lighter background, especially in dim light. There was a time in photography when the silhouette was used more because it had to be. There wasn’t...
IN THE FIELD COMPOSITION WORKFLOW (PART 2 – LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY WORKFLOW)
by Zack Schnepf In the Field Composition Workflow Part 1 – Simplification Having a workflow, both in the field and for post processing is extremely helpful just as having a road map if you get lost is extremely helpful. That’s what a good workflow is for me, a...
The Seven Virtues of a Landscape Photographer
The landscape photographers who I most admire all seem to have a certain range of qualities in common, habits and characteristics that surely play a large role in enabling these photographers to produce compelling images on a regular basis. What follows is my attempt...
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