The Myth of Influence in Photography
“Geodescent” by Erin Babnik, Death Valley National Park (2019). CLICK PHOTO TO ENLARGE. Creating a high-quality photograph of sand dunes in Death Valley was no small accomplishment in 1932, the year that Willard Van Dyke produced his dunes image that now ...
Looking Beyond Locations in Landscape Photography
“A double rainbow, all the way! What does it mean?!” (Paul Vasquez, in a viral YouTube video of 2010) A famous pair of Greek maxims inscribed over the entrance to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi urged visitors to nurture self knowledge and to exercise restraint: “Know...
Four (More) Compositional Patterns Worth Finding in Nature
In celebration of our tenth anniversary, we at Photo Cascadia are revisiting some of our favorite posts from the vast archives of educational content that we have produced since the team’s formation. For my first contribution to this retrospective series, I have...
Erin Babnik Shares Personal Story of Surviving the Camp Fire
Due to the personal nature of its content, the article that I published this week appears on my own website. After losing my home, my office, and everything inside to the wildfire of November 8, I have been incredibly fortunate and grateful to receive immense support...
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