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We all have to learn somewhere and somehow and this summer I’ve been learning how to shoot in infrared. I was gifted a Sony A7II camera with a super color conversion from LifePixels. This conversion converted the camera to shoot…
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Find a Project and Find Inspiration
Find a photography project and find inspiration should be all I need to write. But, somehow I need to convince you that when you are feeling a little burned out on photography or just lost your focus then you should…
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Filters for Outdoor Photography: Polarizers, ND Filters and ND Grads Revisited
Selecting filters for outdoor photography has always been complicated, especially for photographers just learning how to use filters. In recent years, more companies have gotten into the market and the selection has grown even larger. In addition to that, lenses…
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Breaking the Twig
Over the weekend while teaching a waterfall photography class, we hiked up the Cascade River State Park waterfall trail and came to the first waterfall. In previous years, the waterfall was framed in by two massive white cedars. It made…
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Best Photos of 2016 Runner-ups
Back in January, I selected my favorite photos of the year. Each month I picked one favorite shot and then I published them in my Best Photo of 2016 post. There were 62 runner-ups that I didn’t post and a…
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Low Level Lighting for Nightscape and Milky Way Photography
Recently Arches and Canyonlands National Parks have considered banning night photography workshops — these aren’t parks that I run workshops in but nonetheless I have concerns. While those parks still allow night workshops, they may stop allowing that usage of the…
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Lake Superior, the Badlands, and Beyond: A Year of Landscape Photography
A year on the road, over 100 days, across some of North America’s most compelling landscapes. Here are my favorite shots from 2016, with the technique behind each one. January The Tombolo in Grand Marais is one of the most…
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Review Sensei Pro Filter Holder System
Filters are important for the type of landscape and seascape photography that I do. For sunrise and sunsets, I almost always use a Singh-Ray ND grad and often use a Singh-Ray Mor-Slo ND filter (see my Filters for Outdoors article…
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Hello from Grand Teton National Park: the Old Patriarch Tree
Just a quick note from Grand Teton National Park. The other day, I hiked (bushwhacked) into the Old Patriarch Tree. The Old Patriarch Tree is a limber pine and an iconic tree that stands alone in the sagebrush flats. The park road…
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Bluff Country of Northeast Iowa Trip Report
With so many places to travel and photograph, one might ask a landscape photography why he would choose northeastern Iowa for a photography trip. If you asked me that question, I’d give you a simple three word answer: It is…