Fixing a Perfect Morning: Making your Sunrise Image Match Your Eyes
I can't imagine a more perfect morning than the one we chose to go ballooning over the temples in Bagan, Myanmar on our recent photo safari. There was a soft breeze, only a few clouds, and the...
View ArticleiCeland loves the iPhone
I’ve been intrigued by the iPhone photography of Dan Burkholder and others. I love the weathered look, and the apps are getting quite cogent, enabling us to create large files for print. Now, by large...
View ArticleDigital Star Trails: A Step by Step Guide
We all know that the best parts of the shooting day are around sunrise and sunset. But you don’t have to stop when the Sun goes down. Star trails are a really fun way to make some unique images and...
View ArticleNot a Cloud in the Sky
How many times have you heard, “Oh, what a beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky!”? Those are the days my camera and I stay home and watch TV. (My camera likes to watch Travels to the Edge with Art...
View ArticleThinking Ahead
We need to be on the lookout for photographs that aren't yet available, but soon may be. We get a good composition when the right combination of subject matter and light coalesces in the viewfinder....
View ArticleClash of the HDR Titans: Photomatix Pro versus Nik's HDR Efex Pro
High-dynamic range imaging (HDR) is the fastest growing and perhaps the trendiest new technique in photography. By combining several images with different exposures the photographer can capture scenes...
View ArticleJust Add Water
A few weeks back, I was exploring a rock formation near the Little Colorado River. I found a number of petroglyphs. It occurred to me that almost all the petroglyphs and ruins I've encountered in the...
View ArticleA Stolen Day at Canyon de Chelly
I was traveling six hundred feet down and a thousand years back, more or less. The trail from the rim of Canyon de Chelly to the White House Ruin begins with a series of steep switchbacks. On one side,...
View ArticleLandscapes and Social Media with Jim Goldstein
Jim Goldstein is a full-time professional photographer based in San Francisco, CA. He captures landscapes and nature, and is an established travel photographer. He also embraces social media, and is...
View ArticleTaming the Sun: Lens Flare, and How to Deal with It
Every experienced photographer knows and fears lens flare. Most often, we associate it with those horribly distracting 'stars' of light we see through our viewfinder and in our images when shooting...
View ArticleInterviews with the PDN 30: Eliot Dudik
Eliot Dudik is a documentary, fine art, and landscape photographer who has made PDN's 30 for 2012. His project, 'Road Ends in Water,' documents communities that live along the waterside in South...
View ArticleOther than Ansel
We can all appreciate the beloved Ansel Adams. He was one of the greats. His story is inspiring, fascinating and enduring. The man worked as a custodian in Yosemite National Park in order to live in...
View ArticleThinking Inside the Box
When I was first learning photography, I was often disappointed by my images. I’d go to a beautiful place, and take many photographs. Later, when I’d examine the results on the monitor, I’d find that...
View ArticleHow I Got the Shot: Matt Kloskowski's Fall Sunrise
Kelby Training's Education Director Matt Kloskowski photographed the stunning sunrise in his photo above. Capturing all of the details in one image like this can be a bit tough to do, but it is totally...
View ArticleHow I Got the Shot: Troy Shinn on Looking Up
Every now and then, we will give the spotlight to select photos from our awesome fans posted on our Facebook. Troy Shinn's photo above was recently selected, and it received an outpouring of love from...
View ArticleHow I Got the Shot: David H Wells on a Scene out of India
BHInsights blogger David Wells has been a busy man! He was recently on an assignment that tasked him to photograph the historically-significant Islamic architecture in Bijapur, in the Southern Indian...
View ArticleLandscape Magic—10 Points to Score
Landscape photography is such a romantic pursuit! Though it is so close to many of our hearts, the romance of landscape photography gets pushed aside too often by its technical and procedural aspects....
View ArticleHow I Got the Shot: Adam Schallau on Thunder Over the Confluence
Take a look at the photo above: Adam Schallau was able to capture this gorgeous image by releasing the shutter at just the right time. But how did he get it? We talked to Adam about what he did to...
View ArticleHow I Got the Shot: Mike Finn on His "She Took the Midnight Train" Composite...
The photo above is quite a striking one, and we recently featured it on our Facebook wall. It was shot by Mike Finn, a photo enthusiast who loves to create awesome scenes. After closely inspecting the...
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