Outdoor Photography

As a nature photographer, my primary goal is to help those who view my work to appreciate the value of pure, unspoiled wilderness. Creating captivating images that seize and sustain the viewer’s attention is key. The longer you can get someone to look at a photograph, the greater the odds that they will connect with

Congratulations to Jody Partin for winning the Spotlit Subjects Assignment with the image, “Center Stage.” See more of Partin’s photography at http://jody-partin.pixels.com. View the winning image and a selection of submissions in the gallery below. And be sure to check out our current photography assignment here and enter your best shots! Winner: “Center Stage” By Jody Partin

Photo By Lea Scaddan “A western gray kangaroo male was doing his own thing when approached by another male who wanted to provoke him,” explains Lea Scaddan. “It quickly turned into a full-blown confrontation with both males as they fought for dominance of the females. The male kangaroo uses its strong tail as support so

Canon EOS R7 shown with the new RF-S18-150mm F3.5-6.3 IS STM zoom lens attached. Canon has introduced the first APS-C sensor cameras in its EOS R mirrorless system, the Canon EOS R7 (32-megapixel) and EOS R10 (24-megapixel). The EOS R7 is the higher performance model of the pair, but both cameras have a lot to

A favorite angle from which I love to make photographs is above my subject looking down. A favorite angle from which I love to make photographs is from down low looking up or across. Wait…these concepts contradict each other! How can both be favorites if they’re opposites? What it boils down to is based on

Congratulations to Christopher Baker for winning the Abstract Wildlife Assignment with the image, “Peacock Patterns.” See more of Baker’s photography at cscottphoto.smugmug.com. View the winning image and a selection of submissions in the gallery below. And be sure to check out our current photography assignment here and enter your best shots! Winner: “Peacock Patterns” By Christopher Baker

Making a good wildlife portrait is a challenge. Many factors must fall into place to create a successful image. The light can’t be harsh, ideally there’s a highlight in the subject’s eye, the background should be clean, the animal should be a good specimen, the head angle should show the eyes, if other subjects appear

Figure 1. The black-and-white print requires vision, technique and, more than anything else, practice. Black-and-white printing is an art unto itself. There’s a lot to consider, both creatively and technically. Without color to lean on, we must put more thought into how we render our image’s textures, patterns and contrast. We might need to dodge

Congratulations to James Day for winning the recent View From The Top Assignment with the image, “Looking Down from Mont Blanc.” See more of Day’s work at www.jdaypix.com. View the winning image and a selection of submissions in the gallery below. And be sure to check out our current photography assignment here and enter your best shots!

Located approximately 435 miles northeast of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Mount Robson somehow manages to surpass all of the giddy expectations that a nine-hour drive can produce. On a clear day, the last stretch of the journey east on the Yellowhead Highway toward Mount Robson Provincial Park reveals the 12,972-foot peak of Mount Robson suddenly

Photo By Prajkta Panchmukh Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Fly Line” by Prajkta Panchmukh. Location: Pune, India. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage,

This image of a bear silhouetted in front of a waterfall captures what I felt witnessing the scene—the stillness of the bear against the rushing movement of the water. I remember the fixer smell I couldn’t get off my hands, seeing my image emerge on paper for the first time as it sat in the

Gear Acquisition Syndrome (GAS) is a serious condition that impacts different photographers on different levels. It’s a malady that can psychologically make a photographer feel great, but in reality, its cure is found in having endurance and fortitude in photography. While it’s a luxury, to say the least, the latest and greatest gear doesn’t make

What makes a great landscape photograph? An interesting subject and artful framing are important, but even more important is the quality of light. If the exposure is poor, photographs of the most beautiful scenes, thoughtfully composed, will still be unusable. Long exposure of ocean waves made possible by using a neutral density filter to reduce

Photo By David Connel The canyons of Arizona and Utah are some of my favorite photographic locations. The reflective light makes the canyon walls glow. After a day of photographing this particular slot canyon, I thought it would make a great night project. The canyon was too narrow to capture the Milky Way but was

The South Rim of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is located about 7 miles north on Colorado State Highway 347 from the intersection with U.S. Route 50 east of Montrose. The North Rim has a separate entrance, located approximately 11 miles southwest of Crawford. Allow two to three hours to drive from one