Outdoor Photography

Seven-tenths of our planet is covered by water. For many nature photographers, it’s instinctive to want to explore what images lie beneath the water. That intrigue set me on a course to explore the world’s oceans. Here’s what I’ve learned about underwater photography along the way. I approached this photograph as a conventional landscape, so

Congratulations to Garry Everett for winning the recent Motion Blur Assignment with the image, “Moonlight Coast.” See more of Everett’s photography at www.gelandscapephoto.com.  View the winning image and a selection of submissions below. And be sure to check out our current photography assignment here and enter your best shots!

Have you ever looked at photos of awe-inspiring places and thought how magnificent it would be to journey there but doubted your chances because life gets in the way? Have you ever looked at an image of a far-off destination and thought how lucky that photographer was to get to travel to that location? Have

Camera lens filters are an essential accessories to achieve the best quality images, especially in outdoor conditions where the light can change quickly and isn’t easily controlled as in a studio environment. Serious photographers invest in top-quality equipment to help ensure that their images are the best they can be. When it comes to building

  Today’s Photo of the Day is “Skyrise” by Daniel Forster. Location: Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness, Colorado. “The Maroon Bells mountains wrapped in autumn colors at night with a sky filled with stars and the Milky Way,” describes Forster. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of

Congratulations to Milan Gonda for winning the recent In A Fog Assignment with the image, “Autumnal Woodland of Mala Fatra National Park, Slovakia.” See more of Gonda’s photography at www.milangondaphotography.com.  View the winning image and a selection of submissions below. And be sure to check out our current photography assignment here and enter your best shots!

Liam Fields dropping over Spirit Falls while whitewater kayaking on the Little White Salmon River near White Salmon, Washington. To create this image, I rappelled over the edge of the gorge right next to Spirit Falls and waited for the kayaker to drop over the waterfall. I used Elinchrom ELB 1200 battery-powered strobes to freeze

Photo By Geert Weggen “Many red squirrels visit my garden here in the middle of Sweden on a daily basis. I put out food and wait for them,” says Geert Weggen. “They’re used to me and the camera, which makes it easier to capture images of them. I put some sunflower seeds under the flower

Photo By Anthony Ryan Today’s Photo of the Day is “Adirondack Split” by Anthony Ryan. Location: Lake Placid, New York. “I used the telephoto to compress this scene and design a composition with strong contrast in color and texture,” explains Ryan. “There are endless possibilities for scenes like this in the Adirondacks.” Want to get

Mules Ears flowers bloom as an Entrada sandstone tower rises from the sands of the San Rafael Desert in southern Utah. This area receives a scant 5 inches of rain per year, but after a wet winter, the wildflower displays here are some of the best in the region. Whenever I’m traveling outside the U.S.

Photo By Kristy Sharkey Today’s Photo of the Day is “Star Trails Over Mt. Rainier” by Kristy Sharkey. Location: Washington. 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

Photo By John Pierce Today’s Photo of the Day is “Stormy San Juans” by John Pierce. Location: Ridgway, Colorado. 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

OM Digital Solutions, formerly Olympus, has introduced the OM SYSTEM OM-5 camera, a 20.4-megapixel Micro Four Thirds sensor camera aimed at enthusiast photographers who want a lightweight, compact system. The OM SYSTEM OM-5 continues the lineage of the Olympus OM-D E-M5 series, the company’s mid-range model. OM Digital Solutions OM SYSTEM OM-5 One of the

Today’s Photo of the Day is “Mesa Arch and its Golden Sunburst” by Jonathan Burns. Location: Canyonlands National Park, Utah. 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

Congratulations to Harry Lichtman for winning the recent Sidelight Assignment with the image, “Light Play.” See more of Lichtman’s photography at www.harrylichtman.com.  View the winning image and a selection of submissions below. And be sure to check out our current photography assignment here and enter your best shots!

Sony today introduced its next generation model in the company’s a7R line, the a7R V. This 61-megapixel camera is the highest resolution model in the Alpha camera system. Sony a7R V The a7R V features a new processing unit that’s dedicated to AI subject recognition, something not before offered in an Alpha camera. The upgraded