We’ve seen a lot of innovation in lenses lately, and I’m looking forward to more this coming year. The full-frame mirrorless mounts are really coming into their own, as Sony fills many of the last holes in their lineup while Canon and Nikon both build theirs. Sigma gets “lens innovator of the year” for 2020 [Read More]
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Year in Review, Year Ahead Part II – Cameras
2020 was a relatively slow year for cameras, with the (very) notable exception of Canon’s EOS-R5 and R6. We had a couple of small and light cameras for their sensor size, neither perfect, but both pointing in interesting directions. We had a couple of cameras adding image stabilization to the beloved Fujifilm line. We had [Read More]
Year in Review, Year Ahead part 1
2020 has been a strange year for the camera industry – the pandemic has exacerbated trends that were already underway, and there are new trends emerging. We are probably going to lose a camera manufacturer or two (no, not Nikon or anybody else big like that). We’ll see further attempts to reconcile the type of [Read More]
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2020 Visions & New Horrizons
2020 was beyond easy summation. If our loved ones and we are healthy and alive, we can count ourselves lucky and be grateful. Many people lost family members and friends (for various reasons), their livelihood, faith in … [Read More...]
Wildlife photography on a reasonable budget
Snow Geese over Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area – Sony 200-600mm Many of us who photograph the landscape have always loved the idea of incorporating wildlife into our photographic practice. At the same time, … [Read More...]
Happy Holidays from The Luminous Landscape family to all.
Michael Reichmann 2016 From myself, Irene, our girls, the writers, and contributors here, we wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season. Merry Christmas and happy solstice to our loyal members and readers in … [Read More...]
FIELD NOTES FOLLOW-UP: BEHIND THE SCENES
Looking back on the 8-episode documentary series I made for the Luminous Landscape. Over the last eighteen months Luminous Landscape has published a series of documentary shorts about some of North America’s most … [Read More...]
EVOLVING YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY INTO CINEMATOGRAPHY. Episode 04 (of 5). – Camera Support
https://youtu.be/pIrm9VfdxUU The goal of this educational series is to provide inspiration on how you can successfully transition your photography into cinematography. Often, when photographers start … [Read More...]
Dancing Beyond The Light : The new work of Sam Choisy
Sam Choisy is a personal friend and an artist The Luminous Landscape profiled last year. Sam is a French transplant to Canada who carries a very palpably French sensibility in his abstract, romantic, vibrantly … [Read More...]
Therapeutic Power Spots Japan – Healing The Adventurer Photographer
No explorer with backpack and camera in hand can escape the consequences of the decisions they have made. Two shining examples are Edmund Hillary or perhaps the Donner party. My team and I know the axiom … [Read More...]
Lightpainting with a Harmonograph Harmony of Light – From Technology to Art? By Andrew Carter
Follow Introduction I am a lifetime enthusiast photographer, but my career has been in Optoelectronics and Engineering, designing and building the devices that power today’s optical transmission for the Internet. … [Read More...]
The Secret of Colour in Landscape Photography by Alister Benn
The two words landscape & photography have come to represent a vast spectrum of styles, nuances, characteristics and aesthetics. From a single exposure on a piece of film to multi location composites being passed off … [Read More...]
Printing Part VI – seeing what you’re printing on the Eizo CS2740
The Eizo CS2740 in a kitchen-table workspace, running off my MacBook Pro. The keyboard, mouse, card reader and (unseen) ImagePrint dongle are all running from the monitor USB, leaving a single-cable connection to the … [Read More...]
The Psychic Shock of Animal Photojournalism in the 21st Century (WARNING: Graphic Images)
Steel barriers, concrete floors, tiled walls and push-button technology make up the habitat of the modern-day dairy herd. CREDIT: Andrew Skowron Across the world, 22.5 billion livestock and fowl currently live on … [Read More...]
Why What Works (Rediscover)
Figure #1 From The Bench. San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. December, 2012 Sony RX1 @ ISO 100 Why do some photographs succeeded and some not? Indeed, what makes a good photograph? Why are some worth looking at, thinking … [Read More...]
EVOLVING YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY INTO CINEMATOGRAPHY. Episode 3 – Maintaining your Voice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZC8xWrHwSg&feature=youtu.be The goal of this educational series is to provide inspiration on how you can successfully transition your photography into … [Read More...]
THE QUEST FOR FORM – Thinking about composition in new ways: By Darren Lewey
Many articles or books on composition refer to different locations and subjects when explaining what makes a successful image. However, there are multiple compositional outcomes available to us and it can sometimes … [Read More...]
