Costa Rica is truly a photographer’s dream come true – whether it’s the beaches, volcanoes, rivers, jungles or the exotic flora & fauna – Costa Rica has it all with some of the friendliest people I’ve ever met. There are only a handful of destinations around the world where the prospect of animal interaction is [Read More]
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Sean Tamblyn follow-up: The Final Shuttle Launches
In this follow-up to our piece on Sean Tamblyn’s Georgian Bay photography, we take a look at the opportunity Sean had to document the end of NASA’s space shuttle program, which first got him interested in remote camera work. Enjoy! Nick Taylor December 2019
Photographic Minimalism to the Max! The work of Marcus Cederberg
The nexus where the photographic, the photograph, design, and art meet, might look something like Marcus Cederberg’s images. I spent much of my youth traveling to see my grandparents in West Palm Beach, Florida. The art deco, the pastels, and the sun-baked flatness of it all left indelible impressions on me as a child. Perhaps [Read More]
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Michael Reichmann 2015 The root of joy is gratefulness. It is not Joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.- Unknown Two months ago Irene and I had our second daughter Sol Reichmann. We … [Read More...]
Batteries, Power and Workflow, Oh My – Part 1 of a series of short reviews of photographic accessories.
A Zendure SuperTank powering and charging a 15” MacBook Pro and an iPhone 6S+ while charging a camera battery. Note: Most of the equipment in this article was supplied for review purposes by manufacturers or … [Read More...]
Of the Leica SL2
The Leica SL2 A week after I thought there were no more cameras coming for the year (except possibly for an irrelevant Leica SL2), the surprising Leica SL2 arrived. What surprised me isn’t that an SL2 came, but … [Read More...]
Expert West Coast Photographic Printmaker to Liquidate His Entire Inventory of Rare and Prized Color Prints
This is where I did all my dye transfer printing for the last 30 years of that career. An impressive, high-tech, state-of-the-art facility to be sure, doncha think? Ctein is a friend to The Luminous Landscape, and the … [Read More...]
How large is your printer? (does the difference between 45 and 60 MP really matter)
A 44” Epson 9570 – it weighs about 250 lbs/115 kg, and it is wider and deeper than an upright piano. If you don’t have access to one of these (or its Canon equivalent), camera resolution has reached what you can use. … [Read More...]
The Director as Photograph Maker: The Imagery of Scott Cudmore
Dream plan? I don’t know! I don’t really make a lot of plans. - Scott Cudmore I met Scott Cudmore about 10 years ago when he shot a short documentary on me surrounding a record I released (I am … [Read More...]
Macs for Photography?
Apple’s brand-new 16” MacBook Pro – it’s probably a great photographic workstation, but is it the only choice? For the more involved photographer (like most of the readership of The Luminous Landscape), the big … [Read More...]
Adobe, Why Have you Forsaken Us?
The future of Lightroom looks distinctly cloudy This week is Adobe’s annual Adobe MAX conference, where they set the direction of their products for the upcoming year – and there’s not much for photographers … [Read More...]
Chasing The Light & The Photographer’s Mindset
Photographers have been chasing the light since the 1820s when Nicephore Niepce successfully recorded an image using camera obscura. Before Nicephore Niepce, there were pioneers who contributed since the 1700s, creating … [Read More...]
SEAN TAMBLYN: GEORGIAN BAY BY KAYAK
https://luminous-landscape.wistia.com/medias/mxr0fjictt The 4th in our series on photographers and the environments in which they work takes us out onto the waters of Georgian Bay in Ontario. I've loved the … [Read More...]
PhotoPlus booth rundown – Film says “ I’m not dead yet”
This piece and yesterday’s article on the general direction of the show were originally intended as parts of one article. While a technical glitch split them, I actually like where the split fell – between a general … [Read More...]
PhotoPlus Report (everything except digital cameras and lenses).
(extended version of this article here) Who says film’s dead? More view cameras at PhotoPlus than I’ve seen in years… Yes, the one on the left is 8x10” There was a significant decline in participation among smaller … [Read More...]
Jeremiah Barber follow-up: Inventor
https://luminous-landscape.wistia.com/medias/zpa57jkc6h In this second follow-up to our video piece with Southern Utah photographer Jeremiah Barber, we look at one of Jeremiah's own inventions: the … [Read More...]
PhotoPlus report – digital SLR and mirrorless cameras.
A Fujifilm X-Pro 3 in gleaming titanium. PhotoPlus 2019 was the smallest it has been in the decade or more I’ve been attending regularly. Sony didn’t attend, preferring to host their own event nearby, which was both … [Read More...]
