Dan Wells

Dan Wells

Dan Wells, "Shuttterbug" on the trail, is a landscape photographer, long-distance hiker and student in the Master of Divinity program at Harvard Divinity School. He lives in Cambridge, MA when not in wild places photographing and contemplating our connection to the natural world. Dan's images try to capture the spirit he finds in places where, in the worlds of the Wilderness Act of 1964, "Man himself is but a visitor". He has hiked 230 miles of Vermont's Long Trail and 450 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail with his cameras, as well as photographing in numerous National Parks, Seashores and Forests over the years - often in the offseason when few people think to be there. In the summer of 2020, Dan plans to hike a stretch of hundreds of miles on the Pacific Crest Trail, focusing on his own and others' spiritual connection to these special places, and making images that document these connections. Over years of personal work and teaching photography, Dan has used a variety of equipment (presently Nikon Z7 and Fujifilm APS-C). He is looking for the perfect combination of light weight, ruggedness and superb image quality.
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Camera & Technology

Looking Ahead to 2023 Part 1 – what will probably happen

I’ve decided to do this differently this year. Rather than going manufacturer by manufacturer, I’m going to look at some possible introductions, losses and trends


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Introducing the Epson SureColor P9570 (And An Apple Announcement)

Before we get to the meat of this article, introducing our long-term test Epson SureColor P9570, it’s worth commenting briefly on the three Macs Apple


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Reminiscences on Photography in 2022 and Year-end awards

We’ve had an interesting, partially post-COVID year in the photo industry, and I hope that next year will be a further unclogging of the pipeline


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Image Quality Part III – Lenses (and a note on 40 MP APS-C and the loss of PhotoPlus)…

Before we dive deeply into lens design and construction, a quick note on the new Fujifilm cameras using the 40 MP APS-C sensor, and on


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Of the complexities of image quality part II

Introduction In the previous part of this series, we looked at the behavior of the image sensor itself, at sensor technology and size and their