Understanding Aspect Ratios & The Art of Cropping A Bandage for Poor Composition, or a Creative Tool? An old saying in photography has it that – "If your photographs aren't good enough, it's likely because you aren't close enough". This is often misunderstood to mean that one should be shooting with a long lens, or just doing close-ups. Not so. What is meant is that a … [Read more...]
Rediscover – Sensor and Sensibility
Sensor & Sensibility Understanding Sensor Issues Starting with apologies to Jane Austen fans for the title of this article, let me add as well that this is not a treatise on sensor design. Rather, it is simply a primer on some of the basics, intended to help photographers understand what is going on behind the scenes of sensor design and manufacture. The idea being, to … [Read more...]
Henry Wilhelm Interview
In the late Summer of 2008, Michael Reichmann interviewed Henry Wilhelm, founder of Wilhelm Imaging Research for a video in the 2008/9 Epson Print Academy. As part of Luminous Landscape's Back to the Print series, we are re-publishing here the complete 68 minute video interview in two parts. We feel that the material covered in this interview is as relevant today … [Read more...]
Wolfe Grant Deadline Approaching
The 2016 Art Wolfe Next-Generation Photographers Grant 6 April, 2016 The Endowment is pleased to announce that the winners of The 2016 Art Wolfe Next-Generation Photographers Grant have been selected and announced. The winners are... Dan Mele Andrew Snyder Joe Sulik Todd Amacker Jennifer Adler Grant Ordelheide Gabby Salazar Benjamin Olson Their … [Read more...]
Self-Publishing Joys and Headaches
Self-Publishing: Joys and Headaches Reva Nelson is the copy editor for The Luminous Landscape website. This is her experience with Amazon’s CreateSpace self-publishing platform for her newest book, ‘Hippie Chick Abroad’, available at Amazon.com. We also look at photographic book self-publishing using local print-on-demand services as well as commercial book publi … [Read more...]
