Terry McDonald

Terry McDonald

Terry McDonald is an artist, author and educator, working in fine art landscape and nature photography. He approaches photography as both an art and a craft: a solid grounding in technique frees him to explore a variety of visual styles. As a photographer his goal seems simple enough: capture and recreate the inherent art in nature. However, nature is not always so accommodating! Although Terry grew up and has lived most his life in Canada, he has lived, worked and photographed overseas for 10 years in Tanzania, Germany and, more recently, England. Additional travel destinations have included much of western Europe, across Canada to two of three coats, South Africa, south Florida, the Galápagos and Iceland. Terry lives with his family in Guelph, Ontario, his home base for hiking, backcountry canoeing and nordic skiing. When time permits, he offers classroom and field workshops throughout the year. Terry’s work has been featured in Photo Life and Light & Landscape and is in private collections on three continents. His work may be viewed at luxBorealis.com or at his luxBorealis Flickr account.
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Camera & Technology

ProCamera raw capture on the way down to my parents for Christmas. We pulled to the side of the country road and spent a few minutes enjoying this wintery scene. 28mm f/1.8@ 1/1100s, 0EV, ISO20; processed in Lr.

iPhone Raw – Seriously?

I take photography seriously. I shoot raw exclusively in my landscape and nature work, with a workflow dedicated to maximizing the quality of the image


Sony RX10iii – The Ultimate Travel Camera

It's been a bit of a Holy Grail for me over the last number of years... I love working with my full-frame system and the