By the autumn of 2016 I was so disillusioned with landscape photography, I was nearly ready to quit. Probably the two things that stopped me from doing so were the fact it’s my career and I have a dogged determination to enjoy my life. At that stage I was running perhaps 25-30 weeks of workshops a year, and anyone who does that knows how demanding it can be. There is a … [Read more...]
State of the Business – What we know and what we don’t
Flop? Not so fast – Nikon’s actually selling a very respectable number of Z6s and Z7s, given that they’re upper-end full-frame cameras. There have been some numbers floating around online (from an article in the Japanese business publication Nikkei.com), showing shipment rankings for 2019 among the leading camera companies. Nikkei numbers show shipments (not necessarily … [Read more...]
EVOLVING YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY INTO CINEMATOGRAPHY. Episode 02 – Time, Movement & Editing
The goal of this educational series is to provide inspiration on how you can successfully transition your photography into cinematography. Often, when photographers start working with a video camera, they can misplace the voice they’ve worked so hard to develop in photography. The energy of their typical practice somehow gets lost in the translation to … [Read more...]
Justin Kelly: The Vanishing Deserts of Nevada
The eighth (and possibly final) video in our series exploring photographers working in the landscapes they call home came together as a bit of a fluke. I was originally set to travel from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon to profile an experienced Grand Canyon photographer and guide. Unfortunately that photographer had to cancel at the last minute due to a family emergency, … [Read more...]
Fall Up The Mountian
I had to double back as it started to rain to capture this. The leaf penetrated my mind with it's marbled purple and silvery hue of pinks as if to mirror the summer sunsets that had just passed. In August, The Luminous Landscape and my family picked up and moved to Montreal Quebec Canada. Montreal is a rare city that remains full of wonderful contradictions. It is … [Read more...]
EVOLVING YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY INTO CINEMATOGRAPHY. Episode 01 – Stills to Motion – The Translation
The goal of this educational series is to provide inspiration on how you can successfully transition your photography into cinematography. Often, when photographers start working with a video camera, they can misplace the voice they’ve worked so hard to develop in photography. The energy of their typical practice somehow gets lost in the translation to … [Read more...]
Essential Gear for the Traveling Photographer
Every picture tells a story and I’m passionate about telling stories and sharing my travel experiences through my landscape and travel photography websites. Quite often I get asked about what kind of camera gear I use to capture my images. Back in the 70s I started out shooting with a simple Olympus film camera. I recorded my journey in pictures and I’m so glad I did. As a … [Read more...]
Sony’s new full-frame baby, Nikon lenses and an Apple fizzle
The Sony A7C – looks a lot like an A6000, but it’s full frame. This one is in their handsome platinum color. Sony just introduced the A7C, which they’re calling the smallest and lightest fully-functional full frame mirrorless camera on the market today. They are quite careful to put conditions on their claim that exclude the Sigma fp, which is significantly smaller and … [Read more...]
Early September News and the start of the Great Luminous Landscape Lens Test
Out testing lenses – Sept 5, 2020. Peaceful Lewis Creek with the A7r IV and Sigma 24-70mm f2.8. There was an important court case decided recently, one that holds substantial ramifications for photographic gear, especially cheap third-party batteries, but also other items that are frequently cloned. In Bolger v. Amazon, a California appeals court ruled that Amazon is liable … [Read more...]
The Almost Hidden Path: Michael Walsh
"I mostly use an Olympus XA4 Macro and a Chinon Zoom 3000 Wide. The film stock I usually use is Kodak Colour Plus 200. Sometimes I use Portra 400 if I can afford it. "- Michael Walsh This profile is unabashedly on an up and coming and very new photographer. I enjoy focusing on all stages of an artist's path. For that reason, I am excited to share Michael's work with the Lula … [Read more...]
Michele Sons Follow-Up: West Virginia
In this follow up to our piece on Appalachian landscape photographer Michele Sons , Michele tells us how she moved away from photographing the famous national parks of Appalachia and ventured into more undiscovered areas of the region. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBmovTgywk8&feature=youtu.be Nick Taylor Sept 2020 … [Read more...]
Michele Sons Follow-Up: The Feminine Landscape
In this follow up to our piece on Appalachian landscape photographer Michele Sons, we take a look at Michele's acclaimed 'Feminine Landscape' series which blurs the borders between landscape and portrait photography. https://youtu.be/CRajI9wm6Jo Nick Taylor August 2020 … [Read more...]
Printing Part V – ImagePrint
The ImagePrint interface in a fairly basic state – making a single fine-art print on Platine with a border. One of the most valuable changes to my printing workflow in the past few years is that I now run all my printing through ImagePrint (Highly Recommended). Every time a photographer says ImagePrint, there are two immediate criticisms… First, “isn’t that really … [Read more...]
Camping in the Japanese Highlands with Snow Monkeys
During summer every year, I start looking forward to my Autumn Leaves Photo Tours and my Hokkaido Photo Tour that are usually just around the corner, or I start planning my photo adventures locally to picturesque locations like Mt. Fuji, Sado Island or the city of Yahiko in Niigata where the autumn leaves are breathtaking and bring people from all over Niigata, all over … [Read more...]
Kings of the Mirrorless Hill – Part 2: Systems and Companies
In part 1 of this article, we looked at the Nikon Z7 and Sony A7r IV in their competitive landscape. This part will look at the Z7 and the A7r IV in their respective systems – lenses, batteries, cards, flash and other accessories, and at the future of the two systems. Neither one has everything available that any photographer might want, and both have advantages and … [Read more...]
