The two words landscape & photography have come to represent a vast spectrum of styles, nuances, characteristics and aesthetics. From a single exposure on a piece of film to multi location composites being passed off as genuine experienced events. I’ll start by saying I’m not here to judge, as this is not the purpose of the article. I’m here to challenge, to question, to … [Read more...]
Printing Part VI – seeing what you’re printing on the Eizo CS2740
The Eizo CS2740 in a kitchen-table workspace, running off my MacBook Pro. The keyboard, mouse, card reader and (unseen) ImagePrint dongle are all running from the monitor USB, leaving a single-cable connection to the computer (the computer is also powered from the monitor). Plug in for a full workstation, pull one cable to grab and go. One of the most important tools … [Read more...]
The Psychic Shock of Animal Photojournalism in the 21st Century (WARNING: Graphic Images)
Steel barriers, concrete floors, tiled walls and push-button technology make up the habitat of the modern-day dairy herd. CREDIT: Andrew Skowron Across the world, 22.5 billion livestock and fowl currently live on farms, where most of them endure conditions of unimaginable misery. Each day, 160 million of these animals are transported to slaughterhouses. Even leaving aside … [Read more...]
Why What Works (Rediscover)
Figure #1 From The Bench. San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. December, 2012 Sony RX1 @ ISO 100 Why do some photographs succeeded and some not? Indeed, what makes a good photograph? Why are some worth looking at, thinking about, admiring or even hating? Why do some (most?) not even merit a second glance? Are there rules, and who makes the rules? Then, if there are rules – who … [Read more...]
EVOLVING YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY INTO CINEMATOGRAPHY. Episode 3 – Maintaining your Voice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZC8xWrHwSg&feature=youtu.be 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 … [Read more...]
THE QUEST FOR FORM – Thinking about composition in new ways: By Darren Lewey
Many articles or books on composition refer to different locations and subjects when explaining what makes a successful image. However, there are multiple compositional outcomes available to us and it can sometimes be easier to understand the nuances of framing in relation to one location. In this feature I’ll be referring to some of my photographs from Valle Verzasca … [Read more...]
Of Zen and Zeiss (and Apple and other news)
Welcome to the Pemigewasset Of Zen and Zeiss – the Otus invites contemplative photography. This article will be the first of a series of lens reviews this autumn, covering new releases and a few old favorites from Zeiss, Sony, Sigma and Nikon (Canon, I’d love to look at your system, too – but I’ve had no luck getting an R5 body and some glass). We’ll start off with a … [Read more...]
LUMINOSITY & CONTRAST – A New Reality: By Alister Benn
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...]
