Luminous Landscape Video Journal – Issue 2

On Location: The Grand Canyon, Mono Lake, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest
• Michael discusses his photography of the Grand Canyon from the South Rim, the Colorado river and an aerial overview.
• Rafting the Colorado river through the Grand Canyon. A photographic trip through some of the world’s most magnificent scenery – quiet side canyons and the tumultuous Colorado’s whitewater.
• A video shot along the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. Michael narrates with many tips & suggestions.
• Mono Lake – A photography shoot in this eerie yet beautiful location with its stark ‘tufas’ and brine-encrusted grasses
• Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Michael photographs the oldest living trees in the ‘moonscape’ high in the Sierra mountains

Technique: Camera Movements Tutorial, Better Black & White Tutorial
Camera Movements: a detailed look at the benefits of Tilt & Shift lens movements; how they work and why your photographs might benefit from them.
Better Black & White Tutorial – a ‘How To’ of digital B&W, duotones & tritones using Photoshop

Interview: CC Lockwood
• An interview with wildlife & nature photographer CC Lockwood

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Michael Reichmann is the founder of the Luminous Landscape. Michael passed away in May 2016. Since its inception in 1999 LuLa has become the world's largest site devoted to the art, craft, and technology of photography. Each month more than one million people from every country on the globe visit LuLa.

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