Solve the Mystery of What to Bring
A Field Guide to Creating your Photography Packing List Packing camera gear for a photography travel trip is like shopping when you’re hungry. Everything looks essential, you pile your bag…
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Wildlife Photography Tips for Borneo
A wildlife photography adventure in Borneo is a safari unlike any other in the world. Borneo is teeming with the delightfully weird and whacky animals, and is also home to…
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Proof You Were There: The Human Element
When someone looks at your nature photographs, their attention almost always goes straight to the obvious: the mountains glowing at sunrise, the fishing bear, the iceberg catching the light just…
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Monochromatic Magic: When to Choose Black & White
There’s a moment we’ve all had: staring at a photo in Lightroom, finger hovering over the “black & white” button like it’s a detonator. Should I leave it in color,…
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Three Tips for Capturing Iceland’s Landscapes
When thinking about spectacular landscape photography, Iceland is unsurprisingly at the top of my list. It’s dramatic, the lighting can be beyond majestic, and the tiny island is teeming with landscapes…
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Chasing Feathers: Tips & Techniques for Better Bird Photography
Whether you’re trekking through a Brazilian wetland or perched quietly in your own backyard, photographing birds is a rewarding challenge. These feathered subjects are fast, flighty, and rarely follow direction,…
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Tips for Captivating Landscape Photography in Africa
The big open spaces of Africa aren’t prime for only wildlife photography. Landscape photography in Africa is just as big, bodacious, and spectacular. If you’re headed on a safari in Africa, pack…
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Three Ways to Get Perfect Focus for Outstanding Northern Lights Photographs
Photographing the aurora borealis is exceptional in so many ways. The images you get, the environment you’re in and the challenges…well, yes, the challenges you face. Northern lights photography can…
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How to Photograph an Arctic Sunrise or Sunset
Sunrises and sunsets are wonderfully fun to photograph, no matter where in the world you might be. However, there truly is something special about encountering—and photographing—them in the Arctic. To…
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Why Light Matters in Photography
Light is the foundation of every photograph you’ll ever take in your life. Yep, that’s a pretty big statement. Light is what creates contrast, highlights textures, and sets the mood…
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Video Tutorial: Photographing Bears in Alaska
It’s never too early to start thinking about summertime bear photography in spectacular places like Alaska. Whether it’s part of a grander, all-encompassing Alaska nature safari throughout the wildlife hotspots,…
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How to Photograph Hippos at Waterline
Photographs of hippos are deceptively challenging. Not because it’s hard to find them, necessarily. Nor is it because they aren’t photogenic or found in beautiful, wild habitat. Mainly, it’s because…