I’ve had an appreciation for wildlife since the days when Marlin Perkins gave us a play-by-play from the helicopter of just what ole’ Jim was up to down on the ground. Usually, Jim was locked in battle with some aggitated creature like a crazed emu trying to “Jackie Chan” him in the face. Since those days, wildlife imagery has grown technically better with […]
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We often hear the anagram HDR, and think High Dynamic Range. Some people don’t care much for the image that pops into their head, assuming it’s one of those over-the-top highly processed images that looks more illustrative than photographic. There is, however, a distinction between HDR and Tone Mapping. An image can be HDR and […]
I love motion. In my studio, I have chosen to photograph people who move — but I tend to freeze their motion using strobes. On adventure photo tours, however, I like to experiment with shutter speed and camera movement. The downside is that you never know exactly what you’re going to get. Turns out, that’s also […]
Cheetahs, the world’s fastest animal, can run at speeds of 70 mph. These images were submitted by Ted M. from Santa Maria, CA. Photo tour was in Namibia, Africa. And here’s a couple more he recently submitted from the same tour in Namibia… springboks and wild horses found in the southern region of the […]
final image original scene This lady was churning yak butter in the kitchen of her nephew’s home, who happened to be the lama of Ura village in Bumthang, Bhtuan. The room was rather dim, lit by daylight coming from one window across the room. To photograph her where she was in the kitchen at 800 […]