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If you've just started using a digital SLR or compact system camera and want to learn more about how to pick out the right lens to pair it with, the following how-to video tutorial is a good starting place. It's led by professional travel photographer Kerrick James and focuses on Pentax lenses but the information could...
Josh Cogan's background in anthropology gives him a unique perspective as a photographer, and his passion for traveling around the world to document its peoples, cultures and traditions gives us a rare glimpse at humanity's hidden stories. We were struck both by the beauty of his portraits and by the ways he pushes the...
Vacation, it clearly was not. Sophie Schmidt, the daughter of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, recently took a trip to North Korea with Bill Richardson, former Governor and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and her father, and captured some rare photos of the closed-off country.
Sophie shared the photos of the...
Twenty-one minutes and 33 seconds into the video "National Geographic: The Last Roll of Kodachrome" (embedded below), pro photographer Steve McCurry sums it up for a lot of us. After looking at the slides he shot on the very last roll of Kodachrome film, he says: “I just decided I think I’m going to give up digital...
A British photographer has won the title of "Travel Photographer of the Year" for what contest organizers describe as his captivating images of "wet, miserable, dank weather."
How very British of him!
Seriously though, Craig Easton's visually compelling images (such as the first image below) won the Cutty Sark...
Only a few brave (lucky?) souls get to visit Mount Everest every year, and for those who do go it can be an arduous and expensive trip. Thankfully there are people through whom you can live vicariously, like cinematographer and photographer David Breashears, who made the acclaimed IMAX documentary "Everest."
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We've seen some impressive drones for aerial photography before but this unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed to shoot footage at extremely high altitudes may take the cake.
Called a Dedicam and developed by two inventors from Switzerland, the drone recently shot stunning footage in the thin air over the Trango...
Photographer George Steinmetz clearly doesn't have a fear of heights. For the past 15 years, he's been photographing the world's extreme deserts from the sky while seated in a small, motorized paraglider. And these aren't just any deserts, they're "hyper-arid" spots where there's less than four inches of rainfall a year....
Gura Gear added to its Bataflae line-up of camera backpacks yesterday with the new, portable Bataflae 18L ($349) pack for travel photographers. The 18L is the smallest in the Bataflae line but still has enough room to cary multiple, full-size professional digital SLR or medium format bodies, a 300mm lens and up to a...
We've seen spectacular aerial images before, but nothing quite like these truly unique shots of India by kite photographer Nicolas Chorier.
Chorier spent nine years shooting India with a camera attached to a specially designed kite, and produced the compelling photo book, "A Kite's Eye View: India: Between Earth and...
Nature and outdoor lifestyle photographer Scott Rinckenberger has impressed us with his stunning imagery and his willingness to go the extra mile, quite literally, to capture the perfect shot. For his latest project, Scott has been skiing each of the twelve months of the year in his native Washington State and capturing...
If you've ever fantasized about going on assignment as a National Geographic photographer, it's now time to act on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. WorldNomads.com and the National Geographic Channel have a new eight-day scholarship program that will select one lucky amateur photographer to travel to Oman -- located on...
"Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat." — Fran Lebowitz
Great photos are often found in unusual of places and that was the experience of Life magazine photographer, Alfred Eisenstaedt. For nearly 36 years, "Eisie" was for one of Life’s staff photographers. In 1938, he was sent to a West Virginia County Fair to...
I think the reasons we take travel photos are to remember where we were and to share those places with others. When we upload images to the web or make prints when we return home, we want our friends and families to see and enjoy the things we encountered.
However, just as there is a difference between tourists and travelers, the former flitting like bugs on the surface of...
What makes the difference between a so-so travel photo and a great image? Composition, that’s what.
Here are a few compositional tips to pump up your photography and help you to produce eye-popping scenic images and stunning travel shots.
Previously, I suggested four compositional tips about placing the horizon line in the frame to add interest to your photos. Choosing a...
