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We hope you all had a good weekend. Let's start the week - and final day of July - with a nice series of content. Shutter Release is about delivering a mix of interesting photography topics for you to learn a bit about before determining if you want to click on the link to learn more. We are dedicated to delivering the...
British landscape photographer Thomas Heaton runs an excellent YouTube channel on which he regularly publishes photography tutorials, many of which are focused on landscape photography in general. His latest tutorial continues the theme by offering five tips to help you "make it in landscape photography.
Thomas' first...
We no longer perform our own dynamic range tests here at Imaging Resource, but for photographers interested in the dynamic range performance of the new Sony A9, Photons to Photos has published their testing...
Armed with a Fujifilm X-T2 and a trio of Fuji XF lenses: XF 16-55mm f/2.8, XF 50-140mm f/2.8 OIS and XF 14mm f/2.8, landscape photographer Dan Cook headed to Iceland. What made Cook’s trip unique is that he was editing and sharing his fantastic images directly from the field using his iPhone.
Cook notes that "In order...
Landscape and travel photographer Thomas Heaton not only captures excellent photographs, but he also maintains a very active YouTube channel which blends education and entertainment. His videos often take the form of going out in the field and capturing photos while offering tips and tricks along the way. We have covered...
Portrait photographer David Parish was a longtime soldier in the United States Army. This background taught him the valuable lesson of how to prepare for the worst. It’s common for military personnel to have what is called a “bug-out bag,” which is basically a bag filled with items you might need at any given time....
Photographer Daniel Laan has put together an excellent article for Fstoppers in which he extensively discusses five advanced techniques for landscape photographers.
The first technique he covers is focus stacking. Focus stacking, as Laan mentions, was originally used in macro photography to create images that are sharp...
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As a reviewer, the gear I have in my bag changes frequently, but one constant is that I always carry filters. I consider them a staple of a landscape photographer's kit. Photographer Thomas Heaton, whose videos we have featured on numerous occasions, recently...
We recently covered a pair of videos from photographer Thomas Heaton in which he went on a location scouting trip and worked to break out of his comfort zone. His latest video continues in the same vein, as he works to simplify his landscape photography.
The video, titled "Something from Nothing," is about utilizing...
We reported in early July that Venus Optics was preparing a 12mm f/2.8 full frame lens, what it calls "the best ultra wide angle lens with zero distortion." That's a big claim, but some early prototype versions of the lens have now been sent out to photographers by Laowa, and the initial results are impressive.
The...
Photographer and educator Huntington Witherill has produced a very wide range of photographic work over the course of his career, including landscape photography. In the video below, he goes shooting with Marc Silber and shares how he is processing the scene and what he needs to do to capture the shot he is visualizing.
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Landscape photographer and educator Thomas Heaton has an excellent YouTube channel where he regularly uploads great content that follows him as he works to both capture great images and inspire other photographers to do the same. He recently went camping with the twin hopes of spicing up his landscape work and just...
Photographer Jim Hamel has six tips for landscape photographers looking to nail focus in their shots. Supposing that you are utilizing foreground in your landscape photos -- which is often a great idea -- it is not always obvious where you are meant to set your focus. As Hamel mentions, portrait photographers know to...
Travel photographer Elia Locardi is a highly-accomplished landscape photographer and he teamed up with Fstoppers to create a 12-hour video tutorial series aimed at landscape photography from start to finish, including video from out in the field and how to post-process your files.
Frugal photographers or those who just...
Ansel Adams' "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico" is one of his most well-known photographs with Adams making over 1,300 prints of it during his career. A print was auctioned by Sotheby's in 2006 for over $600,000.
Part of what makes the photo particularly interesting is how it was created. Adams, his son Michael and...
In much of the northern hemisphere, we're entering that humid time of the year with frequent haze. On some occasions haze can add something desirable to an image, but more typically it just reduces sharpness, color and contrast in what might be an otherwise beautiful landscape.
There are multiple ways that you can...
Photographer Huntington Witherill studied with Ansel Adams and has had a distinguished career spanning over 45 years. Recently, he met with Marc Silber to discuss composition. For Witherill, a good composition is one that shows the scene not only for what it is, but also as something else. He recalls a Minor White...
There are a wide variety of filters out there, some of which are critical for landscape photography, others of which might not be so necessary for the majority of shooting situations. Photographer Josh Cripps has released a video breaking down different types of filters and suggests which ones every landscape...
Last week, Bokeh discussed a video from Getty Images about late photographer Carleton E. Watkins. While the video (seen below) is a year old and nothing new has arisen regarding Watkins, this does provide a good opportunity to discuss Watkins and his important contributions both to photography and to America's National Park System.
Professional photographer Sean Tucker will most often be found working in a studio, doing portraits or commercial photography. He started to feel like he was working on autopilot and wasn't always putting a lot of conscious thought into his work. He says that when you do the same thing every day, it can become difficult to continue to grow as a...