Levi Wells is a director/editor/photographer based out of Denver, CO. In 2012, Levi took a seven-month trip through ten countries as the onboard videographer for Semester at Sea. As you can imagine, Levi experienced a wealth of ups and downs throughout his trip, all of which he documented in his beautiful video, "The Art of Travel Transcendence." Levi was kind...
I was in a rush, heading out the door with my camera bag one morning when an image appeared on the morning news that would change my life and the direction of my photography in so many ways. It was a black and white photograph of a hauntingly beautiful three masted ship that had been shot in the middle of...
Dissecting Italy with highly selective cropping is an approach that makes your images more intimate. Less post-card-ish. Choosing this less-is-more attitude is a first step to showing your personal style in your travel images. Here are some ideas that will help you get selective. First you find yourself attracted to a door (we photographers have strange attractions), and you photograph...
Trevor Clark (www.trevorclarkphoto.com) was recently highlighted in Photo District News (PDN) for his use of off-camera lighting in his adventure and outdoor photography. Trevor seems to be the quintessential on-the-road and shooting-all-the-time kind of photographer. He lives in Lake Tahoe and uses a beefed up 4x4 Sportsmobile converted van/studio to travel and work with around North America. He has dedicated...
Rick Hadley's passion for photography began at an early age as he emulated his father's interest in the art. During his career as a professional yacht racer, Rick became fascinated by the play of light on water and the changing landscape of the sea in the course of a day. Rick set out to capture it on film. His many...
In the summer of 2010, Saul Flores embarked on a journey across 10 countries to bring awareness to Latin American issues. The project is called the Walk of the Immigrants, and now Saul is starting a national traveling exhibit that teaches cultural empathy from the images he captured along the way. Sault's project is all about promoting education, empathy, and...
James Martin (www.jamesbmartin.com) has worked as a professional photographer, writer, and guide for more than two decades. In that time he’s produced twenty books, including Planet Ice, Digital Photography Outdoors, Masters of Disguise: A Natural History of Chameleons (with Art Wolfe), North Cascades Crest, and Extreme Alpinism (with Mark Twight). He leads phototours around the world with Joseph Van Os Photo Safaris, the Phase One Digital Artists...
MARRAKESH, MOROCCO Morocco historically has been one of the United States' long-time allies, with Morocco being the first country to recognize the United States as a sovereign nation in 1777. It also happens to be one of the safer countries in the Middle East for travel. Europeans flock to the country, both for its proximity with cheap flights and as...
As we focus on some of the best photographers in the industry and in their particular genres, it is with some difficulty that we focus on a photographer who has done so much to add to collection of images and shape the way we think about images from around the world as Steve McCurry (www.stevemccurry.com). I was given his book...
PatitucciPhoto (patitucciphoto.com) is the unique combination of Dan & Janine Patitucci’s vision for a creative life as photographers and mountain sport athletes. Since 1999, PatitucciPhoto is one of the world’s leading sources of the finest mountain sport, lifestyle and travel images for the global outdoor industry, or for any client seeking dynamic outdoor photography. As real athletes of the sports they work...
I received a wonderful correspondence from a photographer in Australia recently, who was planning on hiking the Camino de Santiago in France and Spain this year and who is an avid photographer. Going on a 500-mile backpacking adventure and being an avid photographer are two things that sometimes clash. The more you are into photography, the more equipment you often...
Durability is one thing most photographers would appreciate more of in their equipment and equipment holders. Unfortunately, photographic and video equipment don't seem to be universally made of steel. In fact, most equipment is more than fragile, combining glass elements, sensitive electronic components, and delicate construction. One drop on a hard surface and many pieces of photographic equipment are history. ...
Based in Anchorage, Alaska Matt and Agnes Hage work together to produce high-caliber active lifestyle and adventure travel photography for clients worldwide. While they shoot plenty of work in the Chugach Mountains out their back door, they have been known to haul an obscene amount of gear to far away places. The couple looks forward to collaborating with clients...
I am constantly asked the same question that I asked myself ten years ago: "If I only have enough money to buy one camera and one lens, which combination would bring me the best results?" The question needs to be answered with a question: "What do you want to shoot?" The answer to that is usually quite difficult for someone...
I was more than happy to learn about the new Lowepro Pro Messenger 200 AW camera bag in a Canadian landscape magazine last week. My biases when I review products lean toward a combination of functionality, aesthetics, and construction. These three aspects of soft goods make items like camera bags into functional, beautiful, and long-lasting pieces of equipment that are...
While we'll soon feature a separate category for "Photographs Far Away," we'll continue the tour of roadside photography with an international address. If you're planning a trip to the United Kingdom anytime soon, one must-see and must-photograph is Stonehenge. We'll include this in the roadside photography list because even though it takes a plane ride to get there (unless you're...
Travelogue, the current exhibit at the Utah Arts Festival Gallery in Salt Lake City, moves away from the glitter and glamour of traditional wall-hanger landscape photography and starts to show the images that are passed over for more iconic locations or lighting. Both Steve Midgley and Paul Titus have worked on various, uncommonly captured scenes, although working in two very...
One of the greatest feats in the photographic world is finding photographer Nevada Wier somewhere in the world and then finding her with a few minutes to answer questions about her travels, her philosophy, and her equipment. Nevada is one of the preeminent travel photographers in the world and has pointed her lens in places some of us haven't even...
Trevor Clark was recently highlighted in Photo District News (PDN) for his use of off-camera lighting in his adventure and outdoor photography. Trevor seems to be the quintessential on-the-road and shooting-all-the-time kind of photographer. With each interview in this Pictureline series of "Focus on Photographers," you can start to see how differently people see the world in what they want...
You are familiar with the routine by now. We have been highlighting photographs that do not require the ocean voyage followed by a 20-day hike in malaria-infested jungles. No, these are easy access photographs which only require getting there, having the right equipment, and knowing how to use it. Some would also add that some of these locations also may...
In college, I received my worst grade in a "Composition of Photography" class. The course included shooting a roll of color slide film every week and then going to a one and a half hour class in the afternoon (in the dark) and looking at everyone’s images. It was difficult not to sleep through it, as my images were just...
Although not the first national park in the United States (to which Yellowstone has the honor), Yosemite National Park was the first area set aside by the United States federal government for preservation and protection, an action raised in the 38th US Congress and signed off by Abraham Lincoln. This was the beginning of the Yosemite Grant, which set aside...
Landscape photography in the United States is often the most fun way to enter photography. Who doesn’t love to be outside in the fresh air, waiting for the golden light of sunrise and sunset…20 miles from a trailhead, with minimal equipment because you had to backpack in essentials such as food and a stove, and with your head throbbing slightly...
