Last year, pictureline partnered up with Zions Bank to sponsor a contest in which one very lucky photographer would have an image featured on the back of the Zions Bank Community Magazine, a periodical sent to over 53,000 Utah locals. To have your photography viewed by thousands of people is a dream many aspiring photographers long for, which is why...
It’s all too often people ask me to put my camera down and join the party. I get that stink eye on many occasions when I plop myself in the corner of a campsite, drag my cooler within reaching distance, and point my camera towards the night sky. Friends wouldn’t at first, but then start to realize that they were...
I grew up watching volcanic eruption videos instead of Sesame Street—both of my parents are geologists. With my father currently living in the Hawaiian Islands and his 30+ years experience dealing with volcanoes, it only made sense to go on an adventure to the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii. I have always loved volcanoes and was excited to arrive in Hawaii...
Usually the words "landscape photo" evokes an impression of a sweeping vista shot with a wide-angle lens. However, this is not always the case—here’s why shooting telephoto landscapes can make those outdoor shots that much better. Wide-angle lenses create depth in an image by emphasizing the foreground and help impart a three-dimensional feel to a 2D photograph. Therefore, it is...
Landscape photography is a very popular "genre" of photography, and it’s not a surprise. Who doesn’t enjoy being somewhere beautiful, majestic, or even surreal, and also having the opportunity to make a photograph of that place at the same time? Skill, expertise, experience and location are, of course, important elements to making a great landscape photograph, but we wouldn’t be...
Outdoor photography is amazing. This activity (obsession) I have been chasing the past 5 years has allowed me to see some amazing places at the most amazing times. If I could get away with it, I’d do it all day every day. Unfortunately, things like mortgage payments, car loans, traveling expenses, grub, movie tickets… well you get the idea, get...
