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Fiddlehead Falls By Carr Ward “We got up at 3 a.m. to make the three-hour drive down to Arkansas where this waterfall is located. We drove to the trailhead, parked, then hiked in before the sunrise. Upon arrival, the first thing I noticed was this amazing root system from a tree growing out of the bank of the waterfall pool. This photo was the first one I took as the sun began rising behind the waterfall.” Black Lace And Romance By Dan Mottaz “I’ve always felt that composition is where the art is. That thought was at the forefront of my mind when trying to create a unique image in such a well-photographed place as Bandon, Oregon. In the after-sunset, blue-hour light, I found a tidepool, framed it off center…

Location Many people are surprised to learn that in the midst of all the hustle and bustle of northern Virginia, just 17 miles from Washington, D.C., a national park sits nestled along the Potomac River. Great Falls Park is an 800-acre natural oasis that offers views of the mighty Potomac River as it crashes over jagged rock formations. The park’s three designated overlooks—two of which are handicap accessible—are all within a short walk of the visitor center. There’s even a good chance you’ll witness kayakers braving the river’s rapids. While the highlight of the park is the Potomac River, the park also maintains 15 miles of nature trails that both follow the river and meander through scenic forest. Weather Nothing about the geography or terrain makes the weather particularly unusual.…

Arriving at Lake Wanaka with a few minutes to spare, we had planned to give our New Zealand photo workshop group a quick preview of the next morning’s sunrise subject, the famous Wanaka willow tree. But as our group surveyed the scene, Don Smith and I surveyed the sky. We had another sunset spot in mind, but the Wanaka willow was one of the most anticipated locations on the trip, and we really wanted to nail it. Did we want to sacrifice our planned sunset spot for the chance to give our group a shot at a nice sunset at a more important location or take our chances that sunrise here would deliver? Nature photography isn’t rocket science, but a basic understanding of nature’s processes can make the difference between…

COMPACT, MORE AFFORDABLE MEDIUM FORMAT Fujifilm’s new GFX100S mirrorless medium format camera offers similar performance to the GFX100, which debuted in 2019, but with a smaller form factor and a considerably lower price. Like the GFX100, the GFX100S features a 102-megapixel back-illuminated CMOS sensor with in-body image stabilization but improves upon the earlier model with an additional stop of stabilization: 6 stops in the GFX100S versus 5 (or 5.5 with the GF63mmF2.8 R WR lens) in the GFX100. Medium format digital cameras universally lag behind smaller-sensor cameras in terms of continuous shooting speeds, so they’re not ideal for fast-moving subjects like wildlife or sports. The Fujifilm GFX100S can shoot up to 5 fps for up to 42 JPEGs or 16 compressed RAW in a single burst—slow by comparison to full-frame…

The University of California Santa Cruz sits nestled amongst towering redwood trees, flanked by maritime chaparral, oak savannas and coastal wetlands teeming with life. It was here, while falling in love with the rich biodiversity of this place, that I began my career in conservation photography. In the classroom, I studied how animal behavior is shaped by ecology and evolution. Outside the classroom, I spent my days searching for salamanders and photographing habituated deer browsing the manicured bushes of the dorms. The meadows surrounding the school are prime habitat for bobcats, and what began as mere interest quickly became an obsession. Tracking became my college sport. Sunrise would find me searching for signs of Lynx rufus throughout the Great Meadow, determined to outsmart camouflage with observation. After a few brief…

When I was in high school, I was hanging out at a friend’s house and picked up a copy of color photography pioneer Ernst Haas’s The Creation that was sitting on a coffee table. Until that moment, photographs for me were those stiff representations of forced family events, but Haas’ sense of light, color and texture, as well as his clever abstractions of ordinary things, was a revelation. “You can do that with a camera,” I marveled. Little did I know that Haas would inform my photographic journey for decades to come. Living in California, I’ve photographed the northern coastline dozens of times. The place I keep going back to is Weston Beach at Point Lobos, a windswept state reserve a few miles south of Carmel on Pacific Coast Highway.…

At a Summit Nature & Conservation Photography Workshop a few years ago, while reviewing portfolios of workshop participants, one young photographer asked me for advice in getting started as a conservation photographer. I replied that there were probably better people to ask—among the faculty at that particular workshop are some of the top pros who dedicate their careers to conservation work—but I observed that one qualification that tends to be common among the leading photographers is a background in, or at least a strong connection to, scientific research. When you examine the biographies of many Outdoor Photographer contributors or fellows of the International League of Conservation Photographers, natural science education and research are consistently part of the picture. Sebastian Kennerknecht received his Bachelor of Science in ecology and evolution from…

Two years ago, I did something I never thought I’d do. I wrote my first article about an iPhone, the XS Max, for this very magazine. I never thought I’d write such a thing because, truth be told, I’m a photo snob, and a proud snob, at that. I felt camera phones prior to the XS Max were crude toys reserved for those uninitiated into the craft of photography. Real photographers carried expensive heavy cameras, with lots of lenses, adapters and accessories and big costly tripods to hold it all up as we created high art. Smartphone cameras need not apply. But then I started printing from the iPhone XS Max’s files, and I printed those images large. My jaw dropped with each print, and I just felt compelled to…

File management for photographers these days puts less reliance on local hard drives and increasing importance on remote solutions. From instant synchronization and file delivery to long-term archiving, cloud-based storage is an essential part of the modern photographer’s workflow. It’s not hard to find cloud storage options, but it can be an effort to evaluate which solution is right for you. A casual photographer may simply want a place to sync and share travel photos and so choose a service such as iCloud, Google Photos or Microsoft OneDrive. Professional photographers may be looking for a way to securely deliver large quantities of large files with the likes of pCloud or Amazon S3. Still, others may appreciate a cloud service that offers business solutions, too, such as SmugMug and PhotoShelter. And…