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Eagle Eyes
Extreme Outreach. George Lepp used a Canon EOS-1D Mark IV and a Canon EF 800mm ƒ/5.6 lens with both the EF 2X and EF 1.4X tele-extenders attached (2912mm total with the 1.3X crop magnification) to...
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Smooth Operator
This Article Features Photo Zoom Try using a wide-angle lens and a slider to create dramatic effects and a sense of depth when you're shooting HD video. The look can be stunning. When making the...
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Cosmophobia...Really?
On May 5, 2012, the moon was almost as close to Earth as it ever gets. Nikon D800E, AF-S VR 70-200mm ƒ/2.8G IF-ED at 112mm, ISO 100; exposure for the moon was 1⁄30 sec. at ƒ/4. I recently had the...
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Give POV A Try
A POV shot brings the viewer into the frame and makes for a dynamic shot. Just what is POV? The letters stand for "point of view," and it's a cinematic method that incorporates powerful editing and...
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Bending The Rules
Keukenhof Gardens in Holland. Two white mute swans glide into the image as Lepp previsualized it. The composition places the subjects on a vertical line of thirds—not a classic position of the "rule...
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Spring In The Canyon
Redbud and Merced River, Merced River Canyon, California, 1989. On Earth Day this year, my daughter and I visited the nearby Merced River Canyon, where I lived for 20 years. Although it was a little...
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Dailies
Dewitt Jones publishes a daily photo on his Facebook page, a project with unexpected rewards. Post a new iPhone photo on Facebook every day? What have I gotten myself into?! Truth be told, more than I...
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Cross With Purpose
This Article Features Photo Zoom Cross-polarization improves the rendition of this lustrous piece of petrified wood by removing reflections that mask true color and detail. In the first image [above],...
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Elevating Your Game
Using a 24-foot-high stand and gear that let him compose from the ground, Bob Krist captured a seldom-seen angle of this scene in Philadelphia. It's the kind of challenge I get more and more...
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Deep Focus
This Article Features Photo Zoom Achieving sharpness from the foreground to the distant hills requires several images focused at different zones. Canon EF 28-135mm ƒ/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens at 135mm (for...
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My Favorite Things
Lake Tahoe, California. Elizabeth Carmel used a split neutral-density filter to control the contrast in this scene. I hope Oprah won't mind if I use a tagline she made famous. This month I would like...
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Photo Fixie
Bill Hatcher took this photo of climber Ben Smith with a 24mm ƒ/1.4 prime lens. It's fast, sharp and svelte for action photography. Single-speed mountain bike riders, boulderers, prime lens users....
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Look Into My Iris
A running sable antelope in Botswana was captured by panning a Canon EOS-1D Mark IV with a 100-400mm ƒ/4.5-5.6L set to 210mm. The shutter speed was 1/350 sec. at ƒ/4.5 and ISO 800. A wide-open...
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From Eye Candy To Soul Food
For his Celebrate What's Right project, Dewitt Jones posts images with a simple message to share what's right with the world. It was 25 years ago, when Steve Werner first asked me to write the Basic...
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Photographs For The Spirit
Lilies: Canon EOS-1DS Mark III, TS-E 90mm ƒ/2.8 lens For this column, I want to share some new images. Over my career, which began in 1980, creative inspiration has come from various sources. One...
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Counting Condors
The Dutch premiere of Frans Lanting's "LIFE: A Journey Through Time" with music by Philip Glass was performed in the presence of HM Queen Beatrix at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw on August 25, 2012....
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Exposure For HDSLR Video
When shooting motion with your DSLR, exposure suddenly becomes a bit more problematic than you may be used to. Looking at the main variables—shutter speed, aperture and ISO—you'll be making fine...
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Extend Your Range
This Clark's nutcracker was less than 10 feet away from the blind where Lepp was photographing with a Canon EOS-1D X attached to an EF 500mm ƒ/4L lens and an EF 1.4X tele-extender. In order to...
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Embrace The Fog
Fog can transform a common composition into an extraordinary image; "Morning Frost," Yosemite Valley, CA. I love the way winter fog and mist can simplify the landscape and lend a tranquil mood to a...
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Keeping It Real, Or Calling It Art
The Black Rapids Glacier in Alaska on the ride toward the Susitna Glacier, shot on 35mm film. Every photographer will have grappled with the question of how much to edit photos in the camera or later...
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