Posted on 16 July 2010
Environmental portraits are fun to shoot. While I still have a slight hesitation every time I ask to take somebody's portrait, I'm always amazed at how few people refuse. Not all of this month's images are true keepers, but its amazing to see how much a face can make an ordinary photo extraordinary. People photography is the best part of travel photography. Lesson learned. Continue Reading...
Sabrina Henry, from Craft and Vision, contacted me earlier this week searching for a blog post about cycling and photography. It was the exact motivation I needed to write an article for both her readers and mine. I hope it encourages you to leave the car in the driveway and get out to explore on [...]
The FIBA World Championship is only a few months away, so international teams are building their rosters and playing tune-up games around the world. Mendoza’s Secretaria de Deportes helped organize a two-game showdown with neighbor Chile to give the national squad a chance to scrap off some rust before heading to a larger tournament against [...]
Reality can be difficult for a travel writer/photographer. The bills must be paid and today’s current market isn’t the easiest to navigate. Thankfully these 10 outlets, which build on PhotoJBartlett’s Where to Submit, Sell, and Market Travel Photography list, will not only publish travel photography and travel writing, but they’ll pay for it, too. As [...]
More than any other medium, photojournalism has likely shaped our image of the world. We all remember Eddie Adam’s Vietnam photo of Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a Viet Cong prisoner, Joe Rosenthal’s image Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, and Jeff Widener’s Tiananmen Square image titled The Unknown Rebel with vivid clarity. Steve McCurry’s portrait, [...]
Peatonal was sealed off to pedestrian traffic, while Albiceleste clad supporters filled nearly every pub, cafe, and restaurant in the city. City officials forced the venue change when they removed the public television from Peatonal after a wave of vandalism and rioting during the aftermath of Argentina’s group game versus Greece.
Mendoza-bound bus travelers are often tempted to doze off while making the 7+ hour journey from Santiago, Chile. They believe the trip is little more than another long-distance bus ride used to save money when compared to the speedier flight, but those who remain awake can enjoy a coles-notes version of Mendoza’s popular Alta Montana tour.
Anytime a photographer intends to make a color image, it’s important to consider the color values before actually pressing the shutter. Color composition can dramatically change the feeling or atmosphere of an image, so careful consideration about what to include and what not to include must be made. Unwanted splashes of color can often make [...]
Two of my most popular images were shot in a two-week span last year. I’d just read Joe McNally’s Hot Shoe Diaries and I decided to put a few of the techniques to use. Both are excellent examples of using Color Temperature for effect.
Photographers should embrace ISO, shutter, aperture, and flash techniques as a writer embraces grammar. It isn’t always fun, but it’s essential. The following images display basic exposure decisions that all travel photographers should instinctively know.
Caption: Like many Sanrafaelinos half his age, Jose Lazaro uses a bike for transportation.
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