Outdoor Photography

Photo by Shari Sommerfeld Today’s Photo of the Day is “Autumn Snow Fall” by Shari Sommerfeld. Location: Jasper, Alberta. “An early snowfall up in the Canadian Rockies made for a wonderful scene with this bald eagle looking over the lake,” says Sommerfeld. “Notice its nest in the background.” Want to get your images in the

Photo by Milan Gonda Today’s Photo of the Day is “Autumnal Woodland” by Milan Gonda. Location: Mala Fatra National Park, Slovakia. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that

In an ideal world, every photographer would be granted perfect light for their subject, the environment, time of day and mood. Knowing that’s not possible, each must work the light they’re bestowed. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always net the best possible images. Rather than sulk and wallow in self-pity, successful photographers deal with the hand they’re

Photo By Gretchen Henninger Today’s Photo of the Day is “Seneca Mill and Falls” by Gretchen Henninger. Location: Finger Lakes Region of New York. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have

With every update, Zoner Photo Studio X (ZPS X) keeps getting better and better, offering more and more features while keeping the price at a super-affordable $59 per year (or $5.99 month-to-month). In this round of upgrades, we see significant improvements in the Zonerama online gallery, new features that improve workflow and more workspace for

I love the feel of sun on my back as it signals the beginning of a new day. The warmth, color, quality of light and illumination can’t be replicated at any other time of day. The same holds true for the light that appears just before the sun sets in the evening. Both are special

Photo By Nickolas Warner Today’s Photo of the Day is “Mr. Muskox” by Nickolas Warner. Location: Deadhorse, Alaska. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on

Congratulations to Ross Stone for winning the recent Into The Sun assignment with the image, “Four of a Kind.” View the winning image and a selection of submissions below. And be sure to check out our current photography assignment here and enter your best shots!

Seven-tenths of our planet is covered by water. For many nature photographers, it’s instinctive to want to explore what images lie beneath the water. That intrigue set me on a course to explore the world’s oceans. Here’s what I’ve learned about underwater photography along the way. I approached this photograph as a conventional landscape, so

Have you ever looked at photos of awe-inspiring places and thought how magnificent it would be to journey there but doubted your chances because life gets in the way? Have you ever looked at an image of a far-off destination and thought how lucky that photographer was to get to travel to that location? Have

Camera lens filters are an essential accessories to achieve the best quality images, especially in outdoor conditions where the light can change quickly and isn’t easily controlled as in a studio environment. Serious photographers invest in top-quality equipment to help ensure that their images are the best they can be. When it comes to building

Congratulations to Garry Everett for winning the recent Motion Blur Assignment with the image, “Moonlight Coast.” See more of Everett’s photography at www.gelandscapephoto.com.  View the winning image and a selection of submissions below. And be sure to check out our current photography assignment here and enter your best shots!

  Today’s Photo of the Day is “Skyrise” by Daniel Forster. Location: Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness, Colorado. “The Maroon Bells mountains wrapped in autumn colors at night with a sky filled with stars and the Milky Way,” describes Forster. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of

Photo By Geert Weggen “Many red squirrels visit my garden here in the middle of Sweden on a daily basis. I put out food and wait for them,” says Geert Weggen. “They’re used to me and the camera, which makes it easier to capture images of them. I put some sunflower seeds under the flower

Liam Fields dropping over Spirit Falls while whitewater kayaking on the Little White Salmon River near White Salmon, Washington. To create this image, I rappelled over the edge of the gorge right next to Spirit Falls and waited for the kayaker to drop over the waterfall. I used Elinchrom ELB 1200 battery-powered strobes to freeze

Mules Ears flowers bloom as an Entrada sandstone tower rises from the sands of the San Rafael Desert in southern Utah. This area receives a scant 5 inches of rain per year, but after a wet winter, the wildflower displays here are some of the best in the region. Whenever I’m traveling outside the U.S.