Photography Articles to Help Enrich Your Talents

2019 Wildlife Photo Contest Winners

January 6, 2020 By David Johnston & filed under All Articles.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Outdoor Photography Guide Wildlife Photo Contest! It’s time to announce the winners! We have two honorable mentions, and an official winner. Honorable Mention Submitted by emkuchta: Mountain Goat kids on top of a rock on Mount… Read More

Skylum Software – Luminar 4 Review

November 27, 2019 By David Johnston & filed under All Articles.

There are two halves to outdoor photography. The first half is the action behind the photograph. We spend countless hours researching, scouting, and photographing incredible locations. That’s the half where we sleep outside, wake up early, and sit in freezing temperatures waiting on the perfect moment to press the shutter. Read More

Behind the Shot: Under Ozone Falls

November 11, 2019 By David Johnston & filed under All Articles, Behind the Shot.

There are many options for camera perspectives no matter what location you visit for outdoor photography. One of the challenges is to work your way around a location and the subject of your location to shoot various perspectives to get the best photograph possible. In this post, we will be… Read More

Behind the Shot: Cockspur Lighthouse

November 4, 2019 By David Johnston & filed under All Articles, Behind the Shot.

The story behind every photograph is different. There can be great experiences that lead to the perfect photo and there can be wild stories that tell of the hardship that went into shooting something. We are going behind the lens to get the full story behind my photograph of Cockspur… Read More

5 Tips to Unlock Your Creative Potential

October 16, 2019 By David Johnston & filed under All Articles.

One of the most challenging aspects of photography is learning to be creative and see creatively. It’s easy to believe that some people are born with natural ability and many of us assume that we just don’t have it. However, this is not an excuse not… Read More

Wildlife Photo Contest

September 17, 2019 By David Johnston & filed under All Articles.

Welcome to the Outdoor Photography Guide Wildlife Photo Contest! We invite you to submit your best wildlife photography. One contest winner will be awarded the prize package pictured above. Limit of one entry per person/email address. Wildlife photos only. Do not include recognizable people in your submission. Submissions will be judged based on: relevancy to the theme, photo quality, composition, sharpness, popularity based on votes. Only one vote is permitted per person/email account during the contest entry period. Read More

Behind the Shot: Life on a Volcano

August 30, 2019 By David Johnston & filed under All Articles.

The Scene While scouting with friends for a new photo workshop in Ecuador, we visited the Cotopaxi Volcano National Park. It’s a beautiful place, and I wanted to take some shots that showed the vast open spaces, which are always exciting for a rainforest photographer (such as myself) as… Read More

Living Beyond Travel Photography

August 5, 2019 By David Johnston & filed under All Articles.

Recently, I made a drastic life change that allowed me to completely re-evaluate my thoughts and practice of travel photography. I moved from Nashville, Tennessee to one of the most rural areas of the poorest country in the western hemisphere, Haiti. Normally when you think about travel… Read More

Trip Report: Savannah, Georgia

August 1, 2019 By David Johnston & filed under All Articles.

There are a lot of famous photography locations in the United States. There are national parks like Yosemite, Death Valley, and Glacier that boast numerous photography spots. However, there are also many photography locations that aren’t necessarily less popular; they’re just less explored. In this post, we are going… Read More

Meet the Photographer: Jason Hatfield

July 30, 2019 By David Johnston & filed under All Articles.

Jason Hatfield is an outdoor photographer from Colorado specializing in nature and adventure photography. His childhood was spent surrounded by the flat farmlands of the NW Ohio but his family’s regular camping trips out west inspired his love for the mountains and outdoors. He now lives in a travel trailer full-time with his wife, Megan, and dog, Glacier, backpacking, hiking, running, biking, and skiing around the West. Some of his favorite adventures include running rim-to-rim through the Grand Canyon, backpacking in a sea of blueberries below massive Mt. Denali, and seeing the Northern Lights over Iceland, Alaska, and the Canadian Rockies. Read More