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Living Beyond Travel Photography

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 photography experiences your mind journeys to a few…

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Trip Report: Savannah, Georgia

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 to examine the the less experienced…

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Meet the Photographer: Jason Hatfield

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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.

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Product Review: Haida Filters

By David Johnston & filed under All Articles, Equipment & Gear.

I’ve been an outdoor photographer for ten years now, and I’ve never used filters in my in-field workflow (apart from circular polarizers for waterfall photography). In fact, I would actively discourage photographers I taught from using neutral density (ND) and graduated neutral density filters. The reason for this is simple: I have never found a…

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Adding Place for Better Travel Photos

By David Johnston & filed under All Articles.

Last year, I dove deep into the world of outdoor travel photography. I reduced my camera equipment to a mirrorless micro 4/3 camera, a wide-angle lens, and a 70-200 lens and hopped on a plane. During those twelve months, I hit the streets of Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Switzerland.…

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Photo Challenge – Week 8 (BONUS): Drone Photography

By David Johnston & filed under All Articles.

The Outdoor Photography Guide Photo Challenge comes to a close this week with a bonus assignment! This week, David Johnston shares his tips for drone photography. If you haven’t officially signed up to receive the weekly photo assignments via email, be sure to do so here. Week 8 (BONUS): Drone Photography Have you ever said…

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Photo Challenge – Week 6: Distance Compression

By David Johnston & filed under All Articles.

Week six of the Outdoor Photography Guide Photo Challenge is here! This week, David Johnston shares his tips for using distance compression. If you haven’t officially signed up to receive the weekly photo assignments via email, be sure to do so here. Week 6: Distance Compression Lens selection has a huge impact on the outcome…

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Photo Challenge – Week 5: Natural Designs

By David Johnston & filed under All Articles.

It’s hard to believe that we are already on week five of the Outdoor Photography Guide Photo Challenge! This week, David Johnston shares tips for photographing natural designs. If you haven’t officially signed up to receive the weekly photo assignments via email, be sure to do so here. Week 5: Natural Designs Natural designs are…

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