Fireworks—the story behind the shots
By David Halgrimson I missed the fireworks Saturday night July 2nd, and hemmed and hawed all day Monday July 4th, America’s Independence Day. I wanted to shoot some fireworks, but was not sure w...
Fall in Denali Country
By Jon Vemo A few weeks ago, I had the honor of working with photographer/instructor Michael DeYoung on AHPS Denali Country – Fall Colors and Northern Lights photo workshop. This was the inaugur...
 Where God put the West: Monument Valley
By Jim Chamberlain When the famous American actor John Wayne first saw the buttes, mesas, and spires of Monument Valley, he is quoted as saying “Monument Valley is the place where God put the West.â...
Chasing Stars in the High Desert
By Jim Chamberlain The night was so dark I could not see the buttons on my camera without my red lens flashlight. The sky seemed black above the granite boulders. As my eyes adjusted to the darkne...
The Desert Botanical Garden & the Klip Collective
By Jeff Insel This was the most incredible collaboration yet between the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden and an art installation. The Klip Collective was started in 2003, led by video artist and proje...
JPG vs. RAW: The Debate Continues
By Carol Crane The debate continues whether to shoot in RAW or JPG format. I choose to shoot both. Once finished with a shoot, I like to quickly review the shots taken in JPG to decide which ones migh...
Photographing the Night Sky
By Vern and Barbara West On a recent nighttime shoot of the Comet C2020 F3 / Neowise, we had a crash course on remembering all the ins and outs of photographing the night sky. One of the first steps w...
Photoshop Quick Trick – How to Add Light to Specific Areas of Your Image
By Rick Jacobi I have tried to put a light on a light bulb, lantern or a lamp. It does not work very well trying to paint it on with a brush in ACR or Lightroom by increasing the Exposure, Highlights ...
Long Exposures of 8 Minutes
By Rick Jacobi If you have water and or sky with clouds in a photo and want them to look really smooth, then you have to do a long exposure. Eight minutes works really well for this type of photo. I...
Breaking the Ice-Shooting portraits in foreign lands
By Amy Novotny During a recent photography tour in Mongolia, I was exposed to a wide variety of photographic opportunities–landscapes, wildlife, night, street, event, and portrait. The first t...
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