Canyon de Chelly-An Immersive Perspective
By John Ellis The sound of a single flute echos throughout the canyon. One lone crow screeches high overhead as if in answer to the breathy instrument below. The mid-morning sun still casts long shado...
Tips for awesome compositions: Part 3
By John Ellis This is the third and final part of Tips for Understanding Composition for photographers. TEXTURE Texture helps to emphasize the features and details in a photograph. By capturing the te...
TIPS FOR AWESOME COMPOSITION Part 2
By John Ellis This is part two of a multiple part ‘tip’ sheet on understanding composition. SHAPES AND LINES Shapes are two-dimensional elements that can be lit to create three-dimensional form. I...
My Tips for awesome compositions: Part 1
By John Ellis Composition is the arrangement of subject matter elements within the image. When we look at a scene, we see a three-dimensional image and can selectively see only the important elements ...
Capitol Reef National Park: Utah’s Best Kept Secret
By John Ellis As one of the least visited of the ‘Mighty Five’ National Parks in Utah it is sometimes lost in the conversations about the other four, more widely known; Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arche...
Entering an Infrared World
By John Ellis I first heard of infrared photography more years ago than I would care to admit. It always held a fascination for me but also a bit of intimidation. Not because of the obvious aspects of...
Finding a Way – Texas Hill Country and Wildflowers Workshop 2021
By John Ellis You want to know just one of the great things about AHPS instructors? When Mother Nature hands them lemons, they make lemonade. The recent April ‘Texas Hill Country and Wildflower Work...
Photography Workshops During a Pandemic – Aspen and Alpenglow in the Colorado Rockies
By John Ellis I’ve always belonged to communities. Family, friends, neighborhoods, schools, cities, jobs……. Well, you get the idea. We ALL belong to communities. One of these communities is the ...