Outdoor Photography

Congratulations to Jemma Lee for winning the recent Motion Blur Assignment with the image, “Fly Like a Flame.” View the winning image and a selection of submissions in the gallery below. And be sure to check out our current photography assignment here and enter your best shots! Winner: “Fly Like A Flame” By Jemma Lee “This photo

Photo By Christopher Mills Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Autumn Glory” by Christopher Mills. Location: Aroostook County, Maine. “At the top of Peek-A-Boo Mountain, fall is like a blanket clear to the horizon,” says Mills. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day

Sony today introduced the a7 IV, upgrading the Alpha system’s most affordable entry into full-frame mirrorless cameras with several features and technologies inherited from the line’s top-tier models. Sony a7 IV The 33-megapixel Sony a7 IV will feature the same BIONZ XR processor in the flagship Sony a1, and though it’s not as fast for

Storms, whether approaching, leaving or right in the middle of the action, make for some dramatic landscape photography. The safety of the photographer and their gear is of the utmost importance when embarking on a photography adventure like this. But you can observe these incredible scenes from the safety of your phone or computer screen.

When it comes to taking photos of the night sky, we often find ourselves driving and hiking hours from any artificial light source, relying only on the stars and airglow in the atmosphere to light our entire frame. The conditions for astrophotography can prove to be very challenging to shoot in and push our gear

“There are few things that can match the overwhelming sense of wonder felt when you’re looking up at a sky full of stars,” says photographer Jack Fusco. “Keeping that strong sense of wonder is what makes me want to head in to the middle of nowhere in the dark, to climb across wet rocks and

Nikon today announced a versatile new zoom lens for its DX (APS sensor) Z system cameras, the NIKKOR Z DX 18-140mm f/3.5-6.3 VR. The compact zoom is ideal for photographers who want to carry a single lens, with an equivalent focal length range of 27-210mm. The NIKKOR Z DX 18-140mm f/3.5-6.3 VR is just 3.6

Congratulations to Kevin King for winning the Light And Shadows Assignment with the image, “Be Still.” View the winning image and a selection of submissions in the gallery below. And be sure to check out our current photography assignment here and enter your best shots! Winner: “Be Still” By Kevin King

Photo By Dan Mitler Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Orange” by Dan Mitler. Location: Michigan. “An early-morning aerial exploration above the forests of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula revealed a forest-turned-orange surrounding the calm waters of an amorphously shaped lake,” says Mitler. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day

Orbiting an average of 238,855 miles from Earth, the moon has been capturing the imagination of humankind throughout history. Being the closest celestial object to our home, it was long viewed as a divine, spiritual being to early civilizations. The moon has played a starring role in many cultures and influenced much of our daily

Sony today announced the first “Mark II” in its premium G Master lens series, the FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II. The new lens incorporates Sony’s latest lens technologies into one of the most popular zoom ranges for nature photographers. Numerous control switches on the Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II allow you to

What was once a perplexing and mysterious photo accessory, electronic flash has evolved into an easy to utilize tool. It seamlessly couples to the camera body’s hot-shoe and interfaces with the in-camera computer. The days of manually setting ƒ-stops, calculating guide numbers or measuring flash to subject distance is done automatically and yields perfectly balanced

Photo By Gary Sherman Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Stonehouse Pond Reflections” by Gary Sherman. Location: New Hampshire. “Fog and foliage in the early morning at a beautiful but not so well-known location in New Hampshire,” explains Sherman. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo

Photo By Priola Photography Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Hover” by Priola Photography. 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 the website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To

There are lots of numbers that come into play when it comes to photography: shutter speeds, f-stops, lens focal lengths, digital sensor multiplying factors and fill flash ratios are some of the obvious. One number that doesn’t often pop into photographers’ minds is the number of subjects in a photo. The importance behind this deals

Photo By Lori Hibbett Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Perseid Meteor Composite” by Lori Hibbett. Location: California. “We found a cool foreground to capture the meteor shower,” says Hibbett. “I believe an interesting foreground even at night makes the composition have so much more impact.” Want to get your images in the running for