Outdoor Photography

Photo By Joung Ji Kang Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Dancing Sea of Clouds” by Joung Ji Kang. 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

Congratulations to Beth Young for winning the Extreme Angles Assignment with the image, “Giant Forest Reaching for the Sky.” See more of Young’s photography at www.optimalfocusphotography.com. 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: “Giant

A male lion peering from the undergrowth at nearby impalas at sunrise. Canon EOS R3, Canon RF600mm F4 L IS USM. Exposure: 1/16000 sec., ƒ/4, ISO 1600. There are few things more painful to a photographer than missing a shot. We’ve all been there. You missed focus, you left your camera set in manual on

Did you miss a Photo Of The Day last month? View all of December’s selections in the slideshow below! 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.

Photo By Bob Faucher Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Predator” by Bob Faucher. Location: Wapusk National Park, Manitoba. “A male polar bear runs toward the photographer with only one thing on his mind—food!” says Faucher. “It’s amazing to see these huge bears accelerate to top speed, approximately 18 mph. You may be an artist,

Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Red Fox Posing in the Snow” by Eric Wellman. Location: Nebraska. 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,

Photo By Kathryn Black Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Horned Lark in the Snow” by Kathryn Black. Location: Waterloo State Recreation Area, Michigan. “Part of a flock of horned larks, snow buntings and lapland longspurs migrating in late winter,” describes Black. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the

Photo By VW Barnes Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Etendre” by VW Barnes. Location: Colorado. 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

Photo By Kathy Laverdure Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Red Fox” by Kathy Laverdure. Location: Quebec. 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,

What season is your favorite to photograph scenics? Each has its pluses and minuses with regard to weather, light, crowds, highlights, etc. Summer provides comfortable temperatures, so even at higher latitudes, it’s warm and comfortable. Spring brings a plethora of wildflowers and the land signals its rebirth of vegetation and life. Autumn is extremely special

When lack of motivation dominates your creativity, reach down inside and think about the fact that the only direction you can move is forward. When things can only get better, celebrate it. Let a smile dominate your face. Cheer the end of an inactive period because things will get better! Here are a few things

Photo By Sharon Ramer Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Is it Winter Already?” by Sharon Ramer. Location: New Hampshire. “Early snow in autumn has this chickadee wondering where fall went!” says Ramer. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from

Photo By Siu Lau Congratulations to Siu Lau for winning the Spooky Shots Assignment with the image, “Fly Through.” Lau says this image of a crow flying through an open forest was taken near Spruce Run Reservoir in New Jersey. Be sure to check out our current photography assignment here and enter your best shots!

Figure 1. Sharing your work doesn’t begin and end with exporting individual images. Think about sharing sets of images or portfolios with Lightroom Classics Slideshow and Book Modules. These days, social media has become the most popular way for photographers to share our work. It’s an addicting feedback mechanism that has allowed artists to build

Photo By Robin Black Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Winter Fugue” by Robin Black. Location: Yosemite National Park, California. 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

Photography has become so popular, a cookie-cutter look appears in the vast majority of published images. Ponder this scenario—50 photographers line up along one of the pullouts in the Lamar Valley in Yellowstone in the fall. There stands a majestic bull elk in good light grazing on the golden grasses. Each one of the 50