After countless trips to Zabriskie point over the past 25 years, we finally got to see a different side to this iconic location – thick fog, crawling across the floor of Death Valley at sunrise, wrapping the hills in mystery.
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Fake McDonald – Peace, Away from the “Rainbow Rocks” of Glacier National Park
Looking at the increasing trend to over-saturate the “rainbow rocks” of Lake McDonald, vs the calming alternatives the mountain lakes of Glacier National Park can provide.
Vestrahorn – Capturing Iceland’s All-Season, South-Eastern, Viking Wonder
Exploring the incredible (and lesser-visited) Stokksnes peninsular to photograph the iconic Vestrahorn mountain range in all weathers on the south-east coast of Iceland.
It’s All Connected – Shiprock : A Lava Neck on the Navajo Volcanic Field
Exploring the incredible rock formation that is “Shiprock” from above, below and on top of the southwestern states’ “Four Forners” region and the wider Navajo Volcanic Field.
Homestead – Sunrise With The New Phase One XT Rodenstock 40mm Tilt Lens
The new Phase One 40mm XT Tilt lens from Rodenstock opens up a new way of shooting on an already incredible camera system while testing in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Capture One for iPad – Field Testing in Iceland’s Midnight Sun
Join Paul & David Grover as they field test the latest development from Capture One – Capture One for iPad, a companion app for editing on-the-go.
Durdle Door – The Challenges Facing Our Jurassic Coast’s Heritage
Reflecting on the incredible UNESCO World Heritage Site as a back-yard coastal destination – Paul looks at its recent past & future challenges at Durdle Door
Comet Neowise – NeoWhere? Finding the Coolest Thing in the Night Sky
As the brightest comet in nearly a quarter of a century, you’d think that catching a glimpse of the huge cosmic ice-ball otherwise known as C/2020 F3 “Comet NEOWISE” would be easy.
Patagonia – Part Two: Mt Fitz Roy, El Chaltén, Argentina
Exploring more of Patagonia, its southern ice fields, winter waterfalls and the golden sunsets over Mt Fitz Roy, as Paul explores El Chaltén, Argentina.
Milford Sound – The Superstar of New Zealand’s Fiordland National Park
Standing tall and majestic in New Zealand’s Fiordland National Park, the peaks that surround Milford Sound can capture light in truly magnificent ways throughout the year…
Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney – South East Australia’s Cities & Beyond
Beyond the “default” of Sydney as a primary destination, Paul explores the photographic opportunities in Melbourne, Brisbane, the Great Ocean Road and more.
Mono Lake – Shooting ‘The Other World’ for Nearly 20 Years
While relatively off-the-beaten-track, Mono Lake’s incredible “tufa” formations across its shoreline bring photographers from far and wide to capture these unusual scenes – Paul Reiffer.
A Winter’s Tale – Yosemite in the Snow
Exploring the magic of Yosemite National Park during the winter months. Photographing snow-capped mountains, frozen lakes, icy rivers and clear night skies
Patagonia – Part One: Torres Del Paine National Park, Chile
Exploring the Chilean side of Patagonia – Torres Del Paine National Park, nestled amongst the Andes in one of South America’s most rugged photography locations.
Norway’s Lofoten Islands – Stunning? Yes. “Untamed”? I’m not so sure.
It’s one of landscape photography’s “big ticks” – that shot of the fishermans cottages in the shadow of Lofoten’s mountain range in Hamnøy; one of the archipelago’s tiny islands connected by bridges that span for miles across the region. I have to admit, it’s been a place I’d been wanting to shoot for a while, so when the opportunity arose to test some new equipment in low temperatures, it was pretty high up there on […]
Capture One – Advanced Masks & Adjustments, Bridging the Filter Gap
Glass filters are an essential part of many landscape photograpers’ kit bags, but what happens when there simply isn’t the perfect filter for the scene before your eyes?
Paul guides you through how Capure One’s advanced masks and dynamic range recovery tools can help bring that image back to exactly what you saw.
Iceland : The Land of the Midnight Sun, Mountains & Waterfalls
What an evening – and what a view! Being lucky enough to stand in the foothills of Kirkjufellsfoss at 12:30am this summer was quite the experience, and everything I thought it would be all those months ago when we planned this trip to Iceland to see the midnight sun. Landing into Reykjavik, it was clear this was going to be a strange week – looking back to the plane in the middle of the night […]
Stonehenge : Photographing the Inner Circle at Sunrise
Stood in the crisp air of a spring morning, enjoying the view through Stonehenge across the Wiltshire countryside; it was all too easy to forget for a moment that what I was photographing had been built over 4,500 years ago – by our Neolithic ancestors – out of 25 tonne “sarsen” stones transported for over 20 miles to be here. It was a morning that had been planned for a while – with weather that seemed set to disappoint. The nearer I […]
Hooker Lake : New Zealand, Frozen in Time
That brief moment, just before sunrise, when it’s no longer night – but the day is still yet to arrive – that was the moment when I captured this view of Hooker Lake, in the foothills of New Zealand’s Mount Cook. Standing at 3,724m (following a rockslide which lost 40m in 1991), Aoraki Mt Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand, set amongst the collection of peaks which make up the Southern Alps. As with most […]
First Light : Sunrise at Zion National Park
Zion – a National Park that I’ve passed many times, yet strangely never visited. Heading in for just one night as we travelled the long trek from Jackson to Las Vegas, I was reliably informed that there was one key “sunset shot” that was worth heading in to at least try and capture. The signs of an unlikely shot were there – the weather was closing in, loads of people around in the late season, and […]
Roy’s Peak – Another of New Zealand’s (now) cliché locations
Over-used by cliché wedding photographers, over-“influenced” by millions of instagrammers and over-sold around the world by tourism boards, this once peaceful hiking trail and overlook across Lake Wanaka has sadly now become a magnet for “look at me” shots worldwide. Beautiful though it is, Roy’s Peak has fallen victim to the same challenges faced by “that Wanaka tree” and many other tourist traps nearby – the result of huge popularity following the publishing of (what were […]
Graduated? Reverse? Neutral Density? Paul’s Quick Guide to GND Filters
They can be the difference between a nice picture and a “wow” photograph, but I’m always amazed by how many people still seem to believe the phrase “photographic filter” means nothing more than an Instagram effect on their iPhone. The use of filters forms a significant part of my landscape photography workshops around the world, along with talks and presentations I deliver for manufacturers and camera brands, as they’re often the most misunderstood addition or tool in any photographer’s kit bag. In […]
Tasman Lake – New Zealand’s Glacial Sunrise
It’s the shot I thought had got away – the image of New Zealand’s Aoraki Mount Cook and its surrounding range, dusted in snow, with glacial icebergs floating in the river before me. Only 3 weeks prior, our initial trip to Hooker Lake ended in disappointment. The trek to the lakefront was filled with slips, slides, falls and bumps as the ice underfoot made a (normally easy) walk that little bit more interesting. Despite the clear […]
From 5 stars to a billion stars : Road-Tripping the Jucy way
Persuading me to leave a 5-star hotel and “rough it” in a Jucy campervan for a week or two while tearing around New Zealand’s south island is no mean feat, but just over a year ago now it was done – and with some great photography results to show for it. This year, based on that success, was the return. With a lot more clarity on our route, more flexibility in our approach and with Jucy […]