Klass Photography Article Archive
Photography in the Peruvian Amazon
Michael takes you alongside as he travels into the Peruvian Amazon to photograph the unique wildlife and landscapes there. Having traveled there several times, he shares practical tips so you and your camera can survive this often hostile environment. This article will take you through all the steps in planning a trip to this unique part of the world. He shares his photographic expertise in making the most out of the opportunities you will likely encounter there.
Learn more about Michael on his website / blog http://lustbaderphotoblog.blogspot.com/
Article by Michael Lustbader
San Miguel de Allende: A Banquet for Creative Souls
Nancy takes you with her to experience the sights, sounds, and textures of colonial Mexico. With its bright colors and festive culture, San Miguel is a photographers paradise. She give helpful tips for visiting and capture successful images that go beyond the interpretive.
Nancy and her fellow author and photographer, Jeremy Woodhouse have just finished work on a new book on San Miguel. The book, La Luz del Pueblo: Discovering a Sense of Place in San Miguel de Allende will be released in December 2008, and is available from Luz Books.
For more information about Nancy, visit her website: http://www.naturaltapestries.com
Article by Nancy Rotenberg
Tips for a Successful Digital Adventure
It used to be that our biggest travel concern was whether we could get the airport guard to hand check our film. Today with digital, that concern has been replaced with how to backup, store, and care for all my files. This article takes you with me as I prepare for, and encounter issues with traveling digitally on my 100 day road trip during this summer. From the heat of Death Valley in July, to backpacking in the Washington, and the rains of the Olympic Peninsula, somehow my camera gear, computer gear, and I survived.
Article by Raymond Klass
Fall Foliage in Southern Vermont
Southern Vermont offers some of the most extraordinary autumn photography opportunities in all of New England. From rolling streams, to reflections, landscapes, and close-ups, the possibilities are almost endless. This article will take you to my favorite locations, and give tips for capturing incredible foliage photographs.
Article by Raymond Klass
Panoramic Possibilities
This article takes one through the process to create composite panoramic images from several photographs. Photoshop has a new, easy to use tool, that allows us photographers to simply sit back and watch it seamlessly stitch images together. What is best of all is that you don't need a fancy tripod head, or an engineering degree, to take the images. This set-by-step article will bring you up to speed so you can create your own panoramic images without any special equipment.
Keeping Good Company
Inspirational photographer Nancy Rotenberg shares her personal influences. She discussed incorporating those influences into your creative process and into your life as a creative individual.
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Alphabet Soup and Your Printer
It can be difficult to make sense of the complicated and confusing directions manufacturers offer. This article takes a look at the process of printing, and offers a simple step-by-step approach to understanding the color decisions hidden behind the scenes. Inspired by student e-mails, this article takes you through color management in a straight forward way without being overly technical, and without omitting the important details.
Photographic Critique: Jay OBrien
I would like to thank Jay OBrien for submitting two images to use in this critique section.
Please remember that no matter the preventative steps taken, images display differently on different monitors. The idea of this critique is to stimulate new ways to improve and enjoy our photographic endeavors, and not as a way to validate or criticize fellow artists.
jayobrien@verizon.net
Fine Art Review: Jeff Wall Retrospective
A review of the current Jeff Wall Retrospective on at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
Jeff Wall uses his unique vision to comment on and analyze the society we live in.
Review by Matt Labarbiera www.jmweddingphotography.com
Book Review: The Smaller Majority
A review of Piotr Naskrecki's 2005 book, The Smaller Majority.
Piotr shares his unique perspective with readers as he photographs subjects with the eye of an artist and the understanding of a scientist.
Review by Michael Lustbader www.digitalrailroad.net/mlustbader