The Luminous Landscape prides itself on showcasing emerging talent and unique voices as well as recognizing established photographers making their mark in highly celebrated ways and continuing to share their vision. It is in the spirit of the later that we profile Paul Zizka. I was recently drawn closer to Paul’s work while viewing some [Read More]
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Creating Artistic Landscape Photographs: Part 2: Along a Canyon Wall
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. Edgar Degas 1 – Introduction: projects and mini-series I regularly work on projects as well as on mini-series, the difference between the two being the time I spent working on a specific collection of images. While a project can take months or years [Read More]
Understanding Lens Diffraction (Rediscover)
This article was written by Michael Reichmann and originally published Jan 13 2009 This is not a comprehensive treatise on the subject of lens diffraction effects. Rather, it’s purpose is to bring to the attention of photographers who may not be aware of the issue that there is no free lunch when it comes [Read More]
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Revealing Who We Are Through Our Photography
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I Dreamt I was a Butterfly By Chuck East
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TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING: An Interview with Geoffrey James
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Creative Photographs: Tourist Locations
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Pikto: Tour of an online printing lab
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Creating Artistic Landscape Photographs Part 1: Flare is Beautiful
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Dancing With Light: The Photographic Art Of Sam Choisy
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Figures in a Landscape: The Art of Kazuyoshi Nomachi
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William Neill: Interview For a Retrospective
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Neuroscience For Action Photography
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Midnight Rainbow #4: Soft Dawn By Michael Broomfield
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Charles Martin Follow-up : Perique
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