Photo Of The Day By Denis Dessoliers

Photo by Denis Dessoliers Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Mountain Spring Sunrise” by Denis Dessoliers. Location: Babb, Montana. 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...

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Motivational Moments Assignment Winner Christopher Baker

Congratulations to Christopher Baker for winning the recent Motivational Moments Assignment with the image, “Coming Up Empty.” 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! [See image gallery at www.outdoorphotographer.com] The post Motivational Moments Assignment Winner...

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Toroweap Overlook

Toroweap Overlook has one of the best views in the solar system. This is an area that I had longed to visit—it’s unlike your usual experience at Grand Canyon. On the more familiar south side of the park, you generally see a vast expanse of canyon terrace landscape, and usually you can’t see the river at all. Toroweap is on the north side of the canyon, where it narrows enough to corral the Colorado...

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Toroweap Overlook

Toroweap Overlook has one of the best views in the solar system. This is an area that I had longed to visit—it’s unlike your usual experience at Grand Canyon. On the more familiar south side of the park, you generally see a vast expanse of canyon terrace landscape, and usually you can’t see the river at all. Toroweap is on the north side of the canyon, where it narrows enough to corral the Colorado...

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Photo Of The Day By Jody Hildreth

Photo By Jody Hildreth Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Going To The Sunburst Road” by Jody Hildreth. Location: Glacier National Park, Montana. “It wasn’t looking like a colorful sunset was going to happen this night, so I found a little pull-off spot on the Going To The Sun Road in Glacier National Park to try to photograph a sunburst,” explains Hildreth. “When I climbed up the small stone guard rail...

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Photo Of The Day By Laura Zirino

Photo By Laura Zirino Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Globemallow and Towers” by Laura Zirino. Location: Castle Valley, Utah. “Fields of globemallows bloom in spring, surrounded by towering monoliths in Eastern Utah,” describes Zirino. “This is the entrance to Castle Valley, famous for these towers. The far tower in the center, Castleton Tower, is a favorite of climbers.” Want to get your images in...

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Dawn And Dusk Flash Photography

Etymology: The study of words. Photography: The art of taking and processing photographs. Photo = light Graphy = to write    In regard to etymology, photography means to write with light. Flash allows a photographer to add light where it doesn’t appear naturally. Subjects that appear in shadow can now be illuminated. At dawn and dusk, when the sky is included in the composition, anything...

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Photo Of The Day By Stan Bysshe

Photo By Stan Bysshe Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Breakfast” by Stan Bysshe. Location: Long Island, New York. 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....

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Photo Of The Day By Max Foster

Photo By Max Foster Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Rainbow Rocks” by Max Foster. Location: Wyoming. “At only 6 inches above the water surface, I used a wide-angle lens to create an extreme near-far effect,” explains Foster. “The colorful rocks of the lake were the perfect foreground for this midday shot.” Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen...

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Photo Of The Day By Douglas Croft

Photo By Douglas Croft Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Curiosity” by Douglas Croft. Location: Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska. “This brown bear cub ended up in a tree right next to the viewing platform at Brooks Falls,” says Croft. “He was every bit as curious about us as we were about him!” Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen...

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Sigma Introduces 61-Megapixel fp L Mirrorless Camera

Sigma has introduced a sibling to its fp full-frame mirrorless camera that debuted in 2019. The Sigma fp L is identical to the original fp in its incredibly small and light form but features a new 61-megapixel back-illuminated sensor that places it among the highest resolution full-frame mirrorless cameras available. The original fp, which remains in the line, offers 24.6-megapixel resolution. Front...

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Photographic Portals Assignment Winner Sandra Rust

Congratulations to Sandra Rust for winning the recent Photographic Portals assignment with the image, “Buck Breath.” See more of Rust’s photography at jolietcommercialphotographer.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! [See image gallery at www.outdoorphotographer.com] The...

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Photo Of The Day By Mark Koskulitz

Photo By Mark Koskulitz Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Schwabacher Landing” by Mark Koskulitz. Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. 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,...

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Photo Of The Day By Peter Sabin

Photo By Peter Sabin Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Sheep Jam” by Peter Sabin. Location: Glacier National Park, Montana. “This picture is the result of learning a lesson the hard way,” explains Sabin. “I missed a picture of a Grizzly on a back road in Montana because my camera was in the back seat. Now I keep my camera ready and close at hand while traveling. “A few months later, I was stopped for...

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Pinnacles National Park

January 10, 2013, was a “monumental” day for the California national monument known as Pinnacles when it formally became this country’s 59th national park. Pinnacles National Monument was established by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908. The park was created for the vision and preservation of local homesteaders and later was developed by a group of residents living in the area who went by the name...

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Sony Introduces Trio Of Compact Primes

Sony today announced three new primes for its full-frame mirrorless system, the FE 50mm F2.5 G, FE 40mm F2.5 G and FE 24mm F2.8 G. The distinguishing characteristic of the lenses is their compact size, making them ideal for use with Sony’s most compact full-frame Alpha camera, the Sony a7C. The lenses are also attractively priced. Sony FE 24mm F2.8 G, FE 40mm F2.5 G and FE 50mm F2.5 G. All three...

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Photo Of The Day By Ryan Cairl

Photo By Ryan Cairl Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Sometimes You Just Get Lucky” by Ryan Cairl. Location: Arizona. “Sometimes you just get lucky in photography,” says Cairl. “I made this image at the Toroweap overlook in Grand Canyon National Park. Feeling somewhat deflated with very smoky skies eliminating any hopes for astrophotography, I walked along the overlook marveling at the 3,000-foot cliffs...

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Photo Of The Day By Gene Putney

Photo By Gene Putney Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Feels Good!” by Gene Putney. Location: Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. “On a late June afternoon, I came across some Rocky Mountain cow elk with calves,” explains Putney. “They were bedded down in the treeline resting. I waited for them to hopefully get up to eat before last light for some photo opportunities. They finally accommodated me...

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Tighten Up Your Compositions

While growing up, there was a very popular dance song called “Tighten Up.” A line from it is, “Everything will be outta sight, come on and tighten it up.” These lyrics can make you a better photographer! How, you ask? The answer is actually quite simple. Literally, it’s simple. The word simple comes from the Latin, simplus. Its English translation means “plain, basic, uncomplicated in form or design;...

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