Photo Of The Day By Amy Ames

Photo By Amy Ames Today’s Photo of the Day is “Bobby Socks Trees” by Amy Ames. Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. “These trees are often photographed in the fall and summer,” says Ames. “I try and shoot them in a different variety each winter when I’m in Yellowstone. This year’s version included lots of hoarfrost. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature?...

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Photo Of The Day By Roger Hostin

Photo By Roger Hostin Today’s Photo of the Day is “Avalanche above Peyto Lake” by Roger Hostin. Location: Banff National Park, Banff, Alberta. 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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Photo Of The Day By Marc Rassel

Photo By Marc Rassel Today’s Photo of the Day is “Hollow Rock Sunrise” by Marc Rassel. Location: Superior National Forest, Minnesota. “The sun rises through a blanket of clouds over Lake Superior, casting warm pastel colors over the gently lapping waves and icy structures of a frozen sea stack,” describes Rassel. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the...

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Photo Of The Day By Ana Luísa Ferreira

Photo by Ana Luísa Ferreira Today’s Photo of the Day is “Winter Ether” by Ana Luísa Ferreira. Location: Picos de Europa National Park, Spain. “A mountaineer walks up a hill covered in snow with sharp mountain peaks showing up in the horizon on a sunny winter day,” describes Ferreira. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries,...

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Photo Of The Day By Bryce Hill

Photo By Bryce Hill Today’s Photo of the Day is “Ski Day” by Bryce Hill. 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. To get your photos in the running, all you...

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It’s Cold Outside: Winter Photography Tips

Winter photography can be very rewarding. Images of subjects blanketed in snow, skeletal deciduous trees with eerie shapes and form, clouds of exhaled carbon dioxide implying frigid temperatures and locations with no crowds all await the eager image maker. Early-morning and late-evening sun that glistens off newly formed ice crystals shines like diamonds in the snow. No crowds means you have the...

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Photo Of The Day By Lauren Bunker

Photo By Lauren Bunker Merry Christmas! Today’s Photo of the Day is “A Lesson in Snowflake Catching” by Lauren Bunker. Location: Yellowstone National Park, Montana. “During the Bighorn Sheep rut, one ram takes the time to teach another a very important lesson… but not the one you’d expect,” says Bunker. “At a time where the species’ males are typically engaged in head-to-head combat for mating rights,...

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Photo Of The Day By Nadeen Flynn

Photo By Nadeen Flynn Today’s Photo of the Day is “Tunnel View Ethereal” by Nadeen Flynn. 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 website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and...

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Photo Of The Day By Karthik Subramaniam

Today’s Photo of the Day is “A Barred Owl on a Heavily Snowy Day” by Karthik Subramaniam. Location: Minnesota. 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. To get...

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The Greatest Maasai Mara Photographer of the Year Has Been Announced

Congratulations to Kenyan photographer duo Preeti and Prashant Chacko for being named The Greatest Maasai Mara Photographers of the Year 2022, with their image “Hallelujah” of a giraffe and calf. The photographers took home the grand prize of $10,000 and a five-night safari to Angama Mara. “The emotion of a mother-child interaction is something that we love to photograph,” says Preeti. “And so we...

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Photo Of The Day By Garry Everett

Photo By Garry Everett Today’s Photo of the Day is “Winter Storm” by Garry Everett. 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 website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and...

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Fall Color Assignment Winner John Pierce

Congratulations to John Pierce for winning the recent Fall Color Assignment with the image, “Bell’s Fall Sunrise.” View the winning image and a selection of submissions below. And be sure to check out our current photography assignment here and enter your best shots! The post Fall Color Assignment Winner John Pierce appeared first on Outdoor Photographer. from Outdoor Photographer htt...

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Photo Of The Day By Sergio Rojo

Photo By Sergio Rojo Today’s Photo of the Day is “Mount Shuksan/Snow Blow” Sergio Rojo. Location: North Cascades National Park, Washington. 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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Photo Of The Day By Laura Schoenbauer

Photo By Laura Schoenbauer Today’s Photo of the Day is “Foggy Morning” by Laura Schoenbauer. Location: Bloomington, Minnesota. 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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Photo Of The Day By Charlotte Couchman

Photo By Charlotte Couchman Today’s Photo of the Day is “Female House Finch on Snowy Fence” by Charlotte Couchman. Location: Colorado. “A female house finch is hopping to the bird feeder along the top of a snowy fence,” describes Couchman. “This was a late first snow (Oct. 27) for us, and the birds seemed quite oblivious. Or maybe just happy.” Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of...

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The Many Moods Of Motion

The more often a task is repeated, the more deeply it gets embedded in the brain. This is key for long-term learning. When it’s truly necessary to master a concept, do it over and over and over. It’s with this in mind, I present a challenge in this week’s tip to mix it up. Hopefully it will motivate you to get into the field and give it a spin. It’s based on the idea of motion. There are many aspects...

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Photo Of The Day By Bill Sisson

Photo By Bill Sisson Today’s Photo of the Day is “Ricketts Glen Fall” by Bill Sisson. Location: Ricketts Glen State Park, Pennsylvania. “Ricketts Glen State Park features more than 20 waterfalls along hiking trails,” explains Sisson. “This is Ganoga Falls, the tallest waterfall in the park. I took this image in the pouring rain on a foggy morning as leaves were changing to their autumn colors.” Want...

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Photo Of The Day By Larry Holder

Photo By Larry Holder Today’s Photo of the Day is “Snowy Geese” by Larry Holder. Location: Decatur, Illinois. “This photo was taken through my home window overlooking a small lake,” says Holder. “An unexpected spring snow shower resulted in this photo of Canadian geese.” 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...

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Photo Of The Day By Amber Ather

Photo by Amber Ather Today’s Photo of the Day is “The ‘Chiaroscuro’ Effect” by Amber Ather. Location: Death Valley National Park, California. “While capturing sunrise at Mesquite sand dunes in Death Valley, I saw this contrasting pattern of light and shadows on the sand dunes giving it a ‘Chiaroscuro’ effect on the composition,” describes Ather. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo...

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Learning The Ropes: How to Photograph Rock Climbing

Ryan Burke “flakes” a rope after reaching the top of a climb in El Potrero Chico, Mexico. Ropes offer many opportunities to create leading lines in photos. Creating great climbing imagery is a challenge. Knowing where to start and how to go about taking photos in a complex environment may be intimidating, and it can be difficult to successfully capture the spirit of climbing in a way that is visually...

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Panoramas And Vertoramas Assignment Winner Max Foster

Congratulations to Max Foster for winning the recent Panoramas And Vertoramas Assignment with the image, “The Wanderer.” See more of Max Foster’s photography at www.maxfosterphotography.com.  The post Panoramas And Vertoramas Assignment Winner Max Foster appeared first on Outdoor Photographer. from Outdoor Photographer https://ift.tt/maYW3...

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Photo Of The Day By Gene Putney

Photo By Gene Putney Today’s Photo of the Day is “Rocky Mountain Bull Elk” by Gene Putney. Location: Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. “On a September day during the elk rut, I came across this lone bull,” explains Putney. “He was providing a variety of nice poses, then he gave me this comical expression as an extra bonus.” Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature?...

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Photo Of The Day By Daniel Forster

Today’s Photo of the Day is “Sky Bright” by Daniel Forster. Location: Pike National Forest near Colorado Springs, 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 Instagram....

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Photo Of The Day By Dawn Wilson

Photo By Dawn Wilson Today’s Photo of the Day is “Afternoon Sparring Match” by Dawn Wilson. Location: Estes Park, Colorado. “Two bull elk spar in the shallow waters of Lake Estes as the sun sets behind them, creating specular highlights on the water and silhouettes of the two satellite bull elk,” describes Wilson. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the...

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Photo Of The Day By James Day

Today’s Photo of the Day is “Dancing Bears” by James Day. Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska. 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. To get your photos...

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Mental Preparedness

Over the multiple decades I’ve led photo safaris to Tanzania and all over the United States, I’ve observed a multitude of commonalities. I’ve been witness to common barriers that prevent participants from creating the best possible images. They range in scope from making photos of anything and everything just because it’s new to overlooking what’s the best aperture/shutter speed combo to create the...

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