Infrared Photography for Beginners
Getting started can be daunting, but we’ve got you covered in this complete beginner’s guide to infrared photography.
Introducing the Kolari Atlas
Your Journey Starts Here
From Hobbyist to Pro Photographer: What You Need to Know
Making the move from Hobbyist to Pro is a brave decision. Here’s a list to guide you as you get started.
Art and Soul of Photography: January 2023
Photography as an art is so much more than the technical. It doesn’t matter what equipment you use as long as your images have something to say. In this monthly column, photographer Laurie Klein offers words of inspiration followed by our monthly photo challenge assignment to help you tap into the art and soul of […]
Film Developing Options
Film development is, arguably, the most important part of the process.
Photo Essay: Upside-Down in the Northwest Passage
As the sea ice extent declines each year, the fabled Northwest Passage across the Canadian Arctic becomes more navigable to passenger ships. Traveling on a specialized ice-class vessel, the National Geographic Resolution, we made an exceptionally early transit. First-year sea ice crumbled away beneath our bow. Polar bears living on the drifting ice made decisions […]
Photo Essay: Great Western Divide Sequoia National Park
Mount Silliman, Sequoia National Park | 590nm Infrared, 105mm, 1/100 sec, f/8, ISO 100 Almost 20 years ago, I had a set of National Geographic desktop wallpapers on my computer. One of the photos was of an alpine lake surrounded by craggy peaks high in the Sierra Nevada in Kings Canyon National Park. The first […]
Photo Essay: Mexico City Under the Invisible Light
Mexico City, the oldest capital in the Americas, offers the perfect mix of skyscrapers and vegetation for dramatic infrared cityscapes. It is one of the busiest places in the world, and I wanted to capture this beautiful city in a soft and peaceful manner using infrared photography. The color work and the somewhat minimalistic approach […]
Photo Essay: Planks, Pylons, and Piers
Piers. Yes, piers. Why not piers? Well, there are piers all around for those living near any coast, river, lake, or pond. And here on the U.S. Gulf Coast, many piers exist. Wooden piers, concrete piers, palatial piers, and simple piers. No matter the state of affairs, piers. I know, I know, what’s the big […]
Photo Essay: London (2001)
These photos were taken during a trip to London in the spring of 2001. I was inspired by the city’s many color palettes—from the brightly colored storefronts on Camden High Street to the muted tones of Trafalgar Square. There were many landmarks to visit, including the Tower of London and the London Eye. The sky […]
Photo Essay: Taman Festival – Abandoned Theme Park in Bali
2022 LIFE IN ANOTHER LIGHT PHOTO CONTEST WINNER Third Place – Infrared Photo Essay The abandoned Taman Festival park in Bali is an eerie yet fascinating place. Costing an incredible $100 million to build, the park had a 3D cinema, the largest swimming pool, impressive roller coasters, a faux volcano, a crocodile pit, and the […]
Photo Essay: Learning to Speak in Black & White
2022 LIFE IN ANOTHER LIGHT PHOTO CONTEST WINNER Third Place – Visible Light Photo Essay We as humans don’t live in reality—rather, we live in the reality we are able to perceive. For years, black and white photography was the only kind available, but when colour-detecting film was created, it became vastly superior, and I […]
