I remember the first time I flew a drone. It was an old DJI Phantom 2 Vision with a modest 1/2.3" sensor capable of filming at 1080p resolution and capturing 14 megapixel images. When you look at the form factor and general clunkiness of that drone, it's hard not to smile when you see just how fa...

I don’t think there’s too much room to argue with the assumption that we share our photos on social media primarily because we want our family, friends, and followers to enjoy them. I’m not off base here, right? I mean, I know that the driving motivation for sharing my own photos is because I wan...

Have you ever tried describing a truly grandiose landscape scene to a friend or family member? You probably used a full-on medley of colorful adjectives such as "gigantic," "massive," and the crowd favorite, "epic." Still, you can see that your words aren't having the effect that you'd hope, so y...

I can't begin to tell you how many times I've "lost" a shot because I didn't have proper focus throughout the photo, from the foreground all the way through the background. Don't get me wrong... whichever area I decided to focus on at the time was perfectly sharp, but the rest of the image was so...

I'm pretty sure that there has never been a time when I'd begin a landscape shoot with the mindset of, "My goal is to get a bunch of boring photos today." And, I'm just as sure that you never had such thoughts either. Yet, here we are... or, at least, here I am with a catalog full of all sorts of...

I've never been one to shy away from using software tools to help me match the photo I took with the one I envision in my mind. And why should I? If I'm not using the image in a photojournalistic sense or attempting to pass it off as authentic, why shouldn't I use the tools at my disposal to acce...