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It is Wednesday June 5th in Kimberley Austrailia where for the last five days we have been sailing to some of the most amazing and remote places on the planet.  We have seen some amazing things.  We are sailing aboard the amazing True North on a Phase One PODAS workshop .  There are 34 attendees and instructors on board and it is all about photography and fun.  We have a helicopter that takes us to remote locations as well as some incredible sights from the air.  There isn’t enough room here to even begin to tell you what an amazing photographic adventure this has been so far.  There are still three more days to go and we are told that tomorrow will rank up there as a most amazing day.  When we get home home we’ll post more images and an article about this workshop.       We have also started planning NEW workshops for 2014 and 2015.  A few of these will be aboard the True North again.  So, if you missed this workshop, be sure to register early when we announce the new ones.  We are assembling a great  group of instructors and locations we plan to visit.     Michael, Chris and I have been busy doing a number of video interviews and these will be posted in the near future too.  There is a lot going on and we have some new and informative features coming soon.     If you are interested we have a link to our GPS tracker and you can follow our progress HERE .  You’ll have to select the GPS points you want to see as the map will only display the last 50.       Also, follow the links to our Facebook pages for more photos.                 ... show less

In a few hours we board the True North and will be out of touch for a week as we cruise and photograph the remote Kimberley Coast of Western Australia. The new Home Page photograph was taken last night and will be the last posting here till the 9th. You can continue to follow me and the expedition via my Facebook page (link above) where I'll be posting via a satellite texting device. The messages are geocoded and will show our current location on a map on your browser.  ... show less

It's an old topic, but needs to be raised from time to time. In a new essay by Charles S. Johnson Jr., he looks at the question – What is a Fake Photograph? I am now in Sydney, Australia and about to head to the west coast where I'll be teaching a PODAS workshop, along with Art Wolfe and Christian Fletcher. My Internet access will be limited for the next 10 days, but there may be posts to the LuLa Facebook page as well as my own and Kevin's. Links are found at the top of this page.           "Every time I go back to a module I had already seen, I learn additional things.  I have never seen tutorials that have the excellent mix of what the features are,  how to use them, enough of the under-the-hood information  and concepts so that I can utilize the features creatively and efficiently,  and just enough humor to keep the motivation level high.  Wow!" ... show less

We’re off to Sydney.  If you are in Sydney this week then visit us at the L&P IQ World Tour Event.  In the meantime enjoy What’s in Kevin’s Bag and see the gear he takes on a photographic trip. Watch our Facebook pages as well as postings here for the latest on our Australia Adventure.     Stephen Johnson an instructor on our previous Antarctica workshops and well known landscape photographer has a few openings left on what looks like a great workshop into the Alaska Wilderness.  To check out this workshop and register visit his  Workshop Page   ... show less

Other photographers are often interested in what gear is being carried (schlepped) to distant locations. I've just published Off to Oz, What's in the Bag? Kevin will have something about his particular kit tomorrow.            "Yes I downloaded the videos. THEY ARE AWESOME!!! I learned so much I think my brain is going to explode. ... show less

As I prepare to head off for Australia in just a few days to teach a PODAS workshop aboard ship on the northwest coast it seems appropriate that I publish a new article by an excellent Australian photographer, Nick Rains. It is titled Medium Format Aerial Photography and describes his use of a Leica S2 for this work. It should be mentioned that if you find yourself in Solms, Germany during the next month, Nick has an exhibit of his aerial work at the Leica Factory Gallery. If you're in Sydney next week, and would like to say "Hi", you might want to visit the L&P Digital IQ2 World Tour event on Wednesday, May 29. Art Wolfe, Thomas Knoll, Kevin Raber, Peter Eastway, Tony Hewett, Alexia Sinclair, myself and other well known photographers will be there speaking as well as engaging in Q&A sessions.     ... show less

Was there a moment when the desire to take up photography struck you in a flash? Bors Vesterby shares with us one such moment in Composition by Heart.        ... show less

Fuji is about to release their eagerly awaited XF 55-200mm OIS zoom lens. I have been working with a sample for the past couple of weeks and my First Impressions report is now online.           "Yes I downloaded the videos. THEY ARE AWESOME!!! I learned so much I think my brain is going to explode. ... show less

This is an exciting day for me and this web site. My good and long-time friend, Kevin Raber, has joined The Luminous Landscape as our Publisher. In this role he will be responsible for site expansion and development, as well as our advertising and workshop activities. I remain Editor in Chief and Primary Author of the site, and Chris Sanderson continues as Director and Producer of our video content. Many of you recognize Kevin's name. For the past thirteen years he has been a Vice Preseident at Phase One, and prior to that served in various executive roles in the US photographic industry. His joining LuLa will allow us to actualize many of the plans that we have been putting in place for the past couple of years. Welcome Kevin. It's going to be fun! ... show less

Adobe is moving its Creative Suite apps, including Photoshop, to the Cloud. What does this mean for photographers, both Pros and amateurs? Find out what I think in Clouding The Issue. Update: Sean Reid has just published, on Reid Reviews, a review of the Pentax K5 II S, the company's new DSLR without an AA filter. This seems to be one of the first online reviews of this camera.           "Every time I go back to a module I had already seen, I learn additional things.  I have never seen tutorials that have the excellent mix of what the features are,  how to use them, enough of the under-the-hood information  and concepts so that I can utilize the features creatively and efficiently,  and just enough humor to keep the motivation level high.  Wow!" ... show less