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28 December, 2014 – Fraser Island Australia – Anatomy Of A National Geographic Assignment

29 Dec

 

 

Growing up I had two magazines that I always looked forward to receiving in the mail and they were Life Magazine and National Geographic.  I always wanted to photograph for these magazines and travel the world.  Well, I have traveled the world but never had a chance to shoot for these magazines.  Today’s article is by Peter Essick and he has lived the dream.  He has done a number of assignments for National Geographic and shares one of those with us in his Fraser Island Australia – Anatomy Of A National Geographic Assignment story.  Peter shares what it is like to pitch an assignment and what it takes to shoot one.  Plus, he takes pretty darn nice images.

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24 December, 2014 – Living With The Fuji X-T1

24 Dec

 

The Fuji X-T1 a camera that has received all sort of good press and seen remarkable sales.  The camera has helped define where the mirrorless market is going.  For your Holiday reading we are pleased to publish an in depth look at the Fuji X-T1 Living With The Fuji X-T1. 

Don’t forget we also have a detailed video tutorial on the Fuji X-T1 available on our Video Store.

Have a great Holiday!!!

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23 December, 2014 – Happy Holidays From Luminous-Landscape

23 Dec

 

Happy Holidays

It’s been a fun year at Luminous-Landscape.  The team has expanded with the addition of Kevin and a lot has been accomplished.  All of us at LuLa want to say Thank You for continuing to visit our site.  We also want to extend the best wishes for a Happy Holiday Season.  We hope you find time for family, friends and a bit of relaxation over the coming days.  Of course for many of us that will be taking photographs and enjoying some time at the computer working on images.  No matter how you spend your Holiday, enjoy it.

Luminous-Landscape is working hard on a number of projects for 2015 and we will be sharing these soon.  We are very excited about the direction we are headed and we’re sure you’ll share in that excitement.  Stay tuned.

From . . . Michael Reichmann, Chris Sanderson and Kevin Raber . . . . Enjoy!

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23 December, 2014 – Give LuLa Video Subsc at 33% Off

23 Dec

If you are looking for a good gift for a photographer you know and are already a subscriber to our videos, here’s your chance to give that person an annual subscription for 33% off.

Contact Customer Service with your existing subscription name and e-mail and we will send you the 33% off coupon code.
Answers to questions about giving a digital gift can be found here.

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22 December, 2014 – Four Seasons In France

22 Dec

We take a bit of a different twist today with an essay by Aaron Greenman, Four Season In France.  Aaron’s essay covers a bit of history, some insight into an old film called Autochrome and accompanying images he made using the look of Autochrome.  It’s an interesting read and a look at some interesting modern day images using the Autochrome effect.

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20 December, 2014 – The Granting Process

21 Dec

 

In the last 15 years, I have had the privilege to meet and get know as well as make good friends with some of the finest photographers in the world.  Michael Reichmann is one of those photographers, and it has been a privilege to be able to travel to many of the different corners of the world with him. More than anything else he became one of my best and finest friends.  When I made the decision to joining Luminous-Landscape, I did so because we shared a common passion and a great desire to share that passion with others around the world.  Of course, the passion is photography and as the founder of the site Michael has shared his passion freely for fifteen plus years.  

Late last year Michael shared with me his latest passion, and as we headed into 2014, he began to work on the Luminous-Endowment.  His dream was to create an organization that could award grants to photographers so they could pursue and complete photographic projects that may not have been able to do without a form of assistance.  The Luminous-Endowment was born, and in less that a year the organization has raised a nice amount of money and made it’s first round of grants. Please stop over to the Luminous-Endowment site and learn more about what we do and also think about purchasing at our special Christmas price Michael’s Retrospective book.  All proceeds for the book go into the Luminous endowment.

Alain Briot one of the finest instructors I have met and a regular contributor on Luminous-Landscape is one of the jurors for the Endowment.  You can learn about the jurors on the Endowment site.  Today Alain shares with us his insight into The Granting Process and how a photographer who may interested in obtaining a grant can prepare better and submit a grant application that will give them an edge.  At the same time, it gives those of us who won’t be requesting a grant somethings to think about as we go about creating our regular work and projects.

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16 December, 2014 – Photograph America Newsletter

17 Dec

 

For the last 15 years, I have been purchasing and using the Photograph America Newsletter published by Robert Hitchman.  I got turned onto this publication when I visited Big Bend National Park with some fellow photographers.  His guide was a tremendous help getting us to the best spots.  Every time I took a trip to a National Park or other popular photographic location I would check the big binder of newsletters from Robert. Now all his newsletters are available and fit on a jump drive.

The opportunity presented itself a few months ago to visit with Robert and along with Chris I did a short interview of the man behind the Photograph America Newsletter.  This short video is now available to view and download for $ 10 USD.  I know $ 10.00, but you receive 2 PDFs with the download plus, there is also an included PDF giving details of a 25% discount on your first purchase of the Newsletter or the whole collection – printed or electronic.  Check out the details and links to this offer at Photograph America Newsletter.

My good friend and mate Ken Duncan, from Australia, sent me a link to his Christmas Message yesterday.  Ken has an amazing landscape photography business and is one of the nicest guys I know. I’d like to share a link to this video as it contains some of Ken’s amazing landscape photography put to a classic Christmas song.  Enjoy!

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15 December, 2014 – Camera Equipment Of The Year 2014

15 Dec

 

It’s been an interesting year photography wise with some groundbreaking new products.  The trend is towards mirrorless and the stand out products this year fell into the mirrorless category.  As always Luminous-Landscape has its eye on the hot gear.  Today Michael Reichmann and Kevin Raber share their Camera Equipment Of The Year report.  Read what they thought was hot and not as well as disappointments and predictions for the coming year.

We have an opening on the second Antarctica Trip in January.  If you are interested in this trip and a special offer please contact Kevin Raber for details.

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12 December, 2014 – Special Antarctica Offer and An Article About Color and Human Vision Anomalies

12 Dec

A few years ago I was traveling with LuLa’s good friend Bill Atkinson.  Over dinner one night we got into a conversation on color and how the human eye and mind see color.  It was quite fascinating not to mention mind boggling.  Bill is one of the industries experts on color. Over the years, we have published stories about Color and Human Vision.  The way the eye sees color is quite fascinating. Today Charles Johnson Sr. shares his article on Observing and Managing Color: Dealing With Human Vision Anomalies.   An interesting read on understanding how we see color especially when working photographically.

A Special Message from Michael Reichmann

The Luminous Landscape, together with John and Roxie Walker of Switzerland, have created an opportunity for one or two people to join our January 26th, 2015 photographic expedition to Antarctica (there are two berths available).  The Walkers were early registrants for this extraordinary odyssey, unfortunately for personal reasons they will now not be able to fulfill this dream opportunity.  However, in the spirit of the season and with a deep desire to advance the art and craft of photography, we are pleased to offer the following unique opportunity:

Rather than simply resell their two berths,  Kevin, the Walkers and I have found a "silver lining" in this unfortunate turn of events and, as a result, we are pleased to make these two berths available as a thank-you gift for a meaningful donation to The Luminous Endowment for Photographers.

READ THE DETAILS AND MORE INFORMATION. . . 

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9 December, 2014 – Sony A7 MKII Hands-On Report

09 Dec

Some companies (you know who I mean) are slow, stodgy, conservative and cautious. None of these adjectives can be applied to Sony. They are impetious, aggressive, innovative and overall risk takers. If they screw up, as they sometimes do, they simply brush themselves off and forge ahead. With the recently introduced Sony A7 MKII we see a continuing evolution of what was once the NEX brand and is now just Sony’s Alpha brand using the new full frame FE mount. 

I have had a week to work with the new MKII. With its redesigned body, in-body stabilization and superior autofocus this is the best 7 series camera yet, and one of the most interesting new cameras of 2014. I already have one on order.

Read my report here.

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