There are as many stories as there are photographers… gear we’ve bought, and how it’s changed the way we see and work. This is one photographer’s story.
Don’t forget to check out our schedule of workshops for the rest of 2014 and into 2015. There are even a few spots left on our Antarctic workshops!!
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
I (Kevin) have thousands of friends on Facebook. I know a few hundred. These friends are mostly fellow photographers who share their passion and recent images. I have always enjoyed sharing my images and getting feedback. A few years ago I took notice of a certain photographer Valerie Millett on Facebook. She seems a natural when it came to landscape photography and over the years I watched her images mature and take a beautiful form using color, light and excellent composition. I asked Valerie to tell us her story and we share that today. Portrait Of An Emerging Photographer. It’s wonderful to see in our adventures and workshops how many women are enjoying and making incredible landscape images. We have previously published Eleanor Brown’s work and Jackie Ranken’s.
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
The LuLa team is on the move. As you read this Kevin Raber is already in Svalbard, Norway to lead two back to back photography workshops on the M/S Malmo. Svalbard is just about as far north as any land mass can be. From there the group will explore the area and head into the ice pack looking for Polar Bear, Reindeer, and Walrus. In addition they will visit some beautiful landscapes and giant glaciers. A full report will follow after the trips. Don’t forget you can be part of adverntures like this. Join us in 2015 for our Fly Over The Drake – Antarctica Workshops (spaces available on both trips)
Kevin will be testing a NEW 150-600 Tamron zoom lens and the Sigma dp2 Quattro. The Quattro is a most unusual camera and we will have a full report in August on this camera by Kevin and Michael.
Michael is headed south to Mexico and will be publishing articles on a regular basis from there. He will also be finishing a big project he has been working on and you can expect to hear more in a few weeks on it. We have also been very busy working on a number of new video tutorials and we’ll have more news on those in August.
And, before much longer we’ll be off to Photokina and be reporting on the all the news directly from Germany.
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
The Kimberley video is now being offered FREE. Please enjoy the video and the Kimberley Adventure. Usually these videos are part of our video subscriber content or are offered for sale. However, we would like to share this video with you and encourage you to consider joining us for our 2015 Kimberley Trip. If you register prior to July 16th at 11PM (eastern US time) you will receive a $ 1000.00 USD off the registration fee.
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
There has been a lot of chatter lately about the Sony 50mp CMOS chip and the cameras it has been put it. Phase One and Hassleblad have both announced 50mm versions of their backs in the last few months. Pentax announced theirs too and just last week started to ship the Pentax 645Z. We we managed to get our hands one and Michael with Nick Devlin take this new camera through its paces. Is it all the camera everyone was hoping for? Now you can find out by reading Pentax 645Z First Impressions Review.
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
The latest so-called Bridge camera from Panasonic is the FZ1000. It features a 20MP 1" sensor, 4K video and a 25-400mm f/2.8-f/4 lens. By choosing to make the Panasonic FZ1000 about the same size as a chunky entry-level DSLR, Panasonic has found a combination that will likely meet the needs of a great many photographers, including some who might not have considered a camera in this category before.
The June winner in our 2015 Antarctica Expedition Contest is David Rosenthal, of Palo Alto, CA. Congratulations David.
David is now a finalist in the contest and also wins a free lifetime subscription to all LuLa videos.
You can also enter the contest. Every purchase at our online store is an entry, and each annual subscription is equal to six entries.
The grand prize is an all-expenses paid Antarctic Expedition worth $ 15,000. This is the last month to make an entry that makes you eligable for this prize. Find out more.
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
Our friend and colleague Jeff Schewe has written a new book titled The Digital Print. It has just been published and is available as of today from leading book sellers.
We now have a review of the book online. The page also includes a ten minute long streaming video interview with Jeff conducted by Kevin Raber.
"Having been to Antarctica with Michael and Kevin, I would say after having traveled the world and shot nearly my entire life as an exhibiting photographer, it was one of my highlights in my life and I talk about it, all the time. The images and experience of seeing something visionary and nearly extinct from the world, to see and experience the wildlife and scenery that does not fear humans is amazing. The images I shot there won me two Smithsonian awards and nearly 18 other international awards". – Tim Wolcott
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These Expeditions Will Sell Out Quickly. They Always Do.
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
Today’s new article is an essay by regular contributor, Alain Briot. It is titled Why Do We Photograph?, and if the fourth part of a continuing series.
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
No doubt you’ve heard of the Hasselblad Lunar, that company’s gussied-up version of the Sony NEX-7, sold at 6X the normal price of that soon to be superceded camera.
In an essay just published today I let you know in no uncertain terms what I think of this Wretched Excess.
"Having been to Antarctica with Michael and Kevin, I would say after having traveled the world and shot nearly my entire life as an exhibiting photographer, it was one of my highlights in my life and I talk about it, all the time. The images and experience of seeing something visionary and nearly extinct from the world, to see and experience the wildlife and scenery that does not fear humans is amazing. The images I shot there won me two Smithsonian awards and nearly 18 other international awards". – Tim Wolcott
Find Out More Now
These Expeditions Will Sell Out Quickly. They Always Do.
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
What’s it like to be aboard a photographic expedition to Antarctica? Find out by watching our new free 23- minute-long HD streaming video.
Fuji has updated the firmware for the X-Pro 1 and several lenses to allow for improved autofocus as well as adding focus peaking during manual focus, along with other enhancements.
"Yes I downloaded the videos. THEY ARE AWESOME!!!
I learned so much I think my brain is going to explode.
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New