When we hear the word navigation we think of using a Global Positioning System (gps) to travel from one location to another. For photographers venturing into the untrammeled wilderness to capture unique photos, skilled use of a gps and map…
Luminosity Masking
Photographers are connoisseurs of light, and the right light grabs our attention like a porch light bulb at night attracts moths in the summertime. In Alaska we are blessed with epic landscapes. Most photographers would be hard pressed not to…
Waterfall of Hope
Alaskans just experienced a very hot and dry summer in the Southcentral and Southwestern regions. Numerous wildfires burned over 2.5 million acres. Homes and businesses were destroyed, and the scenic vistas that draw tourists were obscured with a smoky haze…
A New Beginning
I’ve had two websites for many years. My primary website at raybulson.com displays 80 continually updated images and is intended to showcase my fine art nature photographs, primarily landscapes. This website has no e-commerce capability for selling prints, however. The…
Working the Composition
In 1984, the biographical film, Amadeus, depicted a fictionalized rivalry between Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Italian composer Antonio Salieri in the mid-1700s of Vienna, Austria. Narrated by Salieri, the plot line follows him as he reluctantly comes to grips with…
Composition Flaws, Part 1
No one likes airing their dirty laundry, or in the case of photographers, showing their photographs which have failed. But recognizing mistakes and correcting them is a good way to learn and progress in any endeavor. Starting with this and…
Serendipity Now
Louis Pasteur was a French microbiologist and chemist who is known for postulating the germ theory of disease. In 1854 he gave a lecture at the inauguration of the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Lille in which he…
Computational Photography
Photography as a craft has always been married to technology. For photographers who wanted to practice that craft as an art form it has presented many challenges throughout its history. I believe no other art form has been transformed as…
Walk With Me
What makes some photos more visually appealing than others? As landscape photographers we are blessed – and sometimes overwhelmed – with a variety of compositional tools, many borrowed from painters. The rule of thirds, power shapes, the psychology of colors,…
Autofocus Micro-adjustment
Are you old enough to remember the days when the only way to focus a lens was manually (prior to the early 80s)? Can you imagine tracking a bird in flight with manual focus while simultaneously striving for a proper…