Nature Photography Articles
Esquisses and Raw files
Alain shares his views on the art of post-processing in the digital darkroom and how it compares to musical scores.
Photography and Digital Manipulation: Finding a Middle Ground
One of the most important topics in the photography world revolves around the use of editing, artistic digital manipulation (such as composites) and recently, the very common practice of “peak stretching”.
Introducing ‘Nature First’ The Alliance for Responsible Nature Photography
Nature First is an alliance of nature photographers committed to protecting our lands by promoting a guiding set of principles
The Colors of Spring – the “Other” Foliage Season
Ed shows us how the colors of spring are under-appreciated and can be just as beautiful, if not more so, than autumn.
The Power of the Intimate Composition
In today’s race for “epic” landscape imagery, the grand scenic dominates. Sweeping, wide-angle, near-far compositions built on aggressive leading lines and capped by colorful skies are almost certain to attract attention and take social media by storm. Antithetical to these grand compositions are the intimates that have seen a recent resurgence. In this article Alex explains how intimate compositions are the tinder with which the fire of imagination can be sparked.
Moving Beyond Icons
Matt Payne explores his journey of photographing icons to becoming a more creative nature photographer.
Leave it Better than You Found it
Phill discusses the growing problems our public lands face and how we can do our part by leaving it better than we found it.
Editors Picks 2018
Our favorite images posted on NPN from the past year. We made three picks from all the categories: Avian, Flora, Human & Fauna, Landscape, Macro, Non-Nature, Photo Art, and Wildlife.
Finding Your Muse
Alister Benn discusses the barriers we develop as adults with expectations and rules that stifle our muse. He gives advice on how to break down those barriers to let your muse free and create meaningful images.
