We were on our way out to photograph the early morning light on the mountains around Resurrection Bay…
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Photograph the Series
One of the most rewarding mornings I’ve spent photographing wildflowers happened not because I photographed a lot of species, but rather because I took a series of photographs…
Favorite Focus, May 2025
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In Search of Ducks!
After some awkward minutes trying to figure out flippers—how to secure them to wading boots, walk with them, and maneuver them through the tiny leg openings in “the boat”—I was back in the water. A few feet from shore my feet could no longer touch the bottom. I was off…or was I?
Favorite Focus, April 2025
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Where My Macro Photography Setup Met With Snowflakes—Part 2
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Photo © Kevin Shank. No sooner had the February magazine gone to the printer than we had snow again, probably that very night. One of my goals after last...
Favorite Focus, March 2025
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Focus Illustrated, March 2025
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Frozen soap bubble. Photo © Steven Russell Smith.In the December 2024 issue, there was a lesson on photographing freezing soap bubbles. My friend, Steven...
Where My Macro Photography Setup Met With Snowflakes
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive For a long time now, several years actually, I’ve been wishing to try a new approach to photographing snowflakes. Just how I’ve wished to try this...
Favorite Focus, February 2025
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Focus Illustrated, February 2025
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Photo © Steven Russell Smith As I became aware of what Kevin was preparing to do when it snowed, I also got inspired to try something new with my...
Treasures of the Snow: How I Learned to Photograph Them
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Editor’s Note: With the focus on snowflakes in this issue, I decided to go back Memory Lane and pick up the first time we wrote about snowflake...
Focus Illustrated, January 2025
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Editor’s Note: After Priscilla Wenger’s lesson came out in March 2011, Ezra Morley used her lesson as a springboard. This is a reprint of his story from...
Favorite Focus, January 2025
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive American Robin. Photo © Jessica Tschetter.