Posted in Photography on Jan 4th, 2010 1 Comment »
“The art of dancing holds such an esteemed placed in all cultures, throughout all of time. That’s especially true of the Yapese — traditional dance remains a strong part of their identity. Every Yapese person, regardless of his or her place in society, is expected to know how to dance — in fact, as soon [...]
Posted in Photography, Wildlife on Dec 26th, 2009 No Comments »
One of two endangered great apes on Earth (the other being gorillas), orangutans are the largest arboreal mammals found on the planet today. While the orangutan tends to be synonymous with Borneo, it’s not the only primate inhabiting the rain forests of the world’s third-largest island.
In the first installment of our photo slideshow series, Nature’s Close Up, [...]
Posted in Photography on Dec 9th, 2009 No Comments »
During our fall 2009 travel photography series, Behind the Lens, WWF photographers on tour taught us that an infant’s ear syringe is the best way to blow debris off your camera on the dusty plains of Africa. We learned that underwater photographers should always shoot upwards and that a light source blasting from the side [...]
Posted in Photography on Nov 16th, 2009 No Comments »
By Elissa Poma
This is the final installment of our Behind the Lens series.
On a recent cruise through Arctic Svalbard, we encountered a small pod of humpback whales. They were some distance off, and I knew I could never capture the scene with the lens I had. So I put my camera down and just took [...]
Posted in Photography, Q-and-A on Oct 26th, 2009 No Comments »
The fourth in an occasional series about nature and wildlife photography. All photos © Ron Magill
You come upon a scenic vista on the flat expanse of the Maasai Mara in Kenya. You have the shot composed in your mind, the wildlife is positioned ideally and the photo seems perfect. Perfect, that is, except for the [...]
Posted in Photography, Snorkeling on Oct 6th, 2009 No Comments »
The third in an occasional series about nature and wildlife photography. All photos © Thomas & Natalya Baechtold/Raw Perspectives
Of the wide-ranging variety of subjects you could photograph on a nature tour, marine life may be the most daunting. In fact, only 10 percent of all travelers take photos underwater on snorkeling and scuba diving tours, [...]
Posted in Photography, Q-and-A on Sep 21st, 2009 No Comments »
The second in an occasional series about nature and wildlife photography. All photos © Martin Harvey.
The subjects of Martin Harvey’s photography are as varied as the African continent itself. But the South Africa-based photographer maintains one constant in all of his shots: good composition.
We caught up with the frequent WWF photography contributor in between assignments [...]
Posted in Photography, Snorkeling on Sep 19th, 2009 No Comments »
“The trip leader Ron Leidich took this photograph of me providing scale to the some of the enormous table corals that we encountered at the Mergui Archipelago. This area was off-limits to foreigners until recently and has seen little activity beyond fishing. The many small islands provide shelter and myriad current and wave conditions – [...]
Posted in Photography on Sep 16th, 2009 No Comments »
“It was moving as polar bears do: seemingly aimlessly, languorously, its head and neck occasionally swaying loosely and slowly from side to side.”
Read author Kieran Mulvaney’s account of venturing onto the tundra in Churchill, Manitoba, in Canada, and watch a slideshow of polar bear images in a well-recommended feature in last week’s Washington Post Magazine. [...]
Posted in Photography, Q-and-A on Aug 27th, 2009 No Comments »
The first in an occasional series about nature and wildlife photography.
One of the biggest shames that professional photographer Steven Morello sees time and time again on nature tours is a traveler forgetting—accidentally or intentionally—to pack a camera charger.
“I’ve seen many travelers purposely not bring their battery chargers because they assumed someone else on the trip [...]