Tag: Chris Collard

Compression, f-stop, and bokeh: what does it all mean, and how can your outdoor photography lenses accomplish it? In previous Viewfinders we’ve discussed what I […]

Exploring Mexico’s Gran Desierto de Altar with the Sonora Rally A gentle breeze drifted through the open screen of my rooftop tent, washing me with […]

Photographing the animal kingdom … without becoming part of the food chain A midday sun beat down on the northern reaches of Australia’s Top End, […]

Exploring the storied chronicles of Nevada’s tungsten treasure hunters Peering over the edge, my eyes slowly adjusted to the inky abyss below—a wormhole in the […]

Expand your inner creativity with black-and-white photography. Story and photos by Chris Collard My first camera was a Kodak 110 Instamatic, received for selling magazine […]

Creative Photography and the Electromagnetic Spectrum Light. This thin slice of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum—wavelengths that are visible to the eye—has mystified philosophers and polymaths […]

The art of aerial photography … at your fingertips Aerial photography hit the fast track when Orville and Wilbur Wright launched the “Wright Flyer” in […]

Sharing the planet’s chronicle through the eyes of its souls On a bookshelf in my office rests a National Geographic collection dating back to the […]