William Albert Allard, National Geographic photographer and long-time Summit faculty, gives us insight into what goes into a photograph and how important workshops like the Summit are to the advancement of education. Check out the video below that features previous workshop attendees’ photos as Allard details the visual importance.
Read below on a very thought provoking excerpt written by Corey Rich, a mainstay of our Multimedia Workshop and Adventure Workshop. He dissects one of his images as it was re-created to tell a story. Story Behind the Image: What Details Matter What do you think when you see this photograph, aside from the …
For more than 20 years, Tom Mangelsen has been teaching at the Photography at the Summit in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. As a resident of the town, he is able to help workshop attendees improve their photography in a limited time and show the best practices of being an elite nature & wildlife photographer.
The Guardian posted an article about the debate over Thomas Hoepker’s 9/11 controversial photo. For years, Hoepker didn’t release the image until the 5th anniversary of 9/11. Take a look below. — In the photograph Thomas Hoepker took on 11 September 2001, a group of New Yorkers sit chatting in the sun in a park …
Gerd Ludwig continues his series on speaking to former Directors of Photography including Rich Clarkson. Clarkson was Director of Photography for the National Geographic Magazine from 1985 to 1988. — Like Kent Kobersteen, I have spent much of my professional life moving on from an early role as staff photographer to a director of photography. …
For over 30 years, the Telly Awards has been the premier award honoring outstanding TV commercials and programs, the finest video and film productions, and web videos and films. With nearly 11,000 entries from all 50 states and foreign countries, a prestigious judging panel of over 500 accomplished industry professionals uphold the historical standard of excellence that …
In a notable career shooting primarily for Life and Sports Illustrated, Bill Eppridge has covered wars, political campaigns, heroin addiction, the arrival of the Beatles in the United States, the summer and winter Olympics, and perhaps the most dramatic moment of his career–the assassination of Senator Robert Kennedy in Los Angeles. His photography has won …
James Balog, a regular faculty member at the Summit Workshops, continues to draw accolades for his Extreme Ice Survey — documenting the world’s shrinking glaciers. With remote cameras positioned at major glaciers over the world supplied by Nikon, his project was the subject of a documentary film, “Chasing Ice,” selected and shown at the Sundance …
Whether it’s Getty, AP, Reuters, or freelance, photographers hope for that emotional picture that pulls at the heart strings of the viewers. Take a look at the 45 most powerful images of 2011 via Buzzfeed. [nggallery id=6]
At the end of every September, you can watch photographers from all around the world come into Jackson Hole, Wyoming – usually the camera strapped on their arm and their athletic outerwear makes them stand out. When this happens, that means it’s yet another year for the National Geographic Adventure Photography Workshop. With 6 days …
