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Photographer Nigel Danson recently embarked upon one of the greatest projects of his three decades of photography. Danson spent 30 days photographing a single beach, Luskentyre on the Isle of Harris in Scotland.
While many photographers spend an entire day, or even a few days, photographing a single location, not many...
Adobe Lightroom Classic is an extremely popular all-in-one raw photo editor for many reasons, not the least of which is its diverse range of image editing tools. Lightroom uses intuitive sliders for many basic editing tasks and even includes AI-powered masking tools. However, even though many of Lightroom's features are...
Losing your photos is every photographer's nightmare. A failed memory card is bad enough, but what if your hard drive fails and you don't have a backup? You lose everything. Unfortunately, for unprepared photographers, this horrible event can occur. The good news is that you can dramatically reduce, if not eliminate, any...
Every landscape photographer dreams of amazing weather and lighting conditions. Many shots with fantastic potential are undone by lackluster light and poor weather. However, as photographer Nigel Danson recently found out, sometimes special conditions can be overwhelming.
"It just feels like I want this to last...
We've seen photographer Nigel Danson offer critiques of other photographer's images, but now it's time for role reversal. Danson selected five of his all-time favorite images and sent them to four top professional landscape photographers for critique.
Danson sent his selected photos to Alex Nail, Michael Shainblum,...
Successful photographers have a diverse range of styles and use many different types of cameras and lenses, but they all have certain skills in common. While learning some of these skills require time and effort, others are simple to integrate into your photography journey. In his latest video, photographer Nigel Danson...
Back when Nigel Danson shot with film, he spent a lot of time in the darkroom dodging and burning to brighten and darken parts of his prints selectively. Long before the days of Photoshop, there was a lot that photographers could do to edit their analog images by hand. With digital cameras and modern editing apps like...
Photographer Nigel Danson captures and sees a lot of photos. Lately, he's noticed a lot of the same mistakes. Whether he's making them or seeing other photographers make them, Danson discusses seven common photo mistakes that he and others make and how you can avoid the pitfalls.
While Danson makes some of these...
As I work on my review of Sony's 24-105mm F4 G OSS lens, I have found myself coming up against an important question, is an F2.8 zoom lens really better than an F4 zoom lens? And if so, how? The immediate and obvious difference is that an F2.8 lens has a one-stop faster max aperture, which benefits astrophotography and...
Nigel Danson has been photographing for decades. In that time, he's learned a lot. His latest video describes five essential photography skills that have completely changed his photos.
While it may seem obvious, understanding your camera is a critical skill to help you improve as a photographer. It's not simply a...
Landscape photographer Nigel Danson gets asked about color a lot. He says it's the most common topic that viewers bring up. Although there are many tools you can use in Adobe Lightroom to adjust the color of your photos, it doesn't need to be complicated. Even the color grading tools, which can seem a bit daunting at...
A photo that tells an amazing story is one someone will want to view multiple times. A powerful image is one that people come back to time and again. But how do you tell a compelling story with your photography? Landscape photographer Nigel Danson has a few techniques to share in his latest video to help you compose...
We've spoken many times about the utility of the "Select Sky" masking tool in Adobe Lightroom. The AI-powered feature lets you select the sky in your shot with a single click and make precise, localized adjustments that affect only the sky – or everything but the sky, if you want to invert the mask. However, you can take...
What's the most powerful tool in your photo composition toolkit? According to photographer Nigel Danson, it's diagonal lines. Before discussing why diagonal lines are so important, it's worth considering what makes a landscape composition good. What are the ingredients of a compelling landscape image? Danson believes...
Photographers James Popsys and Nigel Danson are back with another new lens faceoff video. In January, they spent a day shooting only at 70mm. However, in an earlier video, they shot at different focal lengths, with one shooting at 24mm and other at 200mm. Channeling that asymmetric competitive spirit, Popsys and Danson...
If you ever struggle with focus or exposure in your landscape photography, Nigel Danson's latest video on location in the Lake District in the United Kingdom should prove helpful. Danson is asked about focus and exposure the most of all photography topics.
When it comes to focusing, the big question is, 'Where do you...
For most digital photographers, capturing a nice landscape image is only a part of the overall photographic process. After going out in the field and getting your image, it's then time to open your RAW files up in your favorite photo editor and bring your creative vision to life. Photographer Nigel Danson's latest video...
Photographer Nigel Danson has captured a lot of photos over the years. That means a lot of opportunities to take great photos. It also means a lot of chances to make mistakes. Like all of us, Danson has made some of those over the years. In a new video, Danson discusses seven types of composition mistakes he's made and...
Photographer Nigel Danson recently took a photography trip to Antarctica. He took lots of great gear with him, including the new Nikon Z9 and Nikon Z 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 VR S telephoto zoom lens. Danson primarily focuses on landscape photography, so you may think that a telephoto zoom lens probably didn't see much use...
Unfortunately, capturing a great landscape image is not as simple as pointing a wide-angle lens toward a scene. If only it were so easy. While a wide-angle lens can be an important tool in any landscape photographer's kit, using a lens with a wide field of view comes with unique challenges that must be overcome. Nigel...