Went to see democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg speak to a full house at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver Wednesday night … spur of the moment.
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A few years ago. I made my first attempt at photographing the Milky Way. Like many first efforts, it yielded a fairly unremarkable picture.
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Whether or not you are a photojournalist, if you've not yet seen this video, take 3:28 to hear from perhaps the greatest war and conflict photographer ever - James Nachtwey.
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It is part of the magic (and frustration) of being a photographer to experience how other people see things that we overlook.
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Hoping to increase the positive impact I’m making in the world, I’ve started reaching out to non-profits about re-thinking how they use photography and visual storytelling to support their causes.
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When I teach photography, I talk about the process every photographer goes thru in creating any photograph. Part of that process is recognizing and adapting to the limitations of your scene and scenario.
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Sports action largely is a great workout for my photo reflexes and an opportunity I get all too infrequently.
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Making the best of a “bad” situation is part of the reality of being a newspaper photojournalist … and it can occasionally lead to some great opportunities.
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What comprises a great picture is different for everyone, and varies from situation to situation.
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My daughter caught this moment of grace while we were on vacation at my dad’s house in Eastern Long Island (that’s yours truly, mid-dismount).
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It’s often said that photographs are as much about the photographer as they are about the content of the photograph.
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In all the years I’ve lived in Denver, and known about the rock climbing people do in Eldorado Canyon (south of Boulder), I’d never made the time to go up there. This last week, I finally made the trip.
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Towards the end of a workshop about composition I was teaching last weekend, we got to talking about storytelling photography.
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One of the things I teach in my photography workshops is to make the obvious pictures, but then ask yourself, “what else can I do with this?”
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One of the most often asked questions I get is, “Should I work with Lightroom or Photoshop?”
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Every summer, my extended family gathers in Long Island for a week of summer fun – a perennial tradition that was incredibly important to my mother, and is now incredibly important to the family she left behind.
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I teach two photojournalism classes and like to think I’m pretty easy-going, understanding & forgiving. There’s one excuse for not handing in an assignment, though, that just doesn’t fly…and shouldn’t. Any guesses?
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Cormorant delivering a stick to its nest at Duck Pond in City Park, Denver, Colorado March 26, 2015. Copyright Mark T. Osler. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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It was a beautiful snowy day in the Garden of the Gods, but wasn’t sure I wanted to go thru the hassle of getting my camera weather-ready … and that’s exactly why I did.
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The morning didn’t start out well, but it’s amazing how a good photograph can make things all better.
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