This video is less instructional and more about experience. (This is The Photo Experience after all). This is a narrated mix of videos and stills from an extraordinary day of photography in Lake Clark National Park. Though I'm only posting it now, these were collected in mid-September 2023 as part of my "Fat Bears" workshop.

Setup guide for the new Canon R5ii. This setup is great for wildlife photography but is versatile enough for all kinds of shooters. If you are using or thinking about getting the new R5ii, give this a watch.

Lightroom has two separate tools for dealing with noise in your images. Here is how to use both of them.

Join me on an evening shoot in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona! I discuss how I approach different shooting situations, lenses, and compositions.

This short (8 minute) session takes you through a morning shoot in the temperate rainforest of Alaska's Tongass National Forest near Sitka, Alaska.

Join me in the field for a shoot of autumn aspens in Colorado and see how I deal with fall images in Lightroom.

A 2 part video class featuring a long day-hike up Colorado's 5th highest mountain, La Plata Peak (14,360ft). The first video (published 8 Aug 25), covers the demanding hike itself, and the second video covers what to carry on a long hike, the challenges of the shooting on a hard climb, and post-processing the images.

Join me for a landscape session in Alaska's arctic, and later as we process the images in Adobe's Lightroom.

Join me in the field in the mountains above Salida, Colorado for a sunset photography session, and then in the Lightroom as I make the most of the very high contrast scene.

Photographing a wildfire? At night? Quite the challenge. How I worked through equipment, settings, composition, contrast, and mood. And another example of how nature rarely works out the way we plan.

In this video, I show you my process for trying out a new lens and getting a sense of where it excels, and where it falls short. This is a great exercise anytime you are using a new (to you) piece of equipment.

A Lightroom Class in black-and-white conversions and editing a high contrast black and white landscape of Denali, the tallest mountain in North America.

This Lightroom tutorial addresses how to choose a select image from a series of similars, and goes into the post-processing of the image.

Join me as I take an evening photo walk through the Mount Ouray Wildlife Area near Salida Colorado, and learn a few photo tips along the way.

In this short tutorial, I discuss the concept of the visual inventory. This tool will help you find subjects and compositions in the landscape.

Photography is a practice. What does that mean? Because your photography will always be evolving, you can never master it. It's something we do because it brings us joy and allows us to grow as photographers. To move forward you need to keep at it. In this lesson, join me in the field for one of my regular practice sessions.

25 minute video on how to properly expose, compose, and use backlight in your wildlife photography!

Bright, mid-day light makes for challenging shooting conditions. There is no way to turn that into sweet light, but there are ways photograph during those hours and create compelling images. This tutorial will walk you through a few ways to accomplish that!

This tutorial will walk you through six strategies to help you isolate your subject (specifically wildlife) in a variety of shooting conditions.

This edition of "Why This Image Works" looks at a photo of a Golok Rider in Tibet by the late, great photographer Galen Rowell. In the video I compare this image to the paintings of the Hudson River School. If you want to learn more about the Hudson River School, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has a great synopsis here: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/hurs/hd_hurs.htm

In this "Why This Image Works" I look at a photo by Rene Koster that caught my eye in a recent issue of Sidetracked Magazine. Learn how moody images and lots of negative space can make effective compositions.

In this edition of Why This Image Works, I discuss two photos by one of my favorite photographers, Jim Brandenburg. These two photos originally appeared in his book "Chased by the Light".

In this episode of Why This Image Works I discuss one of my images. This photo is of a salmon stream in southcentral Alaska.

This edition of Why This Image Works discusses an image I made of a sunset in the mountains of Colorado. It's a straight-forward photo, and one that works. Here's why:

This 3-day, private workshop will take place in Salida, Colorado. This is an opportunity to have 1 on 1 time with me, explore the mountains of southern Colorado, and learn how to take your image-making to new heights. All lodging, local transportation, and most meals are included.

Want a private lesson in editing Lightroom? Interested in a private critique of your image, portfolio, or website? Trouble setting up your camera? Then sign up for one of these private sessions with David W. Shaw.