Erik Stensland presented A Life in Rocky Mountain National Park. Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado is one of the most visited national parks in the nation and with good reason. Erik Stensland has spent nearly 20 years exploring and photographing every corner of this park. Come and join Erik for a presentation about this… continue reading »
Beginning this year, ASONP is requiring all entries selected for alaskaWILD-2023 to be printed on metal. This is not too surprising since metal has become popular, and for some, the preferred medium for displaying photography. In case you don’t know, producing a metal print requires making an intermediate print on paper using special dye-sublimation paper… continue reading »
In the last several years, storage drives have evolved immensely—in capacity, speed, and format. In particular, small, bus-powered external drives have been a photographer’s best friend for backing up and transferring image files. The gradual move from spinning drives to SSDs has also brought models that are more rugged, smaller, and have faster transfer rates…. continue reading »
by Bruce M. Herman Are you the same person today that you were several years ago? What about 5-10 years ago? And how does this relate to photography? Well, hopefully you’ve continued to learn, not just about how to make photographs (composition and the technical aspects of using your camera), but also how to develop… continue reading »
Welcome to a new season of ASONP Meetings. As is tradition, out first meeting features “What I did during my Summer”; images from members taken during the summer break. Jen and Glenn also spoke about alaskaWILD 2023 Rules and how to submit images for alaskaWILD 2023. Chat text
Our favorite meeting of the year is October. It is our first meeting of the new season, and features What I did during my Summer. Images may be sent to us for inclusion in the program. They can be sent to our Dropbox account at https://www.dropbox.com/request/yxhdqCATN5a5xUHxkAQr or sent to Alan Musy. Please use your name… continue reading »
Setting sun through a cottonwood grove © Bruce Herman People have authored many sayings concerning the significance of the familiar. Here are two: Familiarity breeds contempt. Attributed to Aesop. Familiarity breeds contempt only when it breeds inattention. George Santayana What do these have to do with photography? I personally believe they are quite relevant. I… continue reading »
Among all your photographic tools, two of the most crucial are the lens on your camera and the monitor on which you edit image files. Digital image processing is done visually, using a monitor, display, or screen, and the capability of that monitor to show all the colors captured in the file accurately and consistently… continue reading »
Take a visual journey through one of the world’s most iconic destinations for landscape photography with Colin Tyler. Colin has visited Iceland three times and leads tours there annually with Nat Expo Tours, where they take groups around the country on the famous Ring Road and explore the East Fjords, the Troll Peninsula, and… continue reading »
Carl Johnson gave a presentation highlighting the National Parks Artist Residencies program. There over 50 National Park Service units with artist-in-residence programs open to a variety of artistic disciplines. But how do you find out about these residency programs? What does it take to submit a successful application? Join ASONP member Carl Johnson as he… continue reading »