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October 2026

  1. Photography Lessons from Australian Birds: Part Four
  2. Photography Life Print Lab Announced! 72 Hour Print Run
  3. Photography Lessons from Australian Birds: Part Three
  4. A Landscape Photographer Goes on Safari
  5. Photography Lessons from Australian Birds: Part Two

September 2026

  1. Photography Lessons from Australian Birds: Part One
  2. Tips and Tricks for Shooting with Fully Manual Lenses
  3. From the Galápagos: Photographing the Rarest Gull on Earth
  4. DJI Avata 360 Review: Seeing the Andes Through the Eyes of a Condor
  5. Lightroom’s New “Render to DNG” Feature Is a Big Change
  6. The Sand Dunes of Florianópolis
  7. A Coati in an Odd Coat: Photographing a Mystery in the Andes
  8. One Photographer, Many Genres

August 2026

  1. The Trap of a Six-Inch Screen
  2. A Sign of Improving in Photography
  3. How to Photograph Meteor Showers
  4. Nikon Vibration Reduction Explained: Normal vs Sport
  5. Which Lens for a Wildlife Photography Trip? Take Them All!
  6. Just One Shot
  7. How to Photograph a Solar Eclipse
  8. The Angel of the North: Photographing the Arctic Tern
  9. If I Were Starting Photography Today

July 2026

  1. A Portrait Lens for Bird Photography
  2. Printer Update: Creating Custom Color Profiles
  3. Why I Prefer Using Curves to Adjust Contrast
  4. Three Challenges Photographing in the Tropics and How to Deal with Them
  5. My Seven Favorite Photography Accessories This Year
  6. Nikon Z 70-200mm f/2.8 II S: First Impressions and Sample Photos
  7. Fragments from Ecuador: Photographing the Shiny Cowbird
  8. Responsible AI Use, Darktable, and DDT
  9. How to Photograph Fireworks – Everything You Need to Know
  10. Post-Processing an HDR File: A Case Study

June 2026

  1. Printer Update: We’ve Chosen Our Papers!
  2. Panoramas in Bird Photography
  3. Fragments from the Galápagos: Photographing Darwin’s Finches
  4. 14 Model Poses Photographers Need to Know
  5. Fragments from the Galápagos: Photographing Reptiles
  6. Fine Art Paper Comparison: Epson Edition
  7. Photographing Great Crested Grebes: Eight Hours in a Flemish Canal

May 2026

  1. OM System: Impressions from a Wildlife Photographer
  2. Seven Preventable Causes of Lens Flare in Photography
  3. Why I Like Spending Time with Birds
  4. Photographing Adders with a Wide-Angle Lens
  5. Storytelling Through Image Culling (Part 2)
  6. A Professional Workflow for Image Culling (Part 1)
  7. The Prairire Crocus in Six Photos
  8. How Our Sharpness Measurements Look in Photos

April 2026

  1. Nikon’s NX Studio Is Actually… Not Bad
  2. The Monopod on Safari: Achieving a Ground-Level Angle
  3. Why You Should Still Customize Your White Balance
  4. Tanzania: In the Serengeti’s Sea of Grass and Beyond
  5. Searching for the Long-Wattled Umbrellabird: Moos in the Clouds
  6. Luck and Chance in Wildlife Photography
  7. Imagining, Planning, and Pre-Visualizing in Photography
  8. My Camera Equipment for Hiking in the Himalayas
  9. Tales from Trekking in Nepal
  10. Top Photo Targets: Andean Cock-of-the-rock

March 2026

  1. The Great Melting: Photographing the Changing Alpine World
  2. An Easy HDR Workflow: The Ponta de São Lourenço Case Study
  3. The Love Life of Kingfishers
  4. DxO PureRaw 6 Review: Amazing Compression?
  5. Torrent Duck – Photographing in the Roar of Wild Water
  6. New Online Workshop: Secrets of Professional Photographers
  7. Video Gimbals vs Video Tripod Heads
  8. The Real-Life Sharpness of Nikon Telephoto Lenses
  9. Muscle Memory and Quick Decisions in Wildlife Photography
  10. Which Lens for Photographing People: Prime or Zoom?

February 2026

  1. Four Seconds, Five Photos, One Day
  2. “The Printer Is Alive and It Hates Us”
  3. The Year of Gear
  4. Photographing the Agami Heron: A Rare Encounter in a Drying Amazon
  5. What Makes For Good Bokeh in Photography?
  6. Photographing Madeira: Epic Seascapes on a Family Vacation
  7. The Nikon Z 600mm f/6.3 S: My Long-Term Experience
  8. The End of an Era—Coal Mining in Europe: A Photo Essay by Petr Chodura
  9. Why You Might Not Want to Clone

January 2026

  1. Find Your Light
  2. How to Feed Birds Responsibly?
  3. Field Testing the Nikon Z9, Z6 III, and ZR at -25°C
  4. The Spirit of Black and White Wildlife Photography
  5. Croaking and Yelping Toucans: When Photos Don’t Tell the Whole Story
  6. How Visual Echoes Can Improve Your Photos
  7. Nikon Z9 Firmware 5.30 Is a Big Leap
  8. A Simple and Economical Way to Camouflage in the Field
  9. Using Natural Frames to Take Better Photos
  10. Recommended Shutter Speeds for Bird Photography

December 2025

  1. Printing Your Photos: An Artist’s Statement Against Ephemerality
  2. Secrets of Professional Photographers: An Interview with Petr Chodura
  3. The Importance of the Perch in Bird Photography
  4. Wildlife Photography: Feast or Famine
  5. Wildlife Photography: Is the Art Already in Nature?

November 2025

  1. Improve your Photography by Joining Our Member Page
  2. 35 Of The Best Photography Gifts, By Budget (2026)
  3. Hummingbird Photography Tips and Facts – Part 2
  4. The Programmable Button That Helps Autofocus
  5. Hummingbird Photography Tips and Facts – Part 1
  6. Photo Book Diaries: Vertical and Horizontal
  7. When Autumn Meets Winter in Photography
  8. Capturing Audio (and Photos) of a Bird with the Strangest Song
  9. How to Create Good Masks in Capture One
  10. Long-Term Experience with the Nikon Z 800mm f/6.3 S
  11. Behind the Photos: A Bearded Vulture in Flight

October 2025

  1. Photographing the Fierce Behavior of a Hummingbird
  2. 6 Tips for Long Lens Landscapes
  3. Wimberley MH-100 Review: A Gimbal Head for Monopods
  4. The Art of Being Accepted by Nature
  5. Landscape Photography with an Unexpected Lens
  6. Photographing Botswana, Part 2
  7. Photographing Botswana, Part 1
  8. The Beauty of the Grasslands

September 2025

  1. Photographing an Unlucky Hero
  2. The Best Nikon Lens of All Time
  3. Our Printer Is Here!
  4. Photo Book Diaries: A First Photo for the Book
  5. Visiting Ecuador as a Photographer: The Best Places to Go
  6. Photo Stories Through the Lenses of our Readers
  7. The State of Nikon Z Firmware Features Today
  8. The Intersection of Wildlife Photography and Mindfulness
  9. The Downsides of Buying and Thinking about Gear
  10. How to View and Cull Photos on Nikon Cameras
  11. Leofoto Ranger LS-325C: A Long-Term Review
  12. Photographing Islands: The Cradles of Evolution

August 2025

  1. Photo Book Diaries: Deciding on a Theme
  2. Wildlife Photography: Travel or Stay at Home?
  3. Editing with Local Adjustments: Think Globally, Act Locally
  4. Photo Book Diaries: Why I’m Starting This Project
  5. The Svalbard Archipelago and the Pack Ice: Part 2
  6. Which Lenses Does Nikon Z Still Need?
  7. The Svalbard Archipelago and the Pack Ice: Part 1
  8. Should Your Composition Have a Focal Point?
  9. Wildlife Photography Essentials: What Else Do You Need?
  10. From Nikon F to Nikon Z: Is It Really Better?

July 2025

  1. One Year of Shooting Large Format Film
  2. Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 in the Darkness of the Tropical Cloud Forest
  3. The Intimate Lives of Dragonflies
  4. A Fixed-Lens Showdown: Ricoh vs Fuji vs Leica
  5. Every Bird Has a Secret
  6. Photographing Small Creatures with a Big Lens
  7. The Best Nikon Camera of All Time
  8. Four Intuitive Steps for Meaningful Photography
  9. Photographing the Fiery Topaz: A Feathered Gemstone of the Amazon
  10. When the Photographer Does Not Shoot
  11. My Favorite Photos on Photography Life This Year
  12. The Nikon Z9 Pushed to the Edge of High ISO
  13. What’s in My Backpack? Summer in the Arctic Edition

June 2025

  1. Under the Wings of the Condors: A Photo Story
  2. Photographing the Muskox in Dovrefjell During Winter
  3. The Importance of Binoculars in Wildlife Photography
  4. Supertele Shootout: Nikon Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S vs Nikon Z 600mm f/4 TC VR S
  5. Sensor Size Differences as a Wildlife Photographer

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