Notes from the field
This is the place to check for news of interest to all of us that enjoy landscape photography. It's our way to f-8 and be there! I encourage your contributions, stories, and notes. email Steve:f8andbethere@cableone.net
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December, 2006
"Yes Santa delivered the DVD! Just finished watching it, fantastic, this is the best yet!" The Canyonlands/Arches DVD is now shipping. Order yours today!
New images from our Landmarks of the Southwest workshop can be viewed in the Gallery at the bottom under the heading Page Area.
A photo essay from our recent Landmarks of the Southwest workshop is called ... tilting at southwestern windmills.
Canyonlands/Arches, the third issue of Steve Kossack Photographing the Great American Landscape is now shipping. Order yours today!
DVD update ...Great news!
If you have pre-ordered Canyonlands/Arches we will be shipping next week.
This is a very limited advance expedited special delivery for pre-orders only. Non pre-order shipping will be after the holidays. If you would like to be included in this special DVD pre-order please place your order now!
Canyonlands/Arches, our next issue of Steve Kossack Photographing the Great American Landscape is at the duplicator. Shipping will begin with pre-orders shortly. If you would like to be among the first shipped please pre-order now!
November, 2006
Sometimes you can just go back home to enjoy fall color. Read about the experience from the Sedona workshop.
From well above timberline to the Owens Valley and beyond, our eastern Sierra workshop was a great experience with a great group! See the participant images here.
We are happy to announce Issue # 3 Canyonlands/Arches of the DVD series Steve Kossack Photographing the Great American Landscape is now available for Pre-order. See clips and order for the holidays now!
Only one place left for The Wave, Antelope Canyon, South Coyote Buttes and more. Join our Landmarks of the Southwest workshop next month.
Starting the hunt for new and different gifts for the holidays? Or just a great read with exciting photography? Friend, photographer and author Harris J. Sklar has just published his new book A Backstretch Journey.
October, 2006
Only 2 places remain for the last workshop of the year. Lets shoot together in December. Register today!
Tim Bloomquist, my partner in our DVD series is featured on his local TV news station in Iowa. See the segment here.
New images have been added to my gallery from our Sierra Fall Color workshop under the heading Eastern Sierra.
New workshops have been posted. Come join the fun!
Here is your chance to see and photograph The Wave!
September, 2006
Photographing the back country of Yosemite takes planning and preparation.
New workshops for early next year are now available. Be a part of it!
A private shoot in Monument Valley last week brings some new images to the gallery.
Read about our 12 days in Glacier National Park.
One of our best workshops ever, Glacier N.P. 2006, has produced some of the best participant images to date! Thanks again to all that attended and contributed their very fine work.
One place remains for our next workshop ... hurry!
After 7 days and almost 70 miles of backpacking in Yosemite, see new and past images in the Gallery heading Yosemite High Country.
August, 2006
Returning from a 12 day stint in Glacier National Park that included a backpack to the high country as well as a truly inspiring workshop, I'm posting images as I create them in the gallery under Glacier NP 2006. Please enjoy them and watch for feature articles on both to follow.
July, 2006
Are you considering workshop possibilities? See if our workshops are right for you in knowing and going.
Did you put away the cameras for the 4th of July holiday? Tim Bloomquist decided to shoot the works instead!
We will raise our point of view above the horizon for an exciting essay and photo shoot from Dr. Jeff Johnson. Let's go into the wild blue!
Come join our hunt for color and light in the Eastern Sierra this fall.
The next issue of our DVD series is being edited. Order a current issue.
June, 2006
Summer is here. Get out and f/8 and be there!
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Come join our Yosemite High Camp backpack and workshop. Due to an injury there is one place now open. This is truly a rare opportunity!
While headed elswhere for a shoot, the Grand Canyon became the place to stop and smell the Roses-N-Rainbows.
Some well deserved recognition of the outstanding landscape photography of Dr. Jeff Johnson, a workshop participant and contributor to this website, is featured in the Utah Desert News.
Through Pictures and song. Shooting wide format with the X.
You still have time to Sign up for a workshop this summer or fall!
Due to cancellation, there is now one place available for our Yosemite backpack.
Order your copy of our DVD series.
Read a follow up field test report of the new V-2 ballhead from Acratech inc.
Check us out in Outdoor Photographer magazine.
May, 2006
Yes! .... that's our image in the current (June) issue of Outdoor Photographer magazine. Page 8. Yep! .... I'm very proud. Please have a look. The photograph is from the Wave in Vermillion wilderness. The area will be featured in an up coming issue of our DVD series.
A Personal Invitation! Please let these images from a just completed pre-workshop scout for our Glacier NP workshop serve as your preview and personal invitation to join us in August.
Curious about what our workshop experience is like? James Morrissey of NWPphotforum.com describes his travels with us as part of our Death Valley workshop.
April, 2006
An old friend in the field, the Ultimate Ballhead, gets a make-over. A first look at the new ballhead from Acratech.
James Morrissey of NWP photo forum reviews his experience as a participant on our spring Death Valley workshop.
Using filters in the field. Fun-function-freedom. Technique and application are the subjects of this discussion and tutorial.
Please enjoy some very fine participant images from our Death Valley workshop.
For those of us that have been addicted to Epson ink over the years, the news of a proposed class action lawsuit settlement may have interest.
Seeing a new place for the first time is always exciting. Watching someone enjoy that experience can be even more exciting especially if that person is seeing it for the first time at age 85! Edward Mendell shares the passion of photography.
March, 2006
Are you using the DVD series as a guide for your photography? Mike McNelly tells of his experiences in Working in the field with the DVD.
New images from our just completed workshop can be viewed in the gallery under Death Valley 2006.
Want to visit Yosemite Valley in winter? Even though the season is about to end there, take a photographic tour with the participants of last month's workshop. Some great work is shown .... thanks everyone!
I'd like to thank all of you for your support of the DVD series Steve Kossack Photographing the Great American Landscape. Those of you that use the DVD as a reference and guide and especially those that have taken the time and effort to introduced yourselves on our travels and workshops. Many thanks from all of us involved in the production! Using the DVD as reference, nature photographer Bill Langton continues the hunt to pin the tail on horsetail fall in Yosemite.
A Review: Are you thinking a leveling base is too heavy or expensive? Here is a new one from Acratech that isn't either of these!
February, 2006
Does it matter where we do landscape photography? I was in two of the major National Parks of the U.S. within a couple of weeks of each other. This seemed to present the question, the singer not the song?
Ever pull the equipment only to see a great moment back down the trail or in your rear view mirror? Dr. Jeff Johnson tells a familiar story about not giving up too early.
Felling the winter chill? Come explore and photograph Death Valley in the spring with our annual workshop next month. Experience The Death Valley DVD for yourself! Very limited availability. Register now.
Our annual Yosemite in Winter workshop has just concluded. Some new images can be viewed in the gallery. The category is Yosemite Winter
Yellowstone in winter is a fascinating place. View some images in the Gallery under this title. An article about the experience will appear here shortly.
January, 2006
Thanks to all that Pre-Ordered the Death Valley DVD. They have been shipped! New orders will begin shipping next week.
See previews from the Death Valley DVD and pre-order now!
Our next issue of the DVD Series Steve Kossack Photographing the Great American Landscape, Death Valley will be available to the general public on February 1. Pre-Orders will begin shipping in about 10 days. Pre-Order Now!
An essay from Greg Hohner on developing the art of Landscape photography is called Photography Impressions.
I am happy and pleased to announce the addition of James Morrissey, publisher and editor of NWPphotofurm.com, as a special guest participant on our Death Valley Spring Workshop. Come along and meet James while photographing one of the great wonders of our planet. Think Spring in Death Valley!
Happy New Year!