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2013-05-19 16:01:28 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2013-05-19 15:58:01 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Although many dogwood blooms are turning brown, I found this blossom yesterday in Yosemite National Park while working with a private student.

This image is part of my ongoing Impressions of Light project, for which I have made many new images this spring season. Now all I need is some time to process and edit them all and so many other new photographs.

When I was in high school, I took art classes every semester. I think that there is still a latent painter in me... maybe I should have become one!

Enjoy and share!

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM__1.0 sec at f / 32__ISO 100

2013-05-19 15:52:14 (5 comments, 5 reshares, 44 +1s)

Here is a new image taken a couple of weeks ago during a private workshop session. It was an incredible morning, obviously, with strange lighting with distinctly different tones in the clouds. This is one of many "keepers," and I had trouble picking which to show you. More to come.

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Morning Storm Light, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California 2013

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM__1/125 sec at f / 16__ISO 100
#landscapephotography   #yosemitephotography   #naturephotography  

2013-05-19 15:49:41 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2013-05-18 18:15:14 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 51 +1s)

Has anyone seen the new Star Trek movie? This photograph of mine was purchased for set design for a scene with Kirk and Capt Pike. If you see the movie, let me know if you spot my BW image in the background!

http://www.startrekmovie.com/#image-2

2013-05-16 15:48:16 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

Dogwood and rapids along the Merced River. Taken last week.

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Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM__1.5 sec at f / 22__ISO 100

2013-05-15 16:54:09 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Here is my latest column in Outdoor Photographer Magazine. Enjoy and share! http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/columns/on-landscape/natural-hdr.html

2013-05-12 17:19:15 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Dogwood and rapids along the Merced River. Taken last week. Enjoy and share! Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM__1.5 sec at f / 22__ISO 100

2013-05-11 18:45:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Another image from my spring workshop sessions.

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Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM__1.5 sec at f / 22__ISO 400

#landscapephotography   #yosemitephotography   #yosemitenationalpark  

2013-05-09 17:40:02 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

MUST have software for any photog selling his or her images: http://goo.gl/WdkDw

2013-05-09 17:31:23 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 50 +1s)

Here is a new image from last week in Yosemite. Taken at twilight, and amazingly, the dogwood were still for a few seconds!

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Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM__2.0 sec at f / 11__ISO 200

#landscapephotography +Landscape Photography by +Margaret Tompkins
+10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS  #plusphotoextract by +Jarek Klimek
#yosemitephotography   #yosemitenationalpark  
#California #Yosemite 

2013-05-06 20:08:12 (4 comments, 5 reshares, 11 +1s)

Astounding time lapse by our friend Cassie Brooks! 

2013-05-06 16:50:34 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

I am booked with private sessions during May, but now is the time to book for summer dates, and especially for the very busy autumn color season which is mid-October to early November.

Important Note: I have increased my day rate for summer sessions to $800 for a full day since the days are so long! Summer rate applies from June 1 through September 1.

If you have any questions, please message me or contact me through my Contact website page. The link below contains much detail. 

Reduced rates are available to small groups, so gather some photo buddies together and meet me in Yosemite!

http://www.williamneill.com/one-on-one-workshops/yosemite_private_workshops.html

2013-05-06 16:24:51 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 39 +1s)

I am slowing editing and processing images from last week, and I have three more private sessions this week, starting tomorrow. Here is a waterfall detail from Yosemite. I chose to isolate the whitest area of water for a high key effect.

BTW, has anyone noticed any corn lily leaves coming up along the Glacier Point Road?

Enjoy and share!

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM__1/4 sec at f / 9.5__ISO 100


#landscapephotography  +Landscape Photography
#yosemitephotography  
#waterfallsphotography  

2013-05-02 18:31:30 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jerrymonkman/the-power-of-place/posts/462862

2013-05-02 15:54:02 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Now is the time to book a fall photography session with me in Yosemite!
http://www.williamneill.com/one-on-one-workshops/yosemite_private_workshops.html

2013-05-02 15:24:00 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

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Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite National Park, California  2013

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM +2.0x__1/3000 sec at f / 5.6__ISO 200

#waterfallwednesday  by +Eric Leslie 
#landscapephotography  +Landscape Photography
#yosemitephotography  

2013-05-01 20:58:27 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 25 +1s)

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Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite National Park, California  2013

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM +2.0x__1/3000 sec at f / 5.6__ISO 200

#waterfallwednesday  by +Eric Leslie 
#landscapephotography  +Landscape Photography
#yosemitephotography  
+Keith Walklet 

2013-04-26 21:05:04 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 17 +1s)

I am ready for the dogwood and waterfall in Yosemite! Here is a 4x5 film image made in 1990. My tripod was set up on the top of my van, with the exposure of about 20 seconds timed in between the swaying of my camera as vehicles passed on the road just a few feet away... Many of my exposures were not sharp enough, but I persevered to get this one! 

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Dogwood tree blooming along the Merced River, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California 1990

#landscapephotography   #yosemitephotography   #naturephotography  

2013-04-24 16:12:14 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Good insights from my fellow BetterPhoto.com instructors: http://goo.gl/UeAAT

2013-04-18 17:29:44 (15 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

Here is a new photograph. What do you think it is?

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Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM__15.0 sec at f / 16__ISO 100

2013-04-17 18:25:03 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 22 +1s)

Regarding the last post about NPS's Merced River Plan, I am posting a few of my own El Capitan Meadow photographs. Be sure to make your own comments about the issue at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?documentID=50778

2013-04-17 00:28:05 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 15 +1s)

Proposed Changes to Yosemite’s El Capitan Meadow

I know many of you have a close connection with Yosemite, so I thought you would want to know about some proposed changes to El Capitan Meadow. In most of the proposed alternatives for the park service's Merced River Draft Management plan, fencing and signs would be installed to keep visitors from trampling the meadow.

John Sexton wrote a thoughtful post on Facebook about this issue, which I recommend reading.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200950372552657&set=a.1254754460087.149833.1566335996&type=1

El Capitan Meadow has long been a favorite spot for photographers in Yosemite. Ansel Adams made his Oak Tree, Snowstorm photograph from there. Galen Rowell captured one of his most famous images, Clearing Storm Over El Capitan, from this meadow. John posted one of his wonderfulp... more »

2013-04-16 17:21:07 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

I am excited to hear of the new tools available in #lightroom5  !  The beta version is available now!  Check it out.

http://blogs.adobe.com/photoshopdotcom/2013/04/lightroom-5-beta-now-available.html
#adobelightroom   #photoshop   #lightroom  

2013-04-15 18:55:34 (9 comments, 1 reshares, 19 +1s)

2013-04-15 18:53:37 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

What is your definition of Photo Impressionism?  I am curious to know as it is a difficult idea to pin down in words let alone visually.  From my dictionary below:

Impressionism:
a style or movement in painting originating in France in the 1860s, characterized by a concern with depicting the visual impression of the moment, esp. in terms of the shifting effect of light and color.

• a literary or artistic style that seeks to capture a feeling or experience rather than to achieve accurate depiction.

#impressionism  , #icmphotography   #ICM   #landscapephotography   #treethursday

2013-04-15 17:01:13 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 12 +1s)

This morning I found this video interview with Ansel Adams in 1983, one year before his passing in 1984. I worked at The Ansel Adams Gallery at that time. That was also the year Ansel approved my photographs for sale in the Gallery. I was lucky to have know him...

Enjoy and share! Well worth the time.

http://youtu.be/rdCq-1MJmHw

#landscapephotography   #anseladams  

2013-04-12 19:51:34 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

See +QT Luong 's tribute to my friend Phil Hyde on the Terra Galleria Photography blog. It is important to know some history of landscape photography in order not to repeat it, creatively speaking. See the video below, and this blog link:
http://www.terragalleria.com/blog/2013/03/27/philip-hyde-books/

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"After Ansel Adams and Eliot Porter, the third pillar of conservation photography in the 20th century was Philip Hyde (1921-2006). In fact, it can be argued that Philip Hyde was more instrumental in this role than his two more famous counterparts, and that it was precisely for that reason that he is less known. A quiet and humble giant, living a simple life out of the spotlight, he always felt that his own art was secondary to nature’s beauty and fragility, to the environmental campaigns he participated in – more numerous and successful than any otherphot... more »

2013-04-11 23:53:11 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Here is a new Impressions of Light image, made a couple of weeks ago in Yosemite Valley.

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Cottonwood Impressions, Yosemite National Park, California 2013

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM__0.3 sec at f / 5.6__ISO 100

#impressionism  , #icmphotography   #ICM   #landscapephotography   #treethursday  

2013-04-11 16:39:17 (9 comments, 2 reshares, 35 +1s)

Here is a new Impressions of Light image, made a couple of weeks ago in Yosemite Valley.

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Cottonwood Impressions, Yosemite National Park, California 2013

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM__0.3 sec at f / 5.6__ISO 100

#impressionism  , #icmphotography   #ICM   #landscapephotography   #treethursday  

2013-04-08 18:21:02 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

If you have an iPad, check this out!  Android version is coming soon.

2013-04-08 18:16:39 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

The new issue of "Light It" magazine for the iPad is now available!

Lots of cool stuff in this issue (our biggest issue yet), including a feature on lighting action sports, and my "Lighting Recipes" column on mixing flash with ambient light (and a bunch more). Android version update: I wish I had more news, but I don't. We do have a beta version up and running (I posted a video of RC showing it), but it's still so buggy we can't release it. I know this is the same story you've heard for a while now, but I'm not the App developer, I'm their client, and like you I'm very anxious to get the Android version released (if for nothing more than to change the conversation from "Where's the Android version?". Believe me, when it's ready, we'll release it. For those of you with iPads, hope you enjoy the latest issue. Cheers,... more »

2013-04-04 22:39:15 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 30 +1s)

Here is a new triptych, made over the Easter weekend.

I used my iPhone 5 plus 645 PRO app which records TIFF files that maximize the camera's resolution.

If anyone know the name of this plant, which was located in La Quinta, CA.

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2013-04-03 16:25:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

FYI:

Adobe Announces Lightroom 4.4 and Camera Raw 7.4 Final Release

2013-04-02 19:34:54 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 22 +1s)

I am excited to share my NAPP/Photoshop User Magazine cover, but also want to show the cover images so that you can really see them!!

If you have seen the magazine, let me know! I am the featured photographer in the Lightroom section. If you don't get the magazine, check for it at your local newstand. I think it should be available there soon!

http://members.photoshopuser.com/magazine/issue/april-2013/

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2013-03-19 19:59:00 (13 comments, 1 reshares, 63 +1s)

Here is my latest image, taken of my Purple Plum tree in front of my house. The sun was partially blocked by a large oak tree, and so allowing me to throw that point of light out of focus. Enjoy and share. Happy Spring!

Purple Plum Blossoms, Ahwahnee, California 2013

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__EF50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro__1/250 sec at f / 2.8__ISO 100

#macrophotography   #naturephotography   #photography   #springfevertuesday   #spring2013   #sierranevada   #photoextract  

2013-03-14 19:13:34 (11 comments, 6 reshares, 75 +1s)

Spring reflections, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California

2013-03-14 17:47:25 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Thought I would share my website's Yosemite portfolio, which includes mostly images made with my 4x5 Wista 45SP Metal Field Camera.

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http://www.williamneill.com/portfolios/yosemite/index.html
#landscapephotography +Landscape Photography +Margaret Tompkins 
#yosemitenationalpark  

2013-03-09 00:58:50 (9 comments, 2 reshares, 70 +1s)

I have just delivered another On Landscape column for Outdoor Photographer Magazine using this image from this past autumn. The title is Natural HDR, and mentions my use of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop for 32-bit processing. I'll post it here when the article goes up here: http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/columns/on-landscape.html

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2013-03-07 00:48:52 (4 comments, 7 reshares, 59 +1s)

Thought I would share this selection of my Landscapes of the Spirit images.

Enjoy!

2013-03-07 00:44:46 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

2013-03-05 19:01:22 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 40 +1s)

Sending a selection of Utah images to a client...

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Aggregate boulders on siltstone pedastal formations, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah

  #landscapephotography  

2013-02-25 19:28:17 (5 comments, 3 reshares, 46 +1s)

From the 4x5 archives.

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#nationalparksmonday   #landscapephotography  

2013-02-23 17:03:05 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

+Dan Bailey  posted a nice review/commentary on my ebooks.  Thanks, Dan!

http://danbaileyphoto.com/blog/photography-ebooks-by-landscape-master-william-neill/

2013-02-22 20:43:52 (7 comments, 5 reshares, 85 +1s)

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Dead Forest, Kabini Lake, Nagarhole National Park, Karnataka, India 2009

Canon EOS 50D__EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM__1/6000 sec at f / 11__ISO 800

2013-02-13 19:11:10 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 29 +1s)

Here is a new image I made yesterday afternoon on my back patio. My retaining wall is in late afternoon light, and provides the intense, reflected color. I used my Canon 90mm Tilt Shift, using both the Tilt and Shift functions. To capture this reflection and shapes of the stones, the camera angle needed to be low, so the lens was tilted forward for full sharpness from front to back. The Shift function was used to create three, horizontal overlapping frames, that were stitched together in Adobe Photoshop to create the panoramic-shaped image.

Enjoy, share, and give me your feedback! Personally, I am thrilled with it!

Stone and Pine Needles, Ahwahnee, California 2013

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__TS-E90mm f/2.8__6.0 sec at f / 16__ISO 100

#intimatelandscapes   #macrophotography   #naturephotography   #photoshop   #photoextract  

2013-02-13 00:38:13 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 24 +1s)

Here is another ice photograph from last week...

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Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM__0.7 sec at f / 22__ISO 100

#yosemitenationalpark   #yosemite2013   #nationalpark   #naturephotography  #macrophotography   #canonusers   #canonphotographers   #naturephotography #landscapephotography   #intimatelandscapes   #nature   #macrophotography   #photoextract   #photoextractplus  

2013-02-12 16:16:37 (2 comments, 210 reshares, 288 +1s)

I had a wonderful day with a private student in Yosemite last week. There were no clouds, no interesting weather, but the ice was fabulous. I helped Shauna find simple but clean designs within all the chaos of patterns. There is always something of profound beauty to photograph in Yosemite. Here is one of my images... not so much a landscape but more of an "intimate landscape!!

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Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM__0.5 sec at f / 32__ISO 100

#yosemitenationalpark   #yosemite2013   #nationalpark  

2013-02-11 20:33:22 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Thanks to all you who have recently added me on G+! For those newcomers, here is link to my four downloadable PDF ebooks: http://www.williamneill.com/store/ebooks/index.html

2013-02-08 23:01:00 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

Some of my new winter images are now available as fine art prints at The Ansel Adams Gallery in their new Yosemite Winter gallery!