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I am a professional landscape photographer and writer specializing in the western United States, particularly Northern California locations such as Yosemite, the Eastern Sierra, Mono Lake, and Big Sur. To view more of my images, visit www.eloquentimages.com. To learn more about my workshops, visit www.photographcalifornia.com. My book of images,The Undiscovered Country, is available at Barnes & Noble.

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Nature Photo Talk by Gary Hart

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Nature Photo Talk by Gary Hart · 5d ago

Photographic Reality: See the light

“Photography’s gift is not the ability to reproduce reality, it’s the ability to expand it.” (The third installment of my series on photographic reality.) Dynamic range One of photographers’ most frequent complaints is their camera’s limited “dynamic range,” it’s inability to capture the full rang

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Nature Photo Talk by Gary Hart · 1W ago

Photographic reality: Framing infinity

“Photography’s gift is not the ability to reproduce reality, it’s the ability to expand it.” (The second installment of my series on photographic reality.) I’ve you’ve ever tried to point out to someone a small detail in nature that pleases you, perhaps you’ve experienced a conversation like this:

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Nature Photo Talk by Gary Hart · 1W ago

Photographic reality: Your camera’s vision

“Photography’s gift is not the ability to reproduce reality, it’s the ability to expand it.” When I hear a photographer say “That’s exactly what I saw when I was there,” I cringe. Not only is capturing human reality in a photograph impossible (really), I wonder why anyone would want to. I’m a stro

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Nature Photo Talk by Gary Hart · 2W ago

It’s personal

Some of my oldest, fondest Yosemite memories involve Glacier Point: Craning my neck from Camp Curry, waiting for the orange glow perched on Glacier Point’s fringe to grow into a 3,000 foot ribbon of fire; stretching on tiptoes to peer over the railing to see the toy cars and buildings in miniature

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Nature Photo Talk by Gary Hart · 2W ago

Returning to the scene of the crime

My Bridalveil Dogwood image is eight years old now. It remains one of my most popular images, and is still a personal favorite because it represents so many of my personal goals for each image: Use camera’s unique vision to reveal nature’s frequently overlooked details Manage the front-to-back pla

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Nature Photo Talk by Gary Hart · 3W ago

Making lemonade at the Grand Canyon

We’ve all heard Dale Carnegie’s trite maxim, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” Of course these pithy statements become popular because they resonate with so many people, photographers included. And it seems that not only are the photographers who adopt this attitude more productive, they’

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Nature Photo Talk by Gary Hart · 1M ago

Looking a little closer

My print sales tell me that it’s the familiar, dramatic vistas that people are most interested in (not that there’s anything wrong with that), but what I most like photographing is the often overlooked details that make nature special. While I do my share of landscape retreads–because there are reas

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Nature Photo Talk by Gary Hart · 1M ago

The best laid plans…

The plan was to photograph a full moon rising at the end of the Merced River Canyon, just to the right of Bridalveil Fall, at sunset. It was the final night of last week’s Yosemite Spring: Moonbow and Wildflowers photo workshop, and the moonrise was to be the grand finale. But after a day photograph

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Nature Photo Talk by Gary Hart · 1M ago

Poppies!

I love photographing poppies. Just sayin’….. What is macro photography? The generally accepted definition of a macro image is one in which the subject is at least as large on the sensor as it is in reality. When we photograph an expansive landscape, we’re cramming the entire scene (with the help of

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Nature Photo Talk by Gary Hart · 1M ago

The Road to Hana

In my parents’ day, Maui’s “Road to Hana” was something to be achieved. Negotiating the narrow, undulating, muddy, potholed, serpentine, lonely jungle track was a badge of honor, something akin to scaling Everest or walking on the moon. Today’s Hana road has been graded, paved, and widened just enou

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