Aerial Photography – Sossusvlei, Namibia

I recommend you seize every opportunity to photograph a location in the air. When you go , take two cameras with different focal lengths. Use high shutter speeds (1000 plus). Ask your pilot to circle the most interesting areas and vary altitude. If possible, go...

See Namibia By Air

Enjoy a bird’s eye view whenever you can. We’ve arranged extra time in the air for my upcoming Namibia workshop. The views of the desert and coastline are truly extraordinary from the air. Explore Namibia with Google Earth and you’ll quickly see how fantastic it...

Namibia Slideshow

Enjoy a new gallery of my images from Namibia. See the Google map that goes with it here. Find out about my 2010 Namibia workshop here.

New ImageCloud – Namibia

Enjoy a new gallery of my images from Namibia. See the Google map that goes with it here.

Namibia Trip Reports

Andy Biggs shares many of the details from our Namibia workshop last year on his blog. They’re the smaller moments that give each trip a life and character of its own. Sliding down dunes at dawn, the roller coaster rides of driving across dune fields,...

Namibia – Justin Hartford – A Quiet Mind

A Quiet Mind by Justin A. Hartford In May of this year I traveled with JP to Namibia to photograph the vast deserts and endlessly untouched areas of such a remote location. I grew. I grew as a photographer and a person during that time....

Namibia – Let Color Carry The Day

Sometimes color, pure and simple, is all you need. Catch it while you can. Find out about my 2010 Namibia workshop here.

Namibia – The Function of Form

Form can serve a lot of functions. One can be to take the eye on an exciting journey. Rectilinear? Curvilinear? Fast? Slow? Simple? Complex? They all have a unique character. Contrasting different types of form can intensify one another. You can do this in a...

Namibia – Establishing Shots

Every photo essay needs establishing shots. You might need just be one for the whole series. Or you might need one for each subset within the series. Establishing shots set the stage the drama is about to take place on. They’re about context / place....

Namibia – Guiding Metaphors

Guiding metaphors can transforms a commonplace perspective into an exceptional one. This enlivens the images you make. I relate to dunes as human bodies. This is sensed by the viewer, always on an subconscious level, sometimes on a conscious level. It helps me to know...