Archive for Ian Shive
About Ian
Ian Shive is an award-winning conservation photographer, author, film producer and environmental advocate. Most recently he was the recipient of the 2011 Sierra Club Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography. His best-selling book, The National Parks: Our American Landscape has received critical acclaim around the world and is currently in it's fourth edition. Ian is most proud of his role in championing environmental awareness. To view more of his work visit www.IanShive.com.
The Little River, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, Autumn 2010
Same location, Summer 2011
As a the end of the summer season nears a curtain call for 2010 and we start to feel the cool breeze of fall encroaching on our sun-kissed faces I often fantasize about revisiting some of my favorite photography locations but in
“What makes a good photograph?” is a common question with a seemingly elusive answer. Sometimes it’s hard to articulate just what does it. You could employ the ”rule of thirds” and shoot during evening light, but maybe it still isn’t right. Maybe you have a great foreground and background but still – something escapes the
I’m on the Island of Hawaii (the big island) wrapping up a multi-state assignment. I padded the trip by a few days and managed to squeeze out a day in one of my favorite places in the country, the Waipio Valley. A lush, tropical valley on an otherwise barren, black lava-rock island, the Waipio is
When photographing in a “busy” landscape it’s hard to figure out exactly how to make the scene work, especially if you are trying to create a landscape photo that still captures a sense of place but gives you an intimacy that let’s the scene feel personal. A technique I often employ is the art of
How do you get today’s younger generations engaged and into the outdoors? Multimedia may just be the way. In one of the most coordinated efforts I’ve ever worked on, our team put documented a 7 day journey, using both still photos and video, all shot exclusively on the Canon 5D2 and 7D.
For a week, myself,
It is amazing what you can pull out of a batch of photos that you haven’t looked at in awhile. In the digital age (and certainly for my generation) instant gratification reigns. I am so obsessed that I download my CF cards every night and always do my “Five Star” edit immediately thereafter. I don’t
Have you ever traveled to a destination to photograph a specific season? Lots of planning is needed and usually if done right you hit it perfectly…but not always! Even the most seasoned pros sometimes think it was timed perfectly only to discover you missed the peak foliage by just a single unforeseen early season freeze
The below images and information are the technical aspects of how the images were made. To read more about the backstory of my current assignment for The Nature Conservancy, please visit my personal blog by clicking here.
The assignment came fast and hard with only 2-weeks notice – a trip around the world across
I managed to sneak a whopping two (yes, two!) days in last week for some hiking in Glacier National Park, Montana. I was hoping to spend more time but had to leave unexpectedly for a project back home in California. Regardless, the park never disappoints always offering meadows of August floral arrangements and the never-too-old-to-appreciate
Last week I braved the 100+ degree heat of the Arizona desert to photograph a popular tourist attraction known as Antelope Canyon. Antelope Canyon is a narrow slot canyon that has been cleverly popularized by the Navajo Native American tribe whose land it resides on. On the outset, it appears a photographers worst nightmare –
