My Photo Guides

Outdoor Photographer "Your Best Photo of 2018" Assignment Winner Jeff Sullivan Thank you Outdoor Photographer Magazine for the honor of selecting my photo! See details on the OP blog: https://www.outdoorphotographer.com/blog/your-best-photo-of-2018-assignment-winner-jeff-sullivan/#comment-434597 See more of my Best of 2018 images here on my blog: https://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2018/09/28/oregon-coast-photography-tour/ Also see more images from my September 2018 trip to Oregon in another post on my blog: https://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2019/01/04/my-top-10-photos-of-2018/ #landscapephotography #Oregon #OregonCoast

Moonstruck by Jeff Sullivan — National Geographic Your Shot My landscape astrophotography composite from the January 20 total lunar eclipse. (Nothing was resized or moved.) https://on.natgeo.com/2UBmyaV Via @NatGeoPhotos #YourShot #landscapephotography #astrophotography #nightphotography

My Top 10 Photos of 2018 See the photos individually, plus more, on my blog: https://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2019/01/04/my-top-10-photos-of-2018/ Instagram http://instagram.com/jeffsullivanphotography Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JeffSullivanPhotography Twitter https://twitter.com/JeffSullPhoto https://twitter.com/DSLRastronomy Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffreysullivan/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/JeffSullivanPhoto Web site: http://www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com Prints: https://jeffsullivan.smugmug.com/ Photography workshops: jeffsullivanphotography.com - Jeff Sullivan Photography - Jeff Sullivan Photography - 2019 Workshop Calendar #landscapephotography https://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2019/01/04/my-top-10-photos-of-2018/

The Advantages of Winter Light A while back I noticed that some photos I took of sand dunes in Death Valley looked particularly good. I suspected that it was the compass direction of the sun: it was shining at an angle close to the orientation of parallel ridges, so undulations in the dunes were showing some nice highlights and shadows. I tested the concept on following trips when the sun was at a similar compass angle, and that didn't seem to fully explain what was great about the original light and images. Recently I was calculating what size and placement of overhang would be necessary to provide passive solar energy: to shade a window in the summer, while allowing sunlight to stream in and heat the house in the winter. The results explained a lot. In the summer here at about 38 degrees latitude the sun gets about 76 degrees high. In December close to the winter solstice, it only gets 30 degrees high. I live in the Eastern Sierra, and the sun elevation is within a degree in the ...

After Google+ I'm so sorry to see Google+ closing down in early April instead of August. I don't know how often I'll get back here in the next few weeks. It's been great interacting with you all over the last few years, and I hope to see you all on the other social media platforms and image sharing services that we use. Jeff Sullivan Web site: http://www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com Prints: https://jeffsullivan.smugmug.com/ Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffreysullivan/ Instagram @jeffsullivanphotography Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JeffSullivanPhotography Twitter @jeffsullphoto, @DSLRastronomy YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/JeffSullivanPhoto Photography workshops: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/landscape-photography-workshop-calendar/ #landscapephotography #photographyworkshops #deathvalley #signalflare

2019 Eastern Sierra Photography Workshops My 2019 Eastern Sierra photography workshop dates have been released. The first one, on the weekend of January 19-20, features winter landscape photography, a sunset moon rise, and a total lunar eclipse! https://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/eastern-sierra-fall-colors-photo-workshops/ See more of my photos from the area on Google Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/qBvSUYcUB1Wc4QNE8 #landscapephotography #EasternSierra #MonoLake #California

Geminid Meteor Shower 2018 Time-lapse footage of the Geminids on the peak night of December 13-14, 2018. See more images from the trip in my full blog post: https://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2018/12/16/geminid-meteor-shower-2018-in-death-valley/ #landscapephotography #nightphotography #astrophotography https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuxI8nrFmqc&feature=autoshare

New Art Print Site I limited my print sales some time ago to focus on workshops, but I've rebuilt my printing site from scratch, in time for the holiday season: https://jeffsullivan.smugmug.com/ My 2019 photography workshop dates have been announced: https://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/eastern-sierra-fall-colors-photo-workshops/ #landscapephotography #EasternSierra #MonoLake #California

Anticipating Optimal Dune Lighting Via Sun Position In the absence of interesting weather, are there optimum lighting conditions on certain dates and times to photograph some sand dunes? One of the advantages of going to the same place over and over again over time is that you can see how the light can change in a seasonal way, and you also run across unique lighting associated with a specific angle of the sun. As photographers, we have...(continued on my blog): http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2018/11/19/anticipating-sun-sand-dune-lighting/ #landscapephotography #DeathValley #NationalPark #California

Half Dome and Fall Colors in Yosemite Valley In case you might have an image to enter, the @OutdoorPhotoMag Assignment this week is "Fall Color 2018"! https://www.outdoorphotographer.com/assignments/assignment-351-fall-color-2018/submission/597377-half-dome-and-fall-colors-in-yosemite-valley/ Dates are up for our 2019 Yosemite workshops, prices and registration will be available soon: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/yosemite-national-park-photography-workshops/ #landscapephotography #Yosemite #photographyworkshops #california https://www.outdoorphotographer.com/assignments/assignment-351-fall-color-2018/submission/597377-half-dome-and-fall-colors-in-yosemite-valley/#.W-x03SRI8F4.google_plusone_share

Geminid Meteor Shower in Death Valley My next Death Valley workshop is coming up December 10 - 14. We'll be pursuing landscape and night photography in the park, including the Geminid meteor shower! http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/death-valley-photography-workshop-2013/ This image is from last year's Geminids in December 2017. #landscapephotography #astrophotography #deathvalley #nationalpark #nightphotography #california

Windy Death Valley Dunes In September Outdoor Photographer Magazine had a "Monochrome Magic" theme for one of their Assignments, so I produced my first black and white conversion for this Death Valley image, using Adobe Lightroom, then On1 Silver Efex 2. It won! https://www.outdoorphotographer.com/blog/monochrome-magic-assignment-winner-jeff-sullivan/ My next Death Valley workshop is coming up next month, December 10 - 14: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/death-valley-photography-workshop-2013/ #landscapephotography #California #DeathValley #nationalpark #blackandwhite

Thank you Outdoor Photographer Magazine! https://www.outdoorphotographer.com/blog/monochrome-magic-assignment-winner-jeff-sullivan/ #landscapephotography https://www.outdoorphotographer.com/blog/monochrome-magic-assignment-winner-jeff-sullivan/

Oregon Dunes and Sea Stacks at Sunset I spent about two weeks visiting Oregon this month. I visited this spot twice on the way up the coast, then for sunset, full moon at night, and sunrise photography on the way back. It was different every time; I couldn't get enough of it! Here the light on the dune edge was leading to the shoreline and sea stacks up the coast, inviting us to walk down the beach in the warm sunset light. https://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/12807240/ via National Geographic #landscapephotography #Oregon #TravelOregon

Sunset at Eagle Lake, California last night. #landscapephotography #California #shotoniphone #lassencounty #eaglelake

Originally shared by Jeff Sullivan Photography Yosemite National Park 2018 I still have room in the October Yosemite Fall Colors & Night Photography workshop, and I'll probably open one up for November's full moon as well: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/yosemite-national-park-photography-workshops/ #landscapephotography #Yosemite #nightphotography #nationalpark

Thanks Michael B. Stuart & Fstoppers for featuring my Perseid meteor shower photo! #nightphotography #landscapephotography #Perseids #astrophotography Originally shared by Fstoppers A Baker's Dozen of Impressive Perseid Meteor Shower Captures #fstoppers #FstoppersOriginals #Landscapes #Pictures https://fstoppers.com/originals/bakers-dozen-impressive-perseid-meteor-shower-captures-279239

I shot the 2018 Perseid meteor shower south on a Canon EOS 6D and north on a Nikon D750, and created these two video clips from the over 1000 images. www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com #Perseids #PerseidMeteorShower #landscapephotography #nightphotography https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDnnR-2jCgM&feature=autoshare

Rainbow Over Cathedral Gorge, Nevada From a visit to Cathedral Gorge State Park in Lincoln, County, Nevada in May. www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com #LandscapePhotography #LincolnCountyNV #Nevada #DFMI

Explosion of Sandstone One of my favorites from my road trip this month to Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona. More photos from this place: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2018/05/20/white-pocket-arizona/ I saw the clouds moving so I knew a long exposures would be best. Fortunately it was pretty deep into twilight, so I was able to use a circular polarizer as a 2-stop ND filter to lengthen exposure, cut glare from sand crystals in the rock to get the full color (make the clouds pop a bit), and combine 8, 15 and 30-second exposures in Photomatix HDR software to fully extract rock texture (while blending in in the longest exposure to preserve the cloud movement and not have too much of an "HDR-look"). The f-stop ended up being f/8 and I had to raise the ISO to 640 by this point, but at 16mm there was more than enough depth of field, and the noise wasn't bad after I knocked it down a bit more on the underexposed and 0EV images. That's what's gre...