From the Edge with Peter Lik
A television series featuring landscape photographer Peter Lik as he travels across the United States, capturing stunning images of the country's natural beauty.
PPA Lifetime Achievement Award
An award presented by Professional Photographers of America (PPA) to recognize significant and enduring contributions to the field of professional photography.
National Geographic
A popular magazine and media company known for its striking photography, in-depth articles on science, nature, culture, and history.
Mountain Light
A photography company founded by nature photographer Galen Rowell, offering workshops, prints, and books focused on landscape and adventure photography.
Stock photography agency
A company that licenses and sells a collection of photographs, illustrations, and videos for various commercial and editorial purposes.
Ansel Adams Award
A photography award named in honor of Ansel Adams, a renowned American photographer, recognizing outstanding achievements in the field of photography and environmental conservation.
San Francisco Art Institute
A renowned art school in San Francisco, offering degree programs in various disciplines, including photography, fostering creativity and innovation among its students.
Vanity Fair
A well-known magazine focusing on culture, fashion, and current affairs, known for its compelling storytelling, captivating photography, and high-profile contributors.
Rolling Stone
A popular culture and music magazine, founded in 1967, featuring articles, interviews, and iconic photography of musicians, celebrities, and political figures.
Diana Vreeland
A prominent fashion editor (1903-1989) who worked at Harper's Bazaar and Vogue, known for her bold editorial style, innovative ideas, and promotion of groundbreaking photography.
Harper's Bazaar
A prestigious fashion magazine founded in 1867, showcasing fashion trends, photography, and culture, known for its collaborations with renowned photographers and designers.
National Portrait Gallery
A historic art gallery in London, dedicated to the display of portraits of significant British individuals, featuring a range of artistic mediums, including photography.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
A world-renowned museum in New York City, housing an extensive collection of art spanning various cultures and historical periods, including photographic works.
Alexey Brodovitch
A fictitious museum, often referenced as a tribute to influential designer and photographer, Alexey Brodovitch, who played a significant role in shaping modern graphic design and photography.
Catch light
The word "catch light" or "catchlight" can refer to either the light source or the highlight itself that produces a specular highlight in a subject's eye in an image. [1] They are also known as "eye lights" or "Obies," the latter of which is a nod to Merle Oberon, for whom the light was created by Ballard's then-husband, cinematographer Lucien Ballard. The catch light is either a byproduct of the lighting technique used or was designed specifically to provide a sparkle or glint to a subject's eye during shooting. The method works well in both still and moving picture photography because it emphasizes the subject's eyes, which would otherwise be buried in the background or among other scene elements.
Zone system
The Zone system is a methodical approach that provides a calculated method for determining the optimal film exposure and development. Approximately in the year 1940, it was conceptualized by photographers Ansel Adams (1902-84) and Fred Archer (1889-1963).
Wratten number
A system for classifying optical filters that was created by Frederick Wratten and was given his name (1840-1926). There is a number assigned to each distinct color (the orange filters, for instance, have the number 81), and some of the filters have letters to signify the level of filtration they provide (an 81EF is much stronger than an 81A, for example).