My First Time Doing Landscape Photography in 60 Days
Lockdown in the UK has been pretty restrictive to landscape and travel photographers. Although I think based on the guidelines there was grounds to be able to w... Read More...
Brendan van Son
Best Webcam Set Up for Streaming or Zoom Meetings
With many of us in isolation, we're spending more time streaming our webcams. We're actually finding that we can be highly functional via web meetings in ... Read More...
Cancelling/Postponing Photography Trips
This week has been a tough one. It has just become more and more clear that the global travel situation isn't going to clear up until at least early in th... Read More...
A Note About the State of My Photography Tours and Workshops
This is a quick update about how things are going to be working with my travel photography tours during this time of crisis. Obviously, with international... Read More...
Patagonia with James Popsys and Greg Snell
Each year I offer a couple trips that are run by the extremely talented Greg Snell. In some cases, we bring on another photographer to co-lead with Greg.&... Read More...
Review: The NiSi Switch Filter System
Back in October, NiSi sent me one of their most innovative products to test and potentially review: The NiSi Switch. And, yes, it has taken me about 6 mon... Read More...
How to Shoot B&W on a Mirrorless Camera
While in Morocco, I was with my group at the Volubilis Ruins. It was a bit of a blue bird day, and the harsh light was kind of bumming our photography moo... Read More...
20 Photography Activities to do Stuck in Isolation
These are crazy times. And as panicked as the might feel right now, there will be a time very soon where you realize that there's nothing you can do but put you... Read More...
Street Photography in Morocco
Since getting out of Morocco, I've come to the conclusion that we have enough chatter about the current global health crisis in our news feeds. I don't ne... Read More...
We Made it Out!
Phew. I’m out. Nothing against Morocco, or the people of Morocco, or anything like that. But, in these times of total uncertainty, it’s good to be back with ... Read More...
Travel Photography in the Time of C-Vid
**Note: I've replaced the terms associated with the current crisis with "C-vid" and "cor..." as many sites are being removed from listings for using those terms... Read More...
Iceland in the Winter for Photographers
There's a lot to love about Iceland in the winter. Covered in snow, one of the most beautiful places on the planet gets even more spectacular. And if you're luc... Read More...
Using a Film Camera for the First Time in 23 Years
I’ve been feeling like my learning curve for photography has started to plateau again. And, somehow, I decided that going backwards and shooting some film and v... Read More...
Best Laptop for Photographers?
When I started my photography career, nearly everyone I asked said that the best laptop for photographers was the Macbook Pro. Nearly anywhere I went in t... Read More...
Brendan van Son
Author: I am a travel writer and photographer from Alberta, Canada. Over my years as a travel photographer, I have visited 6 of the 7 continents and more countries than I have any desire to count. If you want to improve your skills, be sure to check out my travel photography channel on Youtube . Also, check out my profile on Google+. to learn a little bit more about me and my work.