Behind the Lens: Reflected Totem Mark Bowie It’s late May and the mix of deciduous trees and evergreens on the cliffs above Chapel Pond are in full springtime re... Read More
Behind the Lens: Spring Painting Mark Bowie On an overcast spring afternoon I encountered a beaver pond along Route 9 south of New Russia in Essex County. A fres... Read More
Behind the Lens: Photography as a Creative Outlet Mark Bowie Title: Photography as a Creative Outlet Exposure Data: 1/60 second, F/10, ISO 200 Sony A7SII Camera, Nikkor 24-70mm l... Read More
Behind the Lens: Jagged Rocks, Icy Pools Mark Bowie Sidewinding along State Route 9 south of Elizabethtown, the Boquet River sluices through jagged rocks, and drops 40–5... Read More
Behind the Lens: Snow in the Mirror Mark Bowie On an early February night in 2015, during my annual winter photography workshop, about two feet of fresh snow fell a... Read More
Behind the Lens: Ring in the New Year Mark Bowie On a frigid afternoon during my 2018 winter photography workshop, we visited a series of ponds in the Saranac Lakes W... Read More
Behind the Lens: White on White Mark Bowie One of most beautiful winter scenes I’ve seen (but unfortunately didn’t shoot), was layers of receding mountains in t... Read More
Behind the Lens: The Raquette’s Stately Maples Mark Bowie Paddlers on the Raquette River between Long and Tupper Lakes will have noticed it is lined, in places, with flowing s... Read More
Behind the Lens: Autumn Color in Black and White? Mark Bowie With a wide variety of trees, the Adirondack autumn features some of the most colorful foliage in the country. Sprink... Read More
Behind the Lens: Ethereal Flight Mark Bowie Long lenses offer unique benefits for landscape photography. We can use them to optically extract specific elements, ... Read More
Behind the Lens: Night Rain & Moonbow Mark Bowie Many night photographers target the Milky Way to the neglect of other subjects. Our home galaxy is indeed grand and g... Read More
Behind the Lens: Storm Light Reflections Mark Bowie As June springs forth, my thoughts turn to my favorite photographic subject—water, in particular, lakes and ponds. I’... Read More