Candace West Photography

10/16/2023

Always be on the lookout for a great find.

One lucky photographer managed to find a $1,399 professional camera lens being sold for just $7 at his local Goodwill thrift store.

09/21/2023

In an email sent to Getty contributors and obtained by PetaPixel, the stock photography agency reaffirms its stance against AI generated models and takes it one step further by noting the built-in AI features recently added by Adobe are part of that ban. Adobe Firefly exited beta and became available to all Creative Cloud subscribers last week.

Just because it's part of Adobe doesn't mean Getty accepts it.

03/11/2023

Amazing photographic essay by Dina Litovsky.
The mid-afternoon arrivals and departures of buses, which run from October through the end of April, attract cheering crowds. Passengers say their hellos and goodbyes to Pinecraft, which, as the photographer Dina Litovsky captured for The New Yorker in February, is a place of brief leisure for people who consider work to be sacred.

Earrings, usually forbidden, can be seen glittering from beneath white bonnets. Swimming is allowed; volleyball and shuffleboard are encouraged; ice-cream cones are a nightly ritual.

12/08/2022

Two more chances to hear the Nova Singers holiday concert! You'll leave singing along. Photos by Candace West Photography.

11/10/2022

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An unexpected consequence of a leaking roof damaged this retro print from the 1940’s. I was able to coax the hidden beauty back to life and make an archival print that should last for many generations to enjoy.
I was struck by the glamour of the Hollywood lighting style.

08/11/2022

Nature TTL calls itself one of the world’s leading nature photography resources, providing free tutorials and features that are enjoyed by photographers everywhere. The organization hosts this annual photography competition and this year over 8,000 entries were submitted with nature photographers competing for top honors in eight different categories.

Excellent work by all the photographers.

07/23/2022

This means that if an Instagram account is public, any photos that are published will be allowed to be remixed by default. This setting can be turned off, but users will have to actively opt-out of the option once it is live, a Meta spokesperson tells The Verge. Users will be able to turn off remixing on individual photos or do so account-wide through an option in the settings menu.

All public photos will allow remixing by default.

05/24/2022

Nature photographer Victor Čech from Martin, Slovakia, was surprised to find his GoPro Hero 9 Black had been moved from where he’d placed it after he was out making a vlog about the foxes.

The inquisitive foxes are still learning about the world.

04/03/2022

Grand Teton National Park has canceled its plans to require permits from photographers looking to shoot any kind of portrait for clients in the Wyoming park. The changes had been met with criticism from both photographers and First Amendment lawyers.

Grand Teton National Park has walked back its controversial plans to require permits from any photographer shooting paid portraits.

03/15/2022

MacNeil Lyons, a former park ranger, had a once-in-a-lifetime encounter with the elusive wolverine in Yellowstone National Park, and he managed to capture rare photos of the animal while his guest recorded video.

Former park ranger MacNeil Lyons had a once-in-a-lifetime encounter with the ultra-rare wolverine in Yellowstone National Park.

03/07/2022

The Largest Bite Mark on a Shark?

After spotting the scar, Najafov conducted a dive underwater in a cage to get a better photo of the mark with his GoPro HERO7.

Photographer Jalil Najafov was diving near Mexico when he came across a 15-foot great white shark with the largest bite scar he had ever seen.

02/24/2022

Yosemite Firefall is a natural phenomenon where the sun illuminates Yosemite Horsetail Falls, creating a “fiery” effect mainly during the last two weeks of February. To see and capture this phenomenon, you need particular conditions, like 100% clear skies, enough snow on top of the mountain, and warm temperatures to melt the snow and create the waterfall.
When all conditions align, you can see something like this:

Photographer Dan Zafra visited Yosemite to see and capture the famous Firefall. Here are his thoughts on whether it's worth it.