Abbey Pleviak

Oct 28, 2024 | rangefinderonline.com | Abbey Pleviak

Halloween can mean many different things to different people. For some, the October holiday is all about candy, fun, and sweets. For others, Halloween is all about horror and costumes. But whether your memories look spooky or sweet, the season can be a great source of inspiration to break from the norm and experiment with Halloween photography. This week, we asked four photographers for tips on creating conceptual Halloween photography.

Oct 24, 2024 | rangefinderonline.com | Abbey Pleviak

Fireworks aren’t just for the Fourth of July! You’ll find them regularly at theme parks, sporting events, and maybe more surprisingly, at weddings. For the latter, fireworks offer photographers a wonderful opportunity to capture epic couples portraits with a truly unique backdrop. Of course, if you’re not familiar with how to photograph fireworks, there are some basic tips you’ll want to keep in mind, all on top of what it already takes to create incredible couples portraits.

Oct 23, 2024 | rangefinderonline.com | Abbey Pleviak

“That’s the way I see photography . . . It’s snatching magic out of the air that wasn’t there before,” says world-renowned photographer Anne Geddes. Geddes’ phenomenal 40-year photography career began in Hong Kong when she photographed families with her husband’s Pentax K 1000. Geddes was unsatisfied with the result, so after they returned to their homeland of Australia, she called up a photographer whose image of a five-year-old girl she saw in the newspaper, volunteering herself as an assistant.

Oct 22, 2024 | rangefinderonline.com | Abbey Pleviak

Yellowstone and other national parks are getting a lot of attention over the last five years – especially when it comes to couples getting married. Could it be the hit TV show, the fact that they just celebrated their 150th birthday, or the remnants of the pandemic where Yellowstone National Park saw record-breaking tourists visiting the park once they were allowed to open? Whatever it is, it’s easy to see the allure of a national park wedding.

Oct 21, 2024 | rangefinderonline.com | Abbey Pleviak

The rapid pace at which children seem to grow makes capturing portraits during childhood even more challenging. But, when done well, photographs at this young age can become iconic childhood portraits. This week, we’re featuring five maternity, infant, and childhood photographs from the Icon Awards. Find inspiration from Kelly Brown, Martina Wärenfeldt, Hanna Neret, Rachel Lee, and D’Ann Boal. See the live judging for the next round of the Icon Awards in fabulous Las Vegas at WPPI in March 2025.