Announcements
by Michael Frye | Aug 5, 2026 | Announcements
Curves at dusk, Death Valley NP, California
I recently did an interview with Grant Swinbourne for his Landscape Photography World podcast, and thoroughly enjoyed this conversation. Grant asked a lot of thought-provoking questions, and we ended up talking about all kinds of things – capturing a mood, planning, goals, what defines success, learning the craft of photography, my early photography education, experimentation, getting past creative roadblocks, self-imposed restrictions, sharing locations, photographing familiar places, what photography has taught me about nature, authenticity in photography, and much more.
Grant just released this podcast episode; you can watch it on YouTube here, listen on your favorite podcast platform, or listen on Grant’s website. I hope you enjoy it!
— Michael Frye
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by Michael Frye | Jul 26, 2026 | Announcements, Wildlife Photography
Roseate spoonbill landing, Florida. Soft light, before the sun rose high enough to light the bird, brought out the beautiful, subtle colors in this spoonbill’s feathers. The background is out-of-focus water reflecting blue sky. 305mm, 1/500 sec. at f/5.6, ISO 8000.
Back in March, on our trip to Florida for the Out of Merritt Island bird photography conference, we had some wonderful opportunities to photograph roseate spoonbills in flight. The spoonbills’ repeated forays ashore to gather nesting material allowed us to catch them flying with varying wing positions, light, and backgrounds.
Like so many Florida birds, the spoonbills weren’t particularly afraid of people, which made things easier. But it was still a challenge to track and frame these fast-moving subjects, keep them in focus, and photograph them with good light against the right background.
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by Michael Frye | Jul 2, 2026 | Announcements
Dried mud and cottonwood leaves, Utah
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be going back to the Moab Photography Symposium next year! I was a presenter at the symposium way back in 2011, and had a great time there. I’ve wanted to go back, but it didn’t work out for various reasons – until now.
The symposium has evolved a bit since Bruce Hucko ran it every year. Bruce is still involved, but now the symposium is an every-other-year event, and organized by our good friends David Kingham and Jennifer Renwick, who I think are the perfect people to carry on this legacy.
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by Michael Frye | Apr 13, 2026 | Announcements
I’m posting today on behalf of my wife, Claudia Welsh, who has something exciting to tell you about.
As some of you may already know, Claudia joined five fellow photography friends (Anna Morgan, Charlotte Gibb, Jennifer Renwick, Michele Sons, and Sarah Marino) to form a collaborative group called Circle of Light. They’ve been working on something special: an ebook called The Nature of Place: Personal Narratives in Landscape Photography.
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by Michael Frye | Apr 12, 2026 | Announcements, Light and Weather
Stormy afternoon at Tunnel View, Yosemite NP, California
The weather is upside down here in central California. Our wettest season, winter, was exceptionally dry. But now that spring has arrived the storms have returned. We’ll take it – we need the rain, and, as the saying goes, it’s better late than never.
And just to make things more interesting, over the last few days unstable air has triggered numerous thunderstorms, with lots of lightning and thunder. That’s quite unusual for this part of the world.
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by Michael Frye | Feb 11, 2026 | Announcements
Three Brothers, Sentinel Rock, and the Merced River at sunrise, Yosemite NP, California
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be teaching at another Out of Yosemite Landscape Photography Conference, January 18–22, 2027!
The original Out of Yosemite conference in 2020 was a fantastic event, and I’m looking forward to doing it again. Once again I’ll be teaching alongside an outstanding lineup of instructors: Joshua Cripps, Jerry Dodrill, Albert Dros, Franka Gabler, Charlotte Gibb, Michael Gordon, Huibo Hou, Chuck Kimmerle, Jennifer King, Colleen Miniuk, William Neill, Alex Noriega, and Beth Young.
We’ll also be joined by four of Ansel Adams’s former assistants – Ted Orland, Chris Rainier, Alan Ross, and John Sexton – who will each deliver a keynote presentation.
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