PHLEARN Magazine

For outdoorsman Nathaniel Cutshall, the Pacific Northwest is the perfect playground, offering plenty of photos ops. Nathaniel explains how he captured perfect symmetry in the Cascade Mountains.

Dog photographer Anne Geier has a knack for capturing each pet’s unique personality, and her stunning portraiture truly showcases the energy and spirit of man’s best friend. Anne tells us what gear she prefers to use to bring her portraits to life.

Astrophotographer Geoff Moore tells us how he pre-plans his night sky shoots by researching meteor showers and scouting locations free of light pollution to capture amazing, clear shots of the Milky Way and shooting stars.

Fashion and portrait photographer Marta Bevacqua’s dreamy images blur the lines between editorial photography and art – evoking intriguing stories that make viewers want to know more about what’s going on behind the scenes. Here’s what’s in her bag.

Automotive and outdoor photographer Tom Kahler has shot incredible mountainscapes all over the world and worked with clients like Red Bull, Adidas, and Peron Automotive. He shares his extensive gear list and the lenses he prefers for cars or mountains.

The fog of the Pacific Northwest is legendary and offers landscape photographers amazing scenery like nowhere else on Earth. Ross Buswell adds a unique spin by capturing North Vancouver’s subtle color variations in light and fog, creating atmospheric and dramatic imagery.

Wildlife photographer Gerda van Schalkwyk explains how she and her husband, Wille, spent an afternoon discreetly following an African leopard in it’s native South African Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park to get these beautifully intimate and candid shots.

Leah Frances uses only a few vintage fixed lens cameras to capture quiet, everyday moments of life – familiar scenes that evoke feelings of nostalgia and recall some of the more idyllic perceptions of what American life is, or what it used to be.

While on a photo walk, Stevyn Durham came across this perfect UK-fashion scene and wanted to capture a stylish model to go with it. He tells us how he set about capturing a charmingly candid, high fashion shot on a London street.

Want to learn how to get started shooting fairy tale-like conceptual photography? We take a peek inside conceptual photographer Anya Anti’s camera bag to see what gear she uses to create her surreal, mystical and beautiful images.