Some of the best of the year

Master of lighting

Art Wolfe documents elephants

The team will be honored in Rome, Italy

Climate change is common thread

Gratitude is good for you AND your business

Sift through the noise

Show clients they’re important

Pictures of polar royalty

A digital art legend

Sell the experience, not the product

Organized chaos

Make every client interaction count

Gravity-defying

Establish brand loyalty now and book senior sessions later

Be seen

Communication is the key

Cross-country skiing photo wins prize

The ultimate in action shots

To sell portraits, create images that people can't make themselves

A guide to great goods

No. 1, prepare the client

A pre-wedding hike to find the perfect location

More than 100 wonderful images

"The trick is to remove as much visible light as possible."

Exactly what products are consumers seeking?

Abstract flux

Sometimes it’s just math

Bearing witness

What photography buyers really want

“I was a fly on the wall in the room."

A PPA Loan Collection image travels the world

One bride had her bouquet image printed on a purse

Sebastian Magnani's "Reflections"

As literally as she can

"I had no idea it would be therapy for them."

Consumers respect certified professionals

Oh the beautiful fury

Dual-lens camera offers twice the fun

Some of the greatest photographers of all time

Photographer blends into her backgrounds

Discovering the past in the process

Images feature real-life patrons

Make giving back a regular part of your business

He recorded 8,000 images in the aftermath of 9/11

To start, get everyone comfortable

Thanking firefighters for a winter rescue

Keith Barraclough's subjects are linked by their locks

"He could get into their heads."

Why Pete McBride goes minimalist

All he needed was a simple lighting setup and 30 minutes

The depth of childhood experience

Waterfalls and black sand beaches are their playground

Move the client through a planned set of poses

Photographer Andy Sweet’s body of work was nearly lost forever.

Getting the lighting right was a big challenge

Sharon Green chases sailboats around the globe

"I don't want everyone to know my secrets, do I?"

This shot had been dancing in his head for over a year

Nish Nalbandian spent three years photographing the war in Syria

Listen to an excerpt of our interview with Sandro Miller

Drone images stitched together to look like tiny globes

Talk about fastidious!

Canines bring levity to ballet

Ralph Gibson writes music to accompany exhibited prints

The vibrant colors in Brendan Pattenagale's landscapes defy reality

To capture these photos, the door of the helicopter is removed

Composites are printed and painted along with words of wisdom

Get comfortable approaching strangers for street portraits

"I just fell in love with sloths"

Every day for 366 days, Edi Chen made iconic images of New York's architecture

Found beauty under the microscope

Become an "art ranger" by donating your photos

The Marinos make wedding money off of portrait work

The top 100 images of the year

High ISO performance, focus accuracy, and lower noise top the list

Chris Crisman's "Women's Work" photos series captures women at work in male-dominated fields

A good, old-fashioned tintype portrait at the Beard and Mustache Championships

"I didn’t want the light to detract from his amazing facial expression"

Aesthetically pleasing ingredients sell pots and pans

Joshua Holko has seen the effects of global warming firsthand

Jem Cresswell's "Giants"

Making much of a simple tool

Having spent 20 years on the sea, Joel Woods has learned hard lessons in life and photography.

General liability insurance protects you should your drone do harm while you're working.

Design your studio with the goal of selling more prints.

Know the FAA and NTSB rules for reporting UAS accidents

Color these client families delighted

Yulia Taits' props and backdrops create a milky fairyland

Refugee portraits are helping crowdsourced funding campaigns

Mistake No. 1: Success breeds complacency

More about his "My First Selfie" project

Fine art photographer Matilde Simas teams up with Photographers Without Borders and HAART Kenya

Composited celebrity photos show duality

When a photographer's passion for helping others leads to so much more

Long captures and the right equipment yield spellbinding results

Wildlife photographer David Yarrow shares his secrets to bagging dramatic shots