I mostly photograph the wide-open desert without an obstructed view. I photograph the natural within the wide-open desert without being distracted by something in the way. The desert is in many ways considered nothingness or empty or otherwise, a wasteland. My ongoing theme and possibly never-ending project; “Desert... This Place

Describe your landscape photography background. I was interested in photography from a very early age but I can’t explain why. I bought my first camera (a Kodak Instamatic 33 which I still have to this day) when I was only 7 using pocket money that I had saved. But

In this article, photographer Laurie Schmidtke shares her love for shooting beach and coastal photography in her hometown on the shores of Lake Michigan. It was first published in Issue 44 of Light & Landscape.Born and raised in the small beach town of St. Joseph, Michigan my summers as a