This afternoon I was informed that my project Lighting the Spirit, shot for Elinchrom and Red Bull Photography was one of the winners of the Photo District News (PDN) 2017 Great Outdoors photography competition. My series of six images from the shoot were included in the winning selection. My thanks to PDN and the judges,...
Rob Haggart has had a significant influence on my career. While he was the photo editor at Outside Magazine, he once told me, “You adventure sports guys couldn’t light your way out of a paper bag.” And he was right. A lot has changed since that lunch in 2002, but he nailed it and he...
The Summer 2014 issue of the Michael Clark Photography Newsletter is now available for download. If you’d like to sign up for the Newsletter just drop me an email and I’ll add you to the mailing list. This issue includes an editorial about why there was no Spring 2014 Newsletter, a review of the SmallHD DP4-EVF external...
I am honored to announce that one of my images, shown above, was recognized in the 2014 Photo District News (PDN) Great Outdoors Photography Contest as one of the top adventure images of 2014. The image was the runner up in the “Outdoor Sports & Activities” category. It was created in January 2013 in Ouray,...
I am honored to announce that my website was recognized in the 2014 Photo District News (PDN) Photo Annual as one of the top photography websites. In 2013, I updated my website using the Design X template from APhotoFolio.com and kept the same design aesthetic as the previous version of my website, which also won...
An excerpt from my latest book with PeachPit, Exposed: Inside the Life and Images of a Pro Photographer, was published in the Fall 2012 issue of PDNEDU. The excerpt talks about a surfing image that was shot the day before the 2009/2010 Quicksilver in Memory of Eddie Eikau big wave surfing competition. The article details...
The Fall 2011 issue of the Michael Clark Photography Newsletter is now available for download. If you’d like to sign up for the Newsletter just drop me an email and I’ll add you to the mailing list. This issue includes an editorial about a recent self-assignment to shoot big wave surfing, a review of Nikon’s AF-S...
