All photographers have been in tough spots: The camera misfires as the receiver catches the ball, or some idiot steps in front of you just as the president hugs the intern. It's the old story of the Shot That Got Away. Adventure travel photographers can trump those stories — in spades.

Picture yourself around a table with four accomplished—OK, famous—photographers. You're at one of those tropical open-air bars, buying rounds. It's late. Here come the stories.

A block north of Seattle's Pike Place Market, on the stairs behind the narrow glass door of a little-known hotel called Pensione Nichols, sits a world traveler Richard I'Anson. Wearing a V-neck sweater and a five-o'clock shadow, the photographer is sipping herbal tea, waiting patiently in the fading golden light that streams through floor-to-ceiling windows behind him.

I'Anson is nursing a case of laryngitis, caused by the 22 days of speeches he has just given...

Travel photography is often perceived by the public as a glamorous profession in which the photographer has the opportunity to experience the world in an atmosphere of spontaneity, curiosity and adventure.

Many of us grew up with National Geographic, and the impressive and dramatic photographs of exotic cultures in distant locations no doubt inspired many to take photography more seriously, and perhaps even enter it as a profession...

Art Wolfe’s latest published works, “The High Himalaya” and “Africa,” are on the bookshelves and receiving great reviews and awards from around the world.

In recent travels, Wolfe flew to Sicily during a 72-hour journey to record Mount Etna on film when it erupted last fall. He was able to capture unique perspectives and amazing nightscapes of lava flows.

Wolfe’s “The Living Wild,” which is in its fourth printing, was a winner in...

The National Geographic Society has named five photographers to its recently established program to showcase and support the work of preeminent freelance photojournalists who have contributed outstanding work to the society over the years. The first Contributing Photographers-in-Residence for the society are Sam Abell, David Doubilet, Karen Kasumauski, Emory Kristof, and Frans Lanting. Lanting, who has been hailed as one of the great nature photographers of our time, currently makes his home in...

Doug Menuez recently took time from his busy schedule shooting high-profile advertising campaigns for Ford, Siemens, Nokia, Microsoft and other clients to create and fund a personal body of work about tequila.

He traveled to the town of Tequila, Mexico, and documented the ancient traditions of making the town’s namesake alcoholic drink in the oldest distillery and hacienda in Mexico, while exploring tequila’s role in...

Seattle-based Gary Benson recently photographed Vince Lombardi Jr. for Federal Express and had portraits published in Reader’s Digest and Entrepreneur magazines. He also photographed high-tech executives from Amazon.com, Nordstrom, Alaska Airlines, Microsoft and Boeing for a nationwide computer publication.

Among the photographers recently recognized as Epson Stylus Pros by Epson America for their outstanding use of Epson printing technology were: John Paul Caponigro, Jim Chamberlain, Bruce Dale, Jody Dole, Douglas Dubler, Don Emmerich, Greg Gorman, Bob Krist, George Lepp, Jay Maisel, Lisa Jane Murphey, Jack Reznicki, Ralph Romaguera, Jeff Schewe, John Shaw, Joyce Tenneson, Vincent Versace and Stephen Wilkes.

Natalie Fobes was selected as one of Outdoor Photographer’s “Masters of Wildlife” and featured in a September 2001 article.

Kristen Imig, a new Seattle resident, was awarded first prize in National Geographic Traveler’s “What Makes America Special?” photo contest. Imig’s entry was a black-and-white medium-format image of an Independence Day parade in Stony Brook, N.Y., on Long Island. Imig’s prize was a 13-day safari for two through southern Africa.