2011展望：25件必备的器材，25个必去的地方

Outdoor Photographer是我最喜爱的摄影杂志。今年10月的那期是该杂志25周年纪念刊。这一期中有三个Top 25的单子让我有些感慨，在这里和大家分享。

职业摄影师必备的25件器材：

其中，*表示我已经有了，#表示我已经有了类似的。在这25件器材中，我已经有或者有类似的达到13件，超过了50%。可见两年下来，我在器材方面还是有些小积累、小成绩滴。

Apple iPad (Moose Peterson) （#）
Really Right Stuff Ballheads (George Lepp) (#)
Nikon R1C1 Wireless Close-up Speedlight System (Jim Clark)
LensPen SensorKlear Loupe Kit (George Lepp)
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM (James Kay) (#)
Lightning Trigger (George Lepp)
Signh-Ray 2-Stop Hard-Step Glaen Rowell Grad ND Filter (Art Wolfe) (*)
Nikon D3S (Tom Bol) (#)
B+W Circular Polarizer (Art Wolfe) (#)
Nikon PC-E NIKKOR 24mm f/3.5D ED (Moose Peterson) (#)
Wimberley Head (Moose Peterson) (*)
Petzl Tikka Headlight (Tom Bol)
Ikelite Underwater Camera Housing and Strobes (Jon Cornforth)
Canon TC-80N3 Intervalometer (Art Wolfe) (*)
Epson P-7000 Multimedia Digital Viewer (Jim Clark)
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 600mm f/4G ED VR (Moose Peterson) (#)
Kirk L-Bracket (Jon Cornforth) (*)
Canon EOS 5D Mark II (James Kay) (*,*)
FotoSharp Raincover (Tom Bol)
Gitzo GT3541 XLS Carbon-Fiber Tripod (Art Wolfe)
Microfiber Lens Cloth (George Lepp) (*)

职业摄影师最喜欢的25个摄影地点

可是，空有器材有什么用？还得找到最适合风光摄影的地点。这25个Pros最喜爱的地方我居然还没有去过一个（其中有两个地方几年前还没有学习摄影的时候去过，标为**，应该不算）。难怪至今出不了什么大片？！这个List就是今后几年的旅行计划了。难得德州的Big Bend也上了这个单子。

Denali National Park, Alaska (George Lepp)
Oxbow Bend, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming (Mark Lissick)
Central Tower of Paine, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile (Bill Hatcher)
Glacier National Park, Montana (James Kay)
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia (Jim Clark)
Baja Peninsula, Mexico (James Kay)
Yosemite Valley, California (William Neill)
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland(Jim Clark)
Canadian Rockies (James Kay)
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona (Jack Dykinga)
San Juan Mountains, Colorado (George Lepp)
Artist Point, North Cascades National Park, Washington State (Jay Goodrich)
Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio (Jack Dykinga)
The highlands of West Virginia (Jim Clark) (**New Hampshire is similar)
Capital Reef National Park, Utah (James Kay)
Acadia National Park, Maine (Jack Dykinga)
Lake Tahoe, California (Dewitt Jones) (**)
Lake Mead Recreation Area, Nevada (Rob Sheppard)
Mono Lake, California (George Lepp)
Bandhavgarh National Park, India (Art Wolfe)
Big Bend National Park, Texas (Jack Dykinga)
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming (Mark Lissick) (**)
McNeil River, Alaska (Moose Peterson)
Gooseberry Falls State Park, Minnesota (Rob Sheppard)
Playa del Carmen, Mexico (Jay Goodrich)

职业摄影师的Top 25 Tips

有了职业的器材，去了职业的地方，若还是出不了大片，那只有怪自己还没有职业的技巧了。OP杂志的编辑好像很理解我的苦心，特意安排了下一组Top 25职业摄影师喜欢用的技巧：

Set up for a complex shot ahead of time (Jack Dykinga)
Try predictive autofocus for birds in flight (Jim Clark)
People in the landscape (James Kay)
"F8 and be there" (Dewitt Jones)
Dial down exposure by a half-stop to give colors a boost (Moose Peterson)
Details at your feet (James Kay)
Stack NDs for detail in the clouds (Bill Hatcher)
Less is more (William Neill)
Use exposure compensation to be efficient in the field (Jim Clark)
Moon phases (James Kay)
Experiment with long low-light exposures and your DSLR (Mark Lissick)
Increase your portable flash output (Bill Hatcher)
Use flash when shooting at sunset (Rob Sheppard)
Take your time (Moose Peterson)
Lose the "I'll fix it in photoshop" attitude (George Lepp)
Simple flash reflector (Bill Hatcher)
Pay attention to your surroundings (Jay Goodrich)
Use mid-range telezoomz to isolate a subject in a landscape (Jim Clark)
Your feet make the best zoom (William Neill)
Carry neutral-density filters (George Lepp)
Qualty and the tripod (George Lepp)
Use a polarizer and graduated ND filters for landscapes (Jay Goodrich)
Lines leading in (James Kay)
Keep the camera level (Jim Clark)
Use low angles for close-ups (Rob Sheppard)