Editorial Photographer Susan Seubert shoots Washington D.C. for National Geographic Traveler

It is with great pleasure to announce that a feature story about Washington, D.C. that I shot last fall is running in the current issue (May/June 2010).  Both the article and the photo gallery are online.  If you subscribe, the magazine is probably in your mailbox!  If you don’t subscribe, I highly recommend giving the magazine a go – it’s packed with useful information from travel tips to feature stories illustrated with fabulous pictures.  It was a fantastic shoot to work on.  The editorial staff at National Geographic Traveler is top notch to work with and although the subject matter felt vast, we were able to cherry pick some of the best the city has to offer.  I now want to return to the city just to revisit some of the restaurants, parks and museums that I covered for the story.  You can see the story online here, and the gallery of photography here.

click here to be taken to the online photo gallery of pictures of Washington, D.C. on National Geographic Traveler's web site

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multimedia photographer Susan Seubert and the birds

The sound that wakes me most mornings here on Maui comes from an introduced bird species called the Gray Francolin.  They are quite common in Hawaii, particularly around the beach where many hotels have unwittingly provided the perfect habitat in which they thrive.  There were a pair sitting in the tree, just outside the lanai, and I was fortunate to be able to capture them calling out.  Enjoy!

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Maui, Hawaii editorial photographer Susan Seubert on the 5D Mark 2 in low light

Last night we were having dinner in Maui on Ka’anapali beach on the lanai as the waxing crescent moon was setting in the twilight… it was astonishingly beautiful so I grabbed my 5D Mark II and the 70-200 f2.8 IS USM lens and took a few snapshots of the moon and Venus.  I could not believe how pretty the image turned out.  If I had tried to shoot this on film, it wouldn’t have been possible, I don’t think.  (and I still love film!) I processed the RAW file in Adobe’s Lightroom with just a little noise reduction and the image just sings.  In fact, I could see more with the digital file than I could with my naked eye.

the waxing crescent moon setting at Ka'anapali Beach, Maui, HI

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Portland commercial and editorial photographer Susan Seubert heading to Maui

Tomorrow we fly to Maui for six glorious weeks.  The humpback whales should still be around and the water temperature will exceed the average air temperature in Portland by at least 20 degrees.  With my Canon 5D Mark II cameras in hand, I’ll be fully equipped to shoot whatever assignments come my way.  Hopefully we’ll have time to surf, spend some time relaxing on Ka’anapali Beach and head to Merriman’s for the best seat in the house for a sunset drink.  Aloha!

A local jumps off the rocks at Ka'anapali Beach on Maui. In Hawaiian, this place is known as Pu'u Kaka'a which at one point in ancient times housed a heiau (temple) and is a sacred spot known as "ka leina a ka 'uhane," a place were a soul leaps into eternity. Most evenings a diver from the Sheraton Maui resort dives into the ocean from the rocks after lighting torches to honor the souls of the departed. This evening, in addition to the torch lighter, a group of locals enjoyed diving off the rocks into the beautiful evening sea.

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Travel and editorial photographer Susan Seubert in “Pack Your Kit”

Blackstone Edge Studios produced a series of short films about photographers in Portland, Oregon and were kind enough to include me in one of the featured videos.  I hope that you find the information of use!  Thanks for your time.

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