Behind the Lens – Working with Water
If you’ve been a long-time reader of The Wandering Lens you will have seen me mention many times how much...
Behind the Lens – The Olympus Photographers
Photography Inspiration: Behind the Professional Lens You’ve heard me say it before and I’ll say it again to kick off...
The Print Collection – Behind the Project
How the print collection came to life… A humpback whale appeared just meters away as I sat on the rocky...
Behind the Lens: Flying a DJI Mavic Air in -21 degrees
Flying a Drone in Cold Weather – Really cold weather. As the pain became unbearable, my hand quickly resembling a...
Behind the Lens – Flying Over Greenland
A flight I’ll never forget. “As we flew closer to the mainland the drift ice was forming patterns, no doubt...
Photographing the Dunes of Sossusvlei + The Namib Desert
Photographing Deadvlei with Wilderness Safaris – Namibia Departing in darkness, a slight glow simmered on the horizon, a tiny hint...
Behind the Lens: Photographing Zabriskie Point, Death Valley
Heat, gale force winds and giggle fits at Zabriskie Point, California. As the car door opened and a gush of...
Behind the Scenes: Hiking in Kari Gorge, Atacama Desert
Crackling walls of salt crystals and sand dunes… Standing on the edge of the Salt Mountain range, we peered into...
Behind the Lens – Rhino Notching in South Africa
Conservation Efforts in South Africa – Kapama Private Game Reserve *Please note – The photos within this article may be...
Behind the Lens: The Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes of Death Valley
Hot, steamy, swelteringly muggy and well, pretty uncomfortable. The heat of Death Valley National Park in California’s west needs to...
Behind the Lens – Policeman’s Creek, Canmore
A Canadian Rockies photography location you have to see! Where alpine scenery rises above a calm, reflective creek, home to...
Behind the Lens: Creative Phases + My Current Obsession
Creative Photography + Stories Behind the Lens Throughout my career as a photographer I’ve gone through a number of phases...
Behind the Lens… The Duck Photo, Queenstown
The sun was shining, snow had fallen on the peaks overnight and the lake was clear and still. Driving to...
How Lonely Planet Changed My Life Ten Years Ago
My Path to Becoming a Travel Photographer I had always been obsessed with travel but ten years ago something happened...
Interview: Wildlife Photography with Alison Langevad
Every now and then I see the work of a photographer and am blown away. That happened when I saw...
Behind the Lens: Lake Blausee, Switzerland
When I started my photography project ‘The World from The Water’ two years ago, Blausee was on my list of...
The Day Iceland Took My Breath Away
Of all the places to see in Iceland, it was the ones I hadn’t planned on visiting that blew my...
Watching the Sky Dance – Photographing the Aurora Borealis
Photographing Aurora in Swedish Lapland Snow covered forests, dark and chilly days with little sunlight appeared to be the perfect...
Behind the Lens: The White Horse Photo, New Zealand
It was one of those days… The previous night I had been out photographing the Aurora Australis in Lake Wanaka and...
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I'm Lisa Michele Burns, a professional photographer and founder of The Wandering Lens from Australia.
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