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Posted on April 26, 2025, 2:55 pm, by QT Luong, under
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https://www.terragalleria.com/blog/national-park-week-2025-what-were-really-up-against Each April, National Park Week is a time to celebrate the beauty, history, and spirit of America’s public lands. But in 2025, celebration must be paired with vigilance. The threats facing our national parks and public lands aren’t just abstract — they are deliberate, coordinated, and accelerating beneath the surface. From budget cuts and […]
Posted on January 10, 2025, 10:23 pm, by QT Luong, under
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http://www.terragalleria.com/blog/2024-in-review-and-happy-new-year/ In 2024, although I went on two vastly differing trips outside of California, I traveled even less than last year. Instead, I engaged in reflection about my practice and focused again on photographing close to home, resulting in some progress towards new directions. It was not entirely by design. There were many unique opportunities […]
Posted on December 1, 2024, 10:53 pm, by QT Luong, under
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https://www.terragalleria.com/blog/imperfect-prints-for-sale Having used the same printer for twenty years, I get a good sense of how to translate a digital file into a satisfying print. However, sometimes I miss, and for instance, the print comes out too dark, too flat, or the color isn’t quite right. When that happens, I make a tweak and reprint. […]
Posted on January 2, 2024, 4:21 pm, by QT Luong, under
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In 2023, I mostly continued last year’s break. I focused on photographing close to where I live but also started to get back to faraway trips. I shifted to photography near home for many reasons. On the personal side, I wanted to spend more time with family, and also reduce my environmental footprint. There were […]
Posted on February 28, 2023, 8:34 pm, by QT Luong, under
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I have too much gear in my closet that others could put to good use: Sony, Canon, etc… email me for photos, more details, or to make an offer. Sony Alpha Sony/Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 16-35mm f/4 ZA OSS. $445. Designed by Zeiss, this was the best of the first-generation Sony zooms. An excellent lens, […]
Posted on January 22, 2023, 11:25 pm, by QT Luong, under
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Today is our Lunar New Year, the Tết 2023 – a word infamous in American history for the 1968 offensive during the Vietnam War. From our family to yours, happy new year, and may your dreams come true. As implied by its name, Lunar New Year is based on the lunar calendar, which is the […]
Posted on January 6, 2023, 12:56 am, by QT Luong, under
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This year, I took a break. Please bear with me for a little digression. Many photographers limit their websites to a few hundred images. They believe that they must show only photographs that meet their standards of perfection, and that quantity is inversely correlated with quality. This has never been my approach, and not only […]
Posted on January 1, 2022, 8:33 pm, by QT Luong, under
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Like many, I had high hopes for 2021, but things did not turn out as well as we hoped on both fronts of civic life and the pandemic. The latter is only one of the reasons that this year, I traveled and photographed less than any year going back all the way to the 1990s. […]
“Flip-ma” is how you pronounce the acronym for the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976. Today marks its 45th anniversary. What is it, and why should we care? America’s public lands represent 640 million acres, managed by four different agencies. The oldest of them is the US Forest Service (USFS), established in […]
Posted on January 1, 2021, 1:47 pm, by QT Luong, under
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While 2020 has been a challenging year, I am grateful to have been able to find a bit of comfort, hope, and escape in our public lands. For the first time in decades, I spent almost no time in the national parks. Instead, I traveled for several weeks in national monuments, working on my forthcoming […]
