Officially announcing that any of the photos in my large collection can be made into black and white works of art. Please check the black and white conversion page how to get black and white prints from me.

1 September 2012

I'm happy to present my new Long Exposure Calculators iPad/iPhone app that is now available for download at the iTunes App Store.

LExp or Long Exposure Calculators is an iPhone and iPod touch application and it is a collection of different calculators and cheat sheets (including well known and quite popular ND Filters Long Exposure Quick Reference Charts and Cheat Sheets) created to help photographer with shooting long exposures with Neutral Density (ND) filters, in low light and at night. Application includes:

• ND8/1000 Filters Cheat Sheet
• Neutral Density (ND) Filters Cheat Sheet
• Calculator for stacking Neutral Density (ND) Filters
• Shooting Flowing Water Cheat Sheet
• Shooting Fireworks Cheat Sheet
• Calculator for shooting under Moonlight
• Calculator for shooting star-trails
• Calculator for shooting still/non-moving stars
• Useful resources and links on low-light and night photography

A few new galleries for American Southwest landscape and nature photos have been created:

• Big Sur, California, USA
• Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA
• Stud Horse Point, Arizona, USA
• Horseshoe Bend, Arizona, USA
• Paria Rimrocks Toadstool Hoodoos, Utah, USA

8 July 2012

I'm constantly adding images to my fine-art and stock photography collection. A few new galleries have been created:

• San Francisco, California, USA
• Yosemite National Park, California, USA
• Lake Mono, California, USA
• Antelope Canyon, Arizona, USA
• Death Valley, California, USA
• Arches National Park, Utah, USA
• Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA
• Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA
• Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah, USA
• Goblin Valley State Park, Utah, USA

29 August 2011

I'm happy to present my new Amazing Landscape Photography iPad/iPhone wallpaper app that is now available for download at the iTunes App Store.

This app features many of my favourite images taken in Australia, Japan, China and South Korea, and also has some information on the locations of the photos. The app allows you to save your favorite images, in their optimal resolution, to be set as backgrounds/wallpaper on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. The app supports the new Retina display of the iPhone 4. Links are included on each image to take you to my website for more information on print sizes, licensing and pricing.

Here are some features of the application:

• Collection of more than 100 high quality landscape, nature and travel wallpapers.
• All wallpapers are categorised in eight categories: Mountains, Beaches and Seascapes, Desert, Forest and Waterfalls, Lakes and Rivers, Country and Rural, Intimate Landscapes and Travel and Urban.
• Ability to save desired images to be used as wallpaper for your device.
• All wallpapers are resized for different device for best look.
• On demand wallpaper and thumbnails downloads to reduce your data charges. Internet connection required.
• Regular additions to wallpaper collection.
• Simple and intuitive user interface.
• Universal App with support for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.

A few new galleries have been created:

• Circular Quay, Sydney, NSW, Australia
• Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW, Australia
• Hyde Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia
• Anzac Bridge, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Also I am very pleased to announce my Travel Photography Blog for mobile devices for a better browsing experience for iPhone, iPad and Android devices. When you first access my photo blog from a mobile device it will ask you if you want to 'Add to Home Screen' doing so will turn Ilya Genkin Travel Photography Blog into a Mobile App for you.

24 May 2011

A long waited update on the Fine Art Landscape, Travel and Stock Photography web site again.

A couple of improvements in the design (yes, still old-timey web design, but very fast and lightweight one):

• Navigation has been changed to allow easy access to parent galleries and photo categories.
• Latest posts from the Travel Photography Blog and latest images on the web-site right on the front page for easy access.
• You can subscribe to the latest images and the web-site latest news using RSS feed.

New galleries have been created:

• Wentworth, New South Wales (NSW), Australia
• Penola, Coonawarra, South Australia (SA), Australia
• Mount Gambier, South Australia (SA), Australia
• MacKenzie Falls, Grampians National Park (Gariwerd), Victoria (VIC), Australia
• Bunjil's Aboriginal Rock Art Shelter, The Grampians National Park (Gariwerd), Stawell, Victoria (VIC), Australia
• Gunyah Beach Sand Dunes, Coffin Bay National Park, South Australia (SA), Australia
• Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Kansai Region, Honshu Island, Japan
• Whale Beach and Devil's Cauldron, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia
• Mona Vale Beach, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia
• Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
• Norah Head, Lighthouse and Soldiers Beach, Central Coast, NSW, Australia

If you think that's all then you probably right for now, but more changes to the web-site, more interesting stuff and more images are comming soon. You won't be disappointed I promise. So stay tuned!

8 December 2010

Massive update on the Fine Art Landscape, Travel and Stock Photography web site again.

New images were added to the following Landscape images gallery:

• 5 new photos in Aoraki/Mount Cook, New Zealand photo gallery
• 5 new photos in Moeraki Boulders, New Zealand images gallery
• 5 new photos in McLean Falls, Catlins, New Zealand photography gallery
• 3 new photos in Purakaunui Falls, Catlins, New Zealand images gallery
• 4 new photos in Lake Matheson, New Zealand photo gallery
• 2 new photos in Lake Pukaki, New Zealand images gallery
• 4 new photos in Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand photography gallery

More photos to come to all galleries above.

A few changes were done to the site design:

• Now you can download low-resolution comping photographs. Make sure you read terms of use before downloading images.
• Also you can easily copy photo URL/link to clipboard using a special button provided and forward link via e-mail or insert it into any document.
• You can print page with photos without unneccessary menus at the bottom - only relevant information will be printed.
• Social networks share/bookmark buttons were added to the galleries and photo pages. You can post tweets, make Facebook wall and Google Buzz updates, bookmark pages on StumbleUpon and much more.
• And finally secure PayPal payments can be done right from the web-site.

14 October 2010

New gallery layout with bigger thumbnail preview photos, detailed gallery and images descriptions and cross-section links was implemented for all galleries.

New images were added to the following Landscape images gallery:

• 8 new photos in Mount Buffalo National Park images gallery
• 8 images in Diamond Head and Crowdy Bay National Park images gallery
• 10 photos in Turimetta Beach Images gallery
• 11 images in Broulee bay and Guerilla Bay Images gallery. More images to come.
• 5 photos in Dark Point and Myall Lake National Park images gallery
• 5 images in Somersby Falls images gallery
• 8 photos in Valley of the Waters Images gallery

Now you can also subscribe to the new landscape and travel stock images with RSS Feed.

21 July 2010

Massive changes have been made on the site again. After my return from China new galleries were added to the site: China travel photos, Huangshan (Yellow Mountains), Longsheng (Longji) Rice Terraces, Rivers in Zhangjiajie (Wulingyuan) National Park and Karst Peaks at Yangshuo and Guilin.

Now some images are exclusively available for licensing through Getty Images photo library for commercial and editorial uses including websites, books, magazines, brochures and advertising. Other images are available for licensing through my web-site (Stock Photo Price Request) and Alamy photo agency.

Also a new special web resolution price was introduced. All rights-managed and royalty-free images on this web-site can be licensed for just $49 - including editorial shots, illustrations and stock photos. Images have 800 x 530 pixels size. This size is an estimate based on a typical horizontal image. Panorama images are 900 pixels wide. Duration of use is up to one year for rights-managed images and unlimited usage for royalty-free images.

These images are ideal for use in:

• Promotional emails
• Corporate or promotional websites
• Web advertisements and banners
• Intranets and web applications
• Other online projects

19 Apr 2010

Many changes have been made recently and more are coming. First of all, images in galleries were split into photo sets. If there were three or more images from the same place then they were separated into a small photo set for convenient browsing of a gallery of images. Secondly more than 400 new photos were added for new places and locations.

Completely new Seoul, South Korea gallery with 96 images was added with 7 photo sets: Changdeokgung Palace, Deoksugung Palace, Gyeongbokgung Palace, Gyeonghuigung Palace, Jogyesa Temple, Namsan Mountain and N Seoul Tower Photos and General Seoul Photos.

New Kamakura, Japan photo gallery with 82 images was created in the Japan images gallery. Also and Japan transport photo gallery was created to show everything that related to cars, Trains, Shinkansen "The Bullet Train", Buses, Trams and Cable-cars.

New images were added to the following Australia images gallery:

• 41 new photos in Queen Victoria Building (QVB) Gallery, Sydney images
• New Sydney Transport images gallery for Trains, Monorail, Buses, Light Rail and Ferries photos.
• 15 photos in Broken Hill, NSW Images gallery
• 10 photos in Cobar Gallery, NSW Images gallery
• 9 photos in Glen Innes, NSW images gallery
• 3 photos in Gostwyck and Uralla, NSW images gallery
• 6 photos in Parkes and The Dish, NSW Images gallery
• 5 photos in Bairnsdale, VIC Images gallery
• 18 photos in Ballarat, VIC Images gallery
• 80 photos in Canberra, ACT Images gallery
• 4 photos in Adelaide, SA Images gallery

• 5 images in Kinchega National Park, NSW, Australia
• 2 images in Lake Dove, Cradle Mountain National Park, TAS, Australia
• 3 images in Flinders Ranges National Park, SA, Australia
• 11 images in Lake Gairdner, Gawler Ranges, SA, Australia
• 34 images in Mungo National Park, NSW, Australia
• 10 images in The Pinnacles, Ben Boyd National Park, NSW, Australia
• 20 images in The Pinnacles, Nambung National Park, WA, Australia
• 4 images in Crowdy Bay National Park, NSW, Australia
• 5 images in Maroubra Beach, Sydney, NSW, Australia
• 6 images in Mimosa Rocks National Park, NSW, Australia
• 20 images in The Twelve Apostles, Victoria, Australia
• 10 images in Turimetta Beach, Sydney, NSW, Australia
• 5 images in Alpine and Mountains gallery

10 Jan 2010

I'm pleased to announce three new galleries on my site:

• Tokyo, Japan
• The Grampians National Park (Gariwerd), Victoria, Australia
• The Twelve Apostles, Victoria, Australia

15 Dec 2009

More than 60 images were added to the Himeji, Japan gallery.

I'm on assignment in Victoria till 31 Dec 2009.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

26 Nov 2009

I'm pleased to announce new gallery on my site: Okayama, Japan

23 Nov 2009

I'm pleased to announce two new galleries on my site:

• Hiroshima, Japan
• Iwakuni, Japan

12 Nov 2009

More than 100 images were added to the Miyajima, Japan gallery.

Also I'm pleased to announce new gallery on my site: People, Japan.

27 Oct 2009

I'm pleased to announce new gallery on my site: Miyajima, Japan. More to come.

17 Sep 2009

I'm on assignment in Japan till 19 Oct 2009.

1 September 2009

New photography guide 12 Best Photography Spots for Classical Sydney Skyline.

The list of galleries were updated recently:

• 1 image in Alpine and Mountain Landscapes
• 4 images in Beaches, Oceans and Seascapes
• 3 images in Desert and Outback Landscapes
• 2 images in Forests, Rainforests and Waterfalls

4 July 2009

The list of galleries were updated recently:

• 5 images in Sydney, New South Wales
• 2 images in Sydney Opera House
• 16 images in Perth, Western Australia.
• 2 images in Alpine and Mountain Landscapes
• 1 image in Beaches, Oceans and Seascapes
• 2 images in Country and Rural Landscapes
• 6 images in Forests, Rainforests and Waterfalls
• 3 images in Panoramas

11 May 2009

I would like to introduce a new section on my site Travel Notes and Photography Guides where I will put my notes about photographing different places and landscape and travel photography guides. At this time there are two articles there. More to come.

• The Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Western Australia
• 7 Effective Waterfall Photography Tips

• 5 images in Sydney, New South Wales
• 4 images in Brisbane and Gold Coast, Queensland
• 9 images in Panoramas
• 1 image in Alpine and Mountain Landscapes
• 1 image in Beaches, Oceans and Seascapes
• 3 images in Forests, Rainforests and Waterfalls

14 Feb 2009

I'm pleased to announce my photoblog where I will be posting photos with information about photographic locations, short stories behid photos etc. You can subscribe to the posts with RSS Feed using your favourite news reader.

Also 9 new images were added to the Beaches, Oceans and Seascapes gallery.

Happy Valentine's day!

19 Dec 2008

I'm on assignment in South Australia (Eyre Peninsula and Flinders Ranges) till 6 Jan 2009.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

13 Nov 2008

I wasn't able to update my site with new images for a while. But finally it's all done and 75 new photos were uploaded to the site. Almost all galleries were updated. I also pleased to announce two new galleries on my site: Perth, Western Australia and Star Trails and Starry Sky.

Here is a short list of what galleries were updated today:

• 8 images in Sydney, New South Wales
• 4 images in Sydney Harbour Bridge
• 11 images in New South Wales
• 11 images in Perth, Western Australia
• 14 images in Beaches, Oceans and Seascapes
• 3 images in Country and Rural Landscapes
• 7 images in Desert and Outback Landscapes
• 2 images in Forests, Rainforests and Waterfalls
• 3 images in Lighthouses and Lightships
• 12 images in Star Trails and Starry Sky

8 Nov 2008

My Double Rainbows over a Field of Canola, Wellington, central NSW, Australia photo is now a September photo in 2009 Australian Weather Calendar, published by Australian Bureau of Meteorology. You can buy this calendar online on www.calendarsales.com.au. They delivering it worldwide. If you are interrested - hurry up. The stock is limited.

2 Aug 2008

Seventeen new photos were added to the Sydney city section. Photos include Manly's Fairy Bower (Cabbage Tree Bay) pool, South Curl Curl rock pool and Long Gully Bridge in Northbridge. Twelve photos of the Hanging Rock in Blue Mountains were added to the Alpine and Mountain Landscapes section.

6 Jul 2008

Twenty-eight new photos were added to the Lighthouses section. Photos include the Green Cape Lighthouse at Ben Boyd National Park, NSW; The Norah Head Lighthouse at Central Coast, NSW; The Mersey Bluff Lighthouse, Devonport, Tasmania and The Low Head Lighthouse at George Town on the East side of the Tamar River, 50 km from Launceston, Tasmania.

1 Feb 2008

Almost all images in "Sydney Opera House" and "Sydney Harbour Bridge" sections are available for immediate online licensing and download through alamy.com for commercial and editorial uses including websites, books, magazines, brochures and advertising.

11 Jan 2008

More than thirty new images from Mungo National Park are available in the "Desert and Outback Landscapes" section. A few new images from Kinchega National Park are available in the "Lakes, Rivers and Waterways" section.

All these new images are available for immediate online licensing and download through alamy.com for commercial and editorial uses including websites, books, magazines, brochures and advertising.

1 Nov 2007

New images are available in Sydney, "Sydney Opera House", Wide Panoramas and "Forests, Rainforests and Waterfalls" sections.

Large addition to my royalty-free stock images collection can be seen at iStockPhoto, ShutterStock and others photo agencies.

30 Sep 2007

The site design has been changed.