Your Shot is Coming to Pittsburgh!

To celebrate the release of the Getting Your Shot book, we are inviting our community members to a #YourShotMeetUp in Pittsburgh. With Nat Geo photographers Melissa Farlow, Randy Olson, and #YourShotBook spokesperson and contributor Lynn Johnson, we’ll photograph together and for the first time ever, edit the photos from the photo walk to create a slideshow of the photos.

We are so grateful to our community and proud to be able to showcase the overwhelming talent of our members. Pre-order the book now and get 40% off through May 12!

Getting Your Shot: Win A 5-Day Nat Geo Photo Workshop

Nat Geo’s Getting Your Shot is a new book featuring Your Shot assignments and 200 photos from the community. The book includes hundreds of how-to tips and insights from National Geographic photography experts. In celebration of the book, we’re giving away two prizes via a National Geographic Books Sweepstakes.

Grand Prize: 5-Day National Geographic Photo Workshop in Santa Fe with National Geographic photographer and Getting Your Shot spokesperson Lynn Johnson in July 2016. Learn More

Second Place Prize: National Geographic Masters of Photography Course on DVD. Learn More

Click here to enter now on the Nat Geo Books Facebook page.

Order your copy of Getting Your Shot and get 40% off through May 12.

Getting Your Shot: The Book

Introducing Nat Geo's Getting Your Shot, a new book featuring Your Shot assignments and your photos! The book includes hundreds of new how-to tips and insights from National Geographic photography experts. Inside you'll find 200 beautiful Your Shot photos, plus tips for shooting landscapes, wildlife, family portraits, black-and-white images, and much more...

“How, I asked myself, can I teach thousands of people with varied levels of expertise in photography about f-stops and lens choices? I decided to bypass technique and go straight to the heart: Together we dove into truth, frame design, emotional depth, and power. And I discovered that these photographers wanted not just to be seen, but also to be heard. As they shared their stories on the website, their intentions became clearer and the quality of their photographs improved...

It was confirmed that what is important about photography is passion and love. The tiny strangers on my computer screen inspired my passion for growing, for changing, for thinking, for seeing, and for creating a community of seers who can show others how they see the world...

Through this book, we hope you will be inspired to make the world your own, on your terms, in your very own shots.”

—Lynn Johnson, National Geographic Photographer

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from Lynn's introduction of the Getting Your Shot book. Order now and get 40% off. Big congratulations to all of the contributors. We've come a long way since we launched the first assignment two years ago!

We had quite the week at our Headquarters! National Geographic magazine hosted their annual Photo Seminar and Your Shot participated with some fun events throughout the week. We had two nights of photo booths where some of the worlds greatest photographers had the lens turned on them!

On Saturday, we hosted our largest ever #yourshotmeetup to take advantage of all the great photographers that were in town. National Geographic photographers Lynn Johnson, Jim Richardson, Joanna Pinneo, Erika Larsen, David Guttenfelder and John Stanmeyer joined us for six different photo walks around downtown Washington, D.C. Following the walks, we all met back at headquarters for coffee and a Q&A panel with the photographers.

Last week was the essence of something David Guttenfelder told us to do to improve our photography during the Q&A, “Find a community. Find people who are as crazy as you are.”

Thank you for being a part of our fun and passionate community! We’ll see you at the next meet up!