Some photographers just make you step back and marvel at their images. Right at the top of that list are those who first picked up a camera only a few years ago and have already achieved great commercial success, as well as a refined per­sonal style that allows them to fully express their own singular artistic vision. That’s Maki Kawakita.

"Around November of 1993, I had this nightmare that we hadn’t gone digital, that we had listened to our clients, and our careers were just trashed because we had missed the boat,” says digital photographer Judy Herrmann. As her faithful clients now attest, Herrmann didn’t miss the boat—in fact, she was early.

The photography of Lois Greenfield is an exploration of time as well as stunning images of dance. Performers frozen in space preserve a moment, and lead the viewer to ponder the moments before and after the fraction of a second captured by her camera. Greenfield’s work inspires us to reevaluate how we see the world, and movement, in particular.

When you talk to William Neill about what he’s doing these days, you sense renewed energy in his voice. The photographer, who in many ways picked up the torch from Ansel Adams and has made the environs around Yosemite Valley his base camp, is doing things a little differently today. The grand landscape images for which he has become famous were largely created with a 4x5 view camera. For some of his recent work, Neill has been setting aside his 4x5 in favor of a digital SLR. Although he has been only recently shooting with the digital SLR, Neill has been considering digital for a long time.