Archive for the Tag 'landscape photography'

An Interview with Fine Art Photographer Red Ognita

Fine art photography by Red Ognita

 

Regular readers will know by now that I’m a big advocate of the square format (see the previous post for some inspiration). Red Ognita approached me a few weeks ago and I liked his work so much that I asked him to take part in an interview. Red is based in Beijing and has some beautiful black and white photos taken in China and other Asian countries. Read the rest of this entry »

An Interview with Landscape Photographer Andy Brown

Photo by Andy Brown

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Andy Brown is a landscape photographer from Devon, in south-west England. He captures the beauty of the area in photos that show a mastery of composition and long exposure techniques. His photos are beautiful – you can see more at his Flickrstream.

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Winter in the Canadian Rockies by Darwin Wiggett

Winter in the Canadian Rockies by Darwin Wiggett

Winter in the Canadian Rockies is the latest Craft & Vision eBook. It’s written by  Canadian fine art and landscape photographer Darwin Wiggett. You may well have seen some of Darwin’s work already – he was the winner of the Travel Photographer of the Year competition a couple of years ago and his photos have been published in numerous photography magazines (including EOS magazine).

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2010 Top Ten Photos

Andrew S Gibson top ten photos of 2010

Inspired by Michael Frye’s post (and Jim Goldstein’s blog project), I’ve put together my ten favourite photos from 2010. A couple of themes have emerged, one that I didn’t take as many photos as I normally do during a year, and the other is that I’ve started taking a lot more landscape photos (mainly seascapes).

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Behind the Photo: Telephoto Sunset

Bethells Beach Sunset: Canon EOS 40D with Sigma 50-150 f2.8 EX lens, 1/350 second at f2.8, ISO 100

How do you take a photo of a sunset? I’d just finished taking some photos of my girlfriend. A cloudy, unpromising afternoon had morphed into a spectacular and colourful sunset as the sun slipped through a gap between the clouds and the horizon.  We were in the sand dunes, the sun heading towards the horizon so fast that I didn’t have time to get to the beach and set up my camera and tripod and take the photos that I’d originally planned (the sun sets faster the closer you get to the equator – in northern New Zealand landscape photography is more like action photography).

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