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Issue 325
Browse On Landscape on your Tablet, iPad or Desktop
End frame: The Old Pond by Krister Berg
Bill Ferngren chooses one of his favourite images
Beach Aerials
The great dynamism of the coast
Torsten Pull – Portrait of a Photographer
On a Mission to Capture Silence
A Collaborative Book about the island of Orasaigh, Uist
Connecting Poetry and Photography
Boring Postcards 2
Images from the Edge of the Forest
The Photographer’s Extended Mind
Neuroplasticity, the ability of the brain to restructure
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When we launched the Natural Landscape Photography Awards four years ago, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. My initial hope was simply to cover our costs, so it was a wonderful surprise when we received enough entries in that first year not only to break even, but also to publish a fine art book showcasing the winners. We priced it accessibly, which allowed us to gift copies to the featured photographers and still offer it for sale at nearly cost price.
Since then, the response from the community has been incredible. The competition has grown each year, and we’ve been humbled by the positive feedback, especially from those who appreciate its role in championing authenticity in a world increasingly influenced by AI-generated imagery. What was really amazing was the comments we received from many photographers about how the competition made them think differently about their photography. For example, quite a few people had commented that they were adapting their photographic processes to prioritise in-camera options rather than the classic “I can fix that in Photoshop”.
We opened for entries for our fifth year on Monday with a bunch of new special categories, and we’re really excited to see what people submit. We’re really hoping to see some great entries in our Grand Landscape category, as it’s such an iconic genre of landscape photography, but one where we don’t see as many entries as in the intimate and abstract categories.
While the global economy continues to present challenges, we remain hopeful and committed to publishing another beautiful book—something that remains the heart of this project and the part I’m most proud of.
If you’d like to support what we’re doing, we’d love it if you picked up a copy of the book. You can use our discount code onland15 to bring the price down to $60 (around £45), which is fantastic value for the quality of production. If you want to see a YouTube review of the book, Julian Baird did a fantastic job which you can see here.
And of course, if you’re considering entering, we’d be thrilled to see your work and just for our early bird entrants, there’s a discount code for 20% off — CheekyChickadee20 — available now. Find out more about the competition and enter here.
Thank for your patience with me promoting my side projects - They’re all done with the goal of promoting great landscape photography.
Tim Parkin
Issue 325
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End frame: The Old Pond by Krister Berg
The viewer’s eye is drawn to a solitary water lily in the lower right corner of the image. It is then guided horizontally toward the bright grass on the left and follows a gentle upward path toward the water lily leaves, which are thoughtfully distributed across the lower branch silhouette. more
Beach Aerials
Breaking waves are usually not that spectacular from straight up in my opinion. It is often worthwhile, though, when a wave engulfs a rock slab, which can look very graphic from the air. more
Torsten Pull – Portrait of a Photographer
Torsten Pull’s work is a reflection of his journey—one that intertwines methodical planning with the spontaneity of light, solitude with exploration, and a return to the natural world that once defined his childhood. more
A Collaborative Book about the island of Orasaigh, Uist
After reading the poem in more depth, I revisited places mentioned in the text to try and understand what Steve was writing about, but also to try and understand what I felt about the places with this new narrative to work with. more
Boring Postcards 2
There are now so many images of trees as a sub-genre of landscape photography that it could be argued that they have become a little boring. more
The Photographer’s Extended Mind
Beautiful and helpful though it is to know that we have the capacity for change built into us, the flip side of this reality is that some patterns, once they have been set by an endless mist or by a downpour, can be stubborn. more