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...by ‘creative photography’18. Stieglitz replied, “I have the desire to photograph. I go out with my camera. I come across something that excites me emotionally, spiritually, aesthetically. I see the photograph in my mind’s eye and I compose and expose the negative. I give you the print as the equivalent of what I saw and felt.” In a similar vein,...
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...late for southern Scotland and that lessons urgently need to be learned to prevent a replication across other areas of Scotland and the UK. Locals disagree and continue to campaign for more diversity & sensitivity in planting, together with community involvement, in order to deliver a better balance between biodiversity, climate, community, societal and commercial needs. Communities for Diverse Forestry...
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What we see and experience at an early age inevitably shapes our lives and our passions. For David Tatnall it was green on a map, closely followed by the viewfinder’s perspective and walking. From this has come a lifelong passion, and a life’s work. Would you like to start by telling readers a little about yourself and where you photography...
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...be two boxes sliding inside each other (know as a sliding box camera) or a ‘helical’ attached to the lens (like the expensive Linhof version - http://linhof.com/en/o-platte-einstellschnecke/ or a cheaper Fotoman one). However, most cameras come with the ability to at least tilt the lens and/or film and also to shift the lens or film to correct perspective and a...
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...a deeper mindset. A big clue comes from the words we use to describe the act of photographing; we commonly say ‘take a photograph’. In the digital era, “Good capture!” is now a familiar compliment(?) on social media and forums. Take and capture are obvious synonyms for acquire. I argued in Landscape Beyond that the word ‘make’ was more appropriate...
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...tend to work, I’ll probably spend 2 or 3 months if not longer looking for a particular composition, or I’ll find the composition and then I’ll wait for the weather conditions, the lighting, everything to come together the way I want that particular picture to come out, so I’m not terribly prolific in the number of images that I create...
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...in Richmond (Surrey) working mostly for magazines that served industries, such as Computing, Accountancy Age, GP, Broadcast, etc. I also had some interesting assignments from Kent Life and Sussex Life illustrating articles and I did some theatre work and model’s portfolios. Many a time I would be printing through the night in the makeshift darkroom in the bathroom (until my...
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...express themselves and their approach that have had the biggest influence on my photography. What is the landscape photography community/scene like in Canada compared with your perceptions of the US or Europe? This is a tough one but I would say that the landscape community in Canada seems a lot smaller and because of this possibly tighter knit. Obviously, with...
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...another great achievement. But probably the most important thing is that I have always dreamt of a career as a landscape/nature photographer. Making this dream come true has changed my life completely. In most photographers lives there are 'epiphanic’ moments where things become clear, or new directions are formed. What were your two main moments and how did they change...
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...70-200mm and either 17-40mm or the 24mm TS-E. My most used lens is the 24mm TS-E. This is my default lens for wide-angle compositions. I love the DOF control you get from the tilt function. I try to find my compositions with the 24mm field of view in mind and only swap to 17-40mm if a composition I find doesn’t...
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