Posts tagged landscape photography workshops
THE COLDEST PLACE I’VE EVER PHOTOGRAPHED

Last month I had the opportunity to spend some time deep in the Arctic Circle in Ilulissat, Greenland. Spending time there in winter brought with it some challenges with the extreme cold, but more than anything it was an opportunity to try to put together a portfolio of images that reflected how the place felt.

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NAMIBIA - FINALLY REALISING A PHOTOGRAPHY DREAM

For as long as I've been taking landscape photographs I've wanted to visit the dunes at Sossusvlei. This year I finally had the chance to take a workshop group to Namibia and experience these incredible landscapes.

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CHOOSING THE RIGHT LENS IN LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY

What are the different factors that we should think about when choosing which lens to use for a particular scene, and what are the characteristics of the different focal ranges.

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MISTY SUNRISE - COMPLETE IMAGE WORKFLOW FROM CAPTURE TO EDITING - VIDEO

For this video I look at some of the considerations in the field when composing and shooting telephoto landscapes in the mountains, and then go through the editing workflow of one of my most popular images from last year, taken on a misty sunrise in the Dolomites

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ICELAND IN WINTER - LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY PART 1

This is the first video from my trip to Iceland this year. This was filmed in the Highlands, a part of Iceland that's difficult to access in winter. Like my previous videos I go through the thought process behind some of the images and explain some of the locations.

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6 TIPS I'VE LEARNED FOR LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY - VIDEO

About a year ago I put out a film about the 7 most important things I've leaned in landscape photography, and in that year I've compiled a list of 6 more tips and pieces of advice that I've find myself giving while leading workshops and put them into a new video.

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LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY - EXPECTATION & REALITY

Whenever we go anywhere to take landscape images, it's pretty much impossible to avoid expectation. We have certain expectations of what a place will be like and what kind of image we'll shoot, but often these expectations affect our appreciation of a scene and hinder our ability to create images there.

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MOUNTAIN PHOTOGRAPHY - CAPTURE TO EDITING

Last month I spent a week or so in the snowy Dolomites mountains and put together this video about shooting an image from capturing the scene to my complete image editing workflow. We weren’t that lucky with the conditions, either having too much wind and driving snow, or completely clear skies with no drama, but landscape photography is usually about taking the scene as you find it and working out how best to shoot and edit a scene to fit the mood of a place.

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CREATIVE EXPOSURE INTERVIEW

Earlier this month I spent 10 days in Lofoten running a landscape photography workshop with Jonas Paurell from Vagabond Expeditions. Jonas gets to work with lots of incredible photographers like Thomas Heaton and Morten Hilmer and has started a film series where he interviews each one about photography and the creative proces

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THOUGHTS ON WHY WE DO LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY & TAKING MORE SATISFYING IMAGES

The ideas in this video have been buzzing around my head for a while now and this is an attempt to try to identify what it is that compels us to head out into the landscape to make images, and whether an understanding of that can help us to take better photos...or at least images we’re more satisfied with.

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TUSCANY IN SPRING WORKSHOP

Earlier this month I was one of the co-leaders on the Light Explorers' Tuscany In Spring workshop.  We spent five days at a fantastic hotel just outside San Quirico d'Orcia with an awesome group of people shooting amongst the gorgeous rolling hills of Tuscany

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