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Bidean nam Bian – Creating a Walking Guide, Part 2
Bidean nam Bian, or 'the pinnacle of the mountains' when translated from Gaelic, rewards a leisurely and prolonged exploration. To walk amongst it's mountain sanctuaries, crystal rivers and challenging crags can provide a lifetime of memorable experiences. more
Frans Lanting
I've always been drawn to different schools of interpreting a natural world outside of the boundaries of photography, whether it is rock art, whether it is painting schools ranging from impressionism to expressionism. more
A Sea of Wonder
An infinite scene stretches out before me; an open view of the horizon, where the glistening Pacific Ocean meets a clear, blue summer sky, only interrupted by the large, dark shapes of a few jagged sea stacks and the backlit spray of waves crashing against them. more
End frame: Friston Forest by Edd Allen
With this superb photograph, Edd has captured the mood I felt so many years ago – and for any photograph to conjure up any strong feelings in the viewer is remarkable. more
Book Reviews
Most photographers have experimented with intentional camera movement or multiple exposures at some point. Usually just setting a long exposure of a few seconds and waving the camera at some exciting subject matter more
Take the Other
As I came to know the places Abbey wrote about, I also came to appreciate how well he expressed their intimate, personal significance, which may not be obvious or even relatable to those who don’t have this in-person familiarity. more
A Sense of Place
Our photographs are the legacy we leave for future generations, so they can see and feel our way of life, our social and economic fabric and the deep connection we as individuals experience. more
Mark Davis
Photography has played an instrumental role in dealing with experiences over my 23 years of active military service and multiple deployments. I have seen the worst of humanity and the best of humanity, sometimes within the same moments. more
7 ways to reduce our environmental impact as landscape photographers
After the hottest and driest summer ever in Europe, with countless forest fires, crop failures and withered landscapes, I do think that we landscape photographers should take a more critical look at our own impact and do more to actually keep the balance positive more
Past masters – Part Four
What motivated a group of landscape painters to relocate to the tiny village of Barbizon in France and relentlessly paint there for most of their lives? Why did they fight to institute an “artistic reserve”, the first protected natural area in the world? more
End frame: After the Storm, Climbers on the Doldenhorn, Switzerland by Henry Bradford Washburn Jr.
"After the Storm" has that graphic quality in spades. But this image has extra “life" to it because of the climbers on the ridge. They give it scale and drama, and this is what really thrilled me when I first saw it. more
Xuan-Hui Ng – Portrait of a Photographer
Xuan-Hui Ng’s artwork is powerful, evocative, and personal. She has found a way to celebrate and capture ephemeral moments in nature while simultaneously leveraging this imagery as a form of gratitude and celebration of life’s fleeting realities. more
Luis Afonso
I prefer to photograph in places that mean something to me, places I can have a relationship with, places I can return to over and over. more
Finding a path – Culbin Forest
I discovered that even more images were to be found of Culbin and when I received my copy of ‘The Landscape’, I realised that it also contained images from Culbin. I wrote to Paul with some questions and observations not long after that. more
Interesting Things
Throughout an individual’s journey with photography, they may find themselves stuck in a routinistic life where they are *taking* aesthetically beautiful photographs of aesthetically beautiful things, not thinking much at all about the deeper meaning behind their creations. more