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Be Prepared
hat preparedness can relate to physical parameters (being in the “right place at the right time”) or to heightened visual receptiveness or to a combination of both – whatever works for you! more
The Future of Landscape Photography
The phone rings. It is Mr P, chief finance officer (and every other officer) of the On Landscape Corporation… "How about a piece on the future of Landscape Photography?" Tim suggested brightly. "Hmmm, great idea, I'd love to read something on that. Obviously a job for the Professor (David Ward)." "He's off to Tasmania so you'll have to do it. Oh yes, and I am going online with the redesign of the magazine monday so it needs to be in before then. more
Misty morning in Bolehill Quarry
Whilst on holiday in Derbyshire Joe had managed to tempt Dav out of bed early one morning at the beginning of Autumn on the promise of mist in Bolehill Quarry. The mist duly arrived and after Dav had playfully chastised Joe for getting to the rendezvous early to take a sneaky vista they headed of into the Quarry chasing the mist. For Joe this was relatively new territory, for Dav you might say this was his home patch. Why more
Bridge of Orchy, Argyll and Bute
Ok, that title may be a little outrageous, however on the right day, in the right conditions, this part of the world is truly remarkable for us photographers. Based on the A82 at the Southern edge of the Scottish Highlands, the bridge acts as a junction for two particular points of photograph interest. To the right of the bridge is Loch Tulla. A sweeping loch near to Black Mount, popular for its access by road and beautiful forest to more
Social Media versus Photography
Social media! It’s one of those things that has now become a part of day-to-day life for everyone and for a photographer it is no exception. Back when I started learning photography things where very different; For example, we respected our lecturers talents because of the time they put into each shoot from loading film through to the dark room processes. Nowadays it seems that everyone on social media sites has a friend who can do it cheaper with more
Among Trees – Iain Sarjeant
Following the opening of my solo exhibition ‘Among Trees’ near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands last week, Tim asked me to write a small piece about my exhibition experiences. Although I have exhibited many times in group shows over the years, this is my first experience of mounting a solo show, and presenting a body of work. I have always been drawn to photograph trees, and ‘Among Trees’ was the first series that I worked on, changing the way I more
Andris Apse
Andris Apse originally came to my attention through his inclusion in the seminal ‘World’s Top Landscape Photographers’ (a pivotal book for me, despite it’s weak points). His image of Breaksea Sound, Fiordland being of particular dramatic note. Since then I had not heard much about him but it was when Alex Nail mentioned him in our Featured Photographer section and then more recently Phil Malpas that I thought I should try to get hold of a book or two. [s2If more
Mixing to a Reference
The title of this article will mean very little to most photographers unless they have had a parallel life as a studio engineer. If they have they will recognise the well known mastering process of listening to a favourite, well produced song whilst making corrections to a new song that they are currently working on. The mastering process is the final step of taking the finished product from the studio and making tweaks to prepare it for radio, vinyl, more
Interview with Anna Booth
There are sadly very few women 'in' landscape photography. Whether this is to do with the problems of being out in the landscape at odd hours of the day is for a different article. What is interesting is that the amount of 'interesting' women photographers is disproportionate to this lack of total numbers - again something for a different article but in the meantime we will ignore the gender and just celebrate the unique photography of Anna Booth. more
Welcome to Jenny Ward, Andrew Nadolski and other stuff
We'd like to update you on the changes taking place at On Landscape. We're changing a few things over the next couple of months which includes a bit of a design refresh, a few editorial changes (all for the good I assure you!) and we've also added a couple of new members to the team. Firstly Andrew Nadolski has been helping with the redesign and as soon as we more
Interview with David Unsworth
We were in Coniston having spent a great afternoon up Levers Water Beck and Church Beck and in the Quarries up at Crowberry Haws in the company of David Unsworth. As we strolled back I had the opportunity to ask David a few questions. Tell us a little bit about your work David Goodness, well it's all based in the Lake District. We live and work in Grasmere; we have more
Yes, But is it Art?
When I was at art college, I considered ‘artists’ to be a pretty odd bunch – I can say that because I didn’t consider myself to be one of them; I was a ‘designer’ which was a whole different kettle of fish. It appeared to me that art, back then in the late 80’s, consisted of collecting small quantities of bodily juices of varying degrees of unpleasantness, putting them in small containers and displaying them to a backdrop of more
That Sinking Feeling…
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… well, not quite; back in the early nineties I was a big fan of the Acorn Archimedes computer. By many experts reckoning at the time, the plucky Brits had produced a machine that was more powerful and more user friendly than anything from across the pond. I fell in love with its beguiling operating system and its beautiful graphics more
Digital Emulation of Velvia 50
Ever since digital cameras first became available, people have wanted to emulate their favourite films. This was probably exacerbated by the fact that digital didn't have strong 'flavour' of its own to begin with and people fell back on what they already knew. The first film simulations were pretty crude - add a heavy tint of colour and turn the saturation up and down. However, as technology became more mature, the simulations got better. However, in the many years since more