


Natural Landscape Photography Awards
I’ve tried to keep news about the Natural Landscape Photography Awards to a minimum as, although it has taken up a lot of my bandwidth, continuous updates would soon get boring I imagine. However, it’s over! (well the “awards” part of it anyway). Just over a week ago, we announced the winners and runners up of all of the categories and also a few extra awards, which I’ll come onto in a bit. We are all incredibly happy with more

A Year of Photographs
Not necessarily my best pictures of the year, they are nevertheless ones that I am fond of, or intrigued by…and which haven’t yet appeared in On Landscape! The captions aim to provide a little background to their origins, and why I chose them. more

For the Sake of the Image
Has the craft of photography lessened over the years? Has digital imagery removed the getting it right in camera, in favour of Photoshop and Lightroom, in which case is it digital art rather than photography, in the strictest sense? more

Beloved
This became a project about crossing boundaries, both geographic and linguistic. It weaves a story through world cultural history in an accessible way, from a personal point of view. It illuminates a universal human story. more

Johan Stadling
The images we’ve chosen for our interview draw very much on his predilection for pattern; even the birds sit within complexities of shape and form. more

Blue Period
I have enjoyed my time capturing these images and in sitting with them to listen to their stories. As I continue to visit new landscapes, I will keep these scenes in mind to appreciate the world we have and the beauty they bring to our lives. more

Issue 242 PDF
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End frame: Submergence by Joe Cornish
I have spent so many hours photographing abstracts on the English coast and the print of Submergence evokes many memories. more

Mindfulness With a Twist
When I practice mindfulness, I don’t aspire to rid myself completely of strong emotions. My goal, instead, is to filter my emotions and keep only those that are most elevating and beautiful, even if painful and difficult. more

Embracing Failure and Being Humble
Making photographs is all about personal decisions like what subject matter you choose to photograph or which of your photographs is good enough for others to see more

Jackson Frishman – Portrait of a Photographer
Over the past several years I have had the pleasure of being introduced time and time again to the excellent photographic artwork of Jackson Frishman, as he’s been recommended to me by so many excellent former guests of my podcast, including Sarah Marino & Ron Coscorossa. There are several interesting themes that I’ve been able to piece together over the years regarding Jackson and his work that have always intrigued me and so more

Carolyn Cheng
In my daily life and work, my mind likes to discern patterns from complex sets of information and I also see images in this manner. Being up in the air, where landforms can be abstracted into shapes and patterns, I can more easily apply this skill. more

Nairnshire
The woods in Nairnshire have a wide variety of lichens which really add to the textural quality of shots taken here. more

Issue 241 PDF
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Light and Dark
A joint exhibition of landscape photographs by Alistair Young and mixed media art by Sally McDonald, two Isle of Skye artists who have a deep connection and love for the wild landscapes of the northwest Highlands. more