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End frame: Scots pines silhouetted at sunrise, Loch Maree, Scotland by Peter Cairns
Simone Opdam chooses one of her favourite images
Subscribers 4×4 Portfolios
Kieran Metcalfe, Luke Dell, Tim Prebble & Waldemar Matusik
Graduated ND Filter Sharpness and Flare – Part Three
Part 3 of Grad ND Tests
Reflecting on Minimalism
Less is more
Nick Stone
Featured Photographer
A creative journey into abstract photography
A love of working in a non-prescriptive way
A question of responsibility
Does being an outdoor photographer inevitably lead to environmentalism?
A Shock to the System
Climbing & Photography in The Dolomites
Navigate
Navigational markers around the coastline of the UK

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Tim Parkin

“Do we have a Voice? And does being an outdoor photographer inevitably lead to environmentalism? And if so, what if anything, are our responsibilities?”

This is how Joe Cornish’s article on the photographer and their approach to the environment starts. Do we have a voice at all? With the state of politics at the moment, it seems that this voice is quieter than ever. I won’t steal Joe’s thunder, but from my own perspective, the failure of our campaign to save at least a couple of tributaries in Glen Etive from the wave of run-of-river hydro schemes being installed here in Scotland has depressed me somewhat and has me asking the same question. Can individuals make a difference? Can campaign groups make a difference?

My own conclusions are that although it is rare for people to make a difference in individual cases, it’s the slow sea change of opinion that these small battles contribute to that can make the difference in the end. Our own campaign may have been lost before it started due to the way the whole planning system works here in Scotland but, hopefully, we have had a small influence on some of the 12,000 people who signed the petition and engaged with us in various ways. Perhaps this case has helped them to commit to change at the ballot box or convinced them to make a little bit of an extra effort in the future.

And this can give hope to each of us that we may not “save the world” by ourselves but the sum of all the little changes we may make could add up to a significant difference in the long term. We can only hope.

If you have a story about the way that photography can help the environment, if you’re working on a campaign or have ideas about how we as photographers can make a difference, please get in touch. Send an email to submissions@onlandscape.co.uk about your idea and Joe and I will try to support it and hopefully share it through On Landscape.

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End frame: Scots pines silhouetted at sunrise, Loch Maree, Scotland by Peter Cairns

For me, this photo symbolizes the message that Peter Cairns wants to convey with his book and his lectures (more on this later): Nature in Scotland is still beautiful, but has been considerably stripped down. more

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Subscribers 4×4 Portfolios

This issue our 4x4 landscape photography portfolio feature is from subscribers: Kieran Metcalfe, Luke Dell, Tim Prebble & Waldemar Matusik more

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Graduated ND Filter Sharpness and Flare – Part Three

The issue of sharpness and filters comes up regularly in forums and the general consensus seems to be that any filter affects sharpness a bit and poorer glass filters can be worse. more

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Reflecting on Minimalism

Perhaps the most convincing argument is that sometimes abstraction from all the complexity of the real world simply produces a magical result, a form of relief from all the distractions of daily life and Brexit. more

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Nick Stone

His photographs are supported by and integral with his writing about the traces that the landscape carries of our influence and interference - often things that we overlook, simply don’t see or choose to ignore. more

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A creative journey into abstract photography

Fotospeed's Vince Cater asks their ambassador Valda Bailey how art has inspired her journey to abstract photography, her love of working in a non-prescriptive way, and the joys of a printed image. more

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A question of responsibility

Do we have a Voice? And does being an outdoor photographer inevitably lead to environmentalism? And if so, what if anything are our responsibilities? more

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A Shock to the System

I have always known that there were inherent dangers in mountainous environments. Avalanches, landslides, storms, falling from great heights and even flooding are to name a few. more

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Navigate

The navigation posts are such simple structures yet from a sailor's/seafarer's point of view they are so important. Because of what was going on politically it made me want to travel around and shoot around the country not just at one location. more

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