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End frame: Paria Canyon, Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness area in Northern Arizona by Jack Dykinga
Paul Hetzel chooses one of his favourite images
Subscribers 4×4 Portfolios
James W. Fortune, Kåre Selvejer, Leslie Landerkin & Nils Leonhardt
Lockdown Podcast #7
with Tim Parkin, David Ward and Joe Cornish
Tragedies of the Landscape Commons
The risk to the welfare of shared natural landscapes
The Path Towards Expression – part 4
Photographing with intent
Jenifer Bunnett
Featured Photographer
Perfection in Nothingness
Minimalism and Norman McCloskey’s Devil’s Island
Salinity
Musings on photography projects
The Post-Processing Debate, Part II
Where do we go from here?

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Tim Parkin

When we originally moved to Scotland, we wanted to get out into the hills to take photographs and so we looked into getting a guide to help learn to scramble safely. They said ìlearn to climb first, it will pay dividends!. They were absolutely right, but they also managed to get us addicted to climbing as well! Part of the appeal of learning to climb was being able to safely access some areas that were otherwise ‘sketchy’. Since then we have been learning to trad climb (i.e. climbing without bolts in rock, where you place your own protection) and we had our first climb in arctic Norway last year. This year we were supposed to be doing lots more climbing to consolidate our knowledge but Coronavirus put paid to that. However, with the limited easing of lockdown North of the border, weíve been out climbing in Glen Nevis.

Whilst researching the climbs there, I found a website called climbassist.com which has three dimensional models of crags and boulders. Being a self-proclaimed geek, I thought I’d have a go at one of the places we were climbing in Glen Nevis. The end result worked out a lot better than expected (see here). I fancy making a few more of these for other parts of Glen Nevis and to use it as an excuse to make more landscape photographs of the area as well. It made me realise that I wouldn’t have gone to some of these crags if it weren’t for climbing and I would have missed out on so much exploring. I also like the idea of a hobby other than landscape photography creating an external inspiration for photography projects. So far I've only taken a few phone shots and it’s still summer (GREEN!) but there is so much potential up in the crags that Iíll be bringing my camera every time we go climbing!

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End frame: Paria Canyon, Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness area in Northern Arizona by Jack Dykinga

A mecca of sorts for landscape photographers, Paria Canyon is certainly well documented. Nevertheless, Dykinga’s image stands apart. I was struck by the juxtaposition of the ancient petrified sand dunes with the withered branch. more

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Subscribers 4×4 Portfolios

This issue our 4x4 landscape photography portfolio features are from subscribers: James W. Fortune, Kåre Selvejer, Leslie Landerkin & Nils Leonhardt more

David Ward & Joe Cornish landscape photography books
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Lockdown Podcast #7

This issues podcast's topic is books and specifically, Joe and David's experiences making their first ones. more

Guy Tal, Last Light at Camp ~ Tragedies of the Landscape Commons
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Tragedies of the Landscape Commons

In recent years, landscape photography has become so popular that photographers now pose a real risk to the welfare of natural landscapes and their communities of life, and to the experiences these places make possible. more

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The Path Towards Expression – part 4

At the very root of the project “Totems” lies a critical opinion about the unsustainable relationship between human beings and their environment. more

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Jenifer Bunnett

Jenifer’s images show a quieter side of the sea, though not without the potential to occasionally take her feet from under her. more

Devil’s Island, taken one foggy morning in Killarney National Park, County Kerry
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Perfection in Nothingness

What does this image convey to you? A feeling of peace, calm and quietness? Does it suggest tranquillity and harmony? Perhaps a meditative feeling, of a sense of emptiness? more

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Salinity

I saw the potential for revealing a chaotic harsh environment seemingly devoid of conventional photographic beauty in graphical terms. more

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The Post-Processing Debate, Part II

The essence of the current debate is, at what point does post-processing cease to approximate reality as it was and begin to depict reality as the photographer wished it to be? more

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