landscape photographer
Let’s face it. No one actually enjoys being the third wheel on a date. You can be with your best friend, whom you love to pieces, and their fling-of-the-month, whom you tolerate, but you will never enjoy it as much as just being with your friend.
Read MoreI have lived in Oregon for a little over two years now and while I enjoy going to new spots I have also found revisiting old ones enjoyable as well! There are plenty of reasons to constantly chase new locations and images, but when I have gone on trips for this purpose many of the images I came home with lacked something in them.
Read MoreLandscape photography is a very competitive field. As photography becomes more accessible it will only become more so. I am part of this boom of the medium over the last several years, and I welcome everyone else to join in on creating landscape images! However, one of the things that can make landscape photography a challenge is the more people creating images and publishing them every day the more it can make us self-conscious about our own work.
Read MoreThere is a climb to the top that most including myself are on. Everyone is taking their own path or forging a new one and each journey is interesting to look at in hindsight. There is a concerning part though in how some are making their own way or rather bringing others down to elevate themselves.
Read More“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”
Life is filled with hazards, walls, and obstacles. As we get older, there are more and more things that can be dangerous. The biggest danger in life though is regret and not enjoying creativity of your own and others. In fact, this might even be key to continuing to live a long and happy life!
Read MoreI wanted to sit down really quick today and post something that sums up my best work of 2018, and go into a little detail of why I like each image. I have become more picky with what I shoot and what I consider a portfolio worthy image, so hopefully this will be a marker of that progression! This should be a bit more “off-the-cusp” than my other articles on here, but there will be a new one of those tomorrow to start out 2019 as well!
Read MoreIn a world where there is more and more demand for quality images the challenge of creating enough as one artist becomes increasingly difficult. Posting on Instagram every single day a new composition that works isn’t always possible without cutting some sort of corners! What some have turned to in landscape photography is modifying the landscape to fit their needs. This could be done in many different ways.
Read MoreWe, as landscape photographers, are artists and lovers of nature. It puts us in a very unique situation where we must serve the social responsibilities of both. This includes avoiding doing harm to the environments we enjoy, helping to protect them, and providing value above that in the art we create.
Read MoreThere is a lot of work that goes into one of my images. there is a story behind each one of the time on location and getting there as well as what went into producing the image itself. HOWEVER, …
Read MoreThis passion of mine is an art form and a business, but it is also quite a bit more than just those two things to me. I use it as an escape too, allowing myself to get away to a zone where I can be on my own. Everybody needs some type of escapism that has a positive impact on their lives and I chose landscape photography!
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