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• Tell us something about Ian Plant. What he was before coming into Photography and how did He end up with Landscape photography?
  

I took a rather roundabout route into professional nature photography. I started off as a lawyer, working for a large Washington, D.C. law firm for eight years before leaving to become a pro nature photographer. I bought my first camera while in law school and I realized then that I was completely hooked on photography. As soon as I paid off my law school debt and saved up a little bit of money, I jumped in and have never looked back. That was almost seven years ago.

• Your images are extremely popular among landscape photographers across the world. It speaks a lot emphasizing strongly on colors and grandeur of the vistas coupled with perfect compositions. 

             What according to you is your style of photography Switch tinfoil download?

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I don’t know if I can claim to have a particular style. Whenever approaching a scene, I simply look for the best way to show my subject. Sometimes the compositions I come up with work, sometimes they don’t. I simply believe that one has to work hard to find the beauty of any given landscape scene, and to find a way to make that beauty relate able to others.

• What  is that single most important thing you think of before you trip the shutter? And what are your thoughts on presentation of an image?

Composition and mood are the two most important things to me. Composition is very important because it is necessary to present a coherent theme to viewers. An image with sloppy composition will more often than not confuse viewers about what is important 검사 외전 다운로드. Mood is what makes a photograph relatable to viewers, and it creates an emotional connection that is critical to the success of an image. A photograph that is all composition and no mood ends up being sterile and will cease to move your viewers.

• Can you tell us more about “Dreamscapes” concept, story behind the name and how it all started?

• You have traveled across many regions of the United States – how do you relatively relate the challenges , wilderness factor and the shooting conditions across these places?
  

• Whats your favorite place which you have shot or have planned to shoot ?
  

• Landscape photography involves getting up early in morning and staying back late in evening or camping in remote & dangerous locations to get that dream image. In such circumstances how does your family respond/encourage/support you ?

This is the hidden side of the profession, one which few people talk about. Being in the field can put an enormous strain on family and other personal relationships. I’m lucky that I have a wonderful wife who puts up with my prolonged absences. That said, the job takes its toll, especially when I have a prolonged stay in a wilderness area with little or no contact with others. Loneliness and boredom can really wear on you when in the field. 

• Tell us about some of the best moments you have experienced while out in the field. What is Ian’s favorite Landscape image in his portfolio right now and what is the story behind the image? 

• How much has the newer technology, tools of trade and advancement in post-processing helped you in creating your imagery?

No one can deny that digital photography has had an enormous impact on the art and profession of nature photography. Simply put, digital increases our yield and makes it easier to get the shot right. When shooting film, there was a fair amount of guess work involved, and you’d never know that you got the shot until you returned from the field and had your film processed. Now, we have instant feedback and review on our camera’s LCD screen. Also, with advanced exposure blending techniques, we are less constrained by the limitations of our equipment than in the old days photoworks v2.3 다운로드.

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 That said, I try very hard to keep my technique firmly rooted in the photographic process rather than the computer process. Many photographers these days heavily rely on computer processing techniques to create the “magic” of their work. While there’s nothing wrong with this, I prefer that the magic result from photographic technique and from capturing the wonderful moments of the natural world. Perhaps I shot film for too long before starting with digital, but I got into this to be a photographer, not a computer artist. Although it seems these days that the distinction between the two has become rather fuzzy, I try to always keep this distinction in mind when shooting and processing images.

• You were one of the early adopters for the “Nikon Lens + Canon Camera” concept in Nature and especially Landscape photography. Your views on it?
  

I’ve struggled for years to find a quality wide-angle zoom to use on my Canon cameras. I don’t care about brand names and I don’t have any particular loyalty to one brand or the other. Simply put, if someone makes a superior product, I’ll use it g102 다운로드. The bottom line for me is that the Nikon 14-24mm lens is a superb piece of glass, superior in all respect to any other wide angle lens I have ever used. Canon’s wide angle zooms are simply not in its league, and although their fixed 14mm and 17mm lenses are excellent, the Nikon lens gives me these focal lengths plus more in a single zoom package. My only gripe with the 14-24mm is that it is very difficult to use filters on the lens. After much expense and experimentation, I have finally found a solution that works reasonably well, Lee’s SW150 filter holder made specifically for this lens. Unfortunately it is not a perfect solution and has required some tinkering, but it more or less works.

• Tell us something about your eBook series and what prompted you come up with eBook series on your Creative-vision store ?

• What sort of ground work and preparation do you do before you head down to any of your shoot ?
  

I try to get a sense of what an area might have to offer by reading hiking guide books and online accounts, but I think it is important to avoid looking at other photographers’ work. I prefer to approach an area with a fresh perspective. I don’t like going to places to get “the shot” that someone else has gotten before. It happens often these days as most places have been shot before, but since I’m looking for unusual convergences of light, weather, mood, and composition, I don’t end up at the traditional icons all that often.

• Whats in the bag on a typical day when you are out shooting Landscapes ?

Not much! I travel light, usually just bringing my Canon 5D Mark II camera, my 14-24mm lens, my 24-105mm lens, a few filters, and a lightweight Gitzo Safari carbon fiber tripod that summer. I try to keep my load less than 10 pounds. If you’re tired from carrying around equipment, you are less motivated to make pictures.

• Finally 3 most important pieces of advice you would like to give budding Landscape photographers ?

My advice is simple and threefold:

1. Study the work of others as much as possible and try to figure out what works and doesn’t work. And I don’t just mean the work of other landscape photographers. Look at all types of photography—in fact, all types of art—and study how artists use light, composition, moment, and mood to bring their art to life. 
2. Be ruthlessly self-critical. If something isn’t good, don’t fool yourself into believing that it is. Go back and shoot it over again and again and again until you get it right.
3. Practice, practice, practice. The more you shoot the more you learn. Art is an iterative process: each photograph leads you to the next, and every shot you take is part of the foundation upon which you build your body of work. Let your passion for photography be your guide, and let it fuel a hunger that can never be satisfied.

Ian Plant

Hailed by Outdoor Photographer magazine as “an emerging talent in nature photography,”Ian Plant has been photographing our natural world for over fifteen years 롯데카드 ci 다운로드. His photographs and instructional articles have appeared in a number of books, calendars, and magazines, including Outdoor Photographer, Popular Photography, Nature Photographers Online Magazine, National Parks, Common Ground, Blue Ridge Country, Adirondack Life, Wonderful West Virginia, and Chesapeake Life, among others. Ian is also a Contributing Editor to Nature Photographers Online Magazine, and writes a regular blog column for Outdoor Photographer online. Ian is the photographer/author of eight print books, including Chesapeake: Bay of Light (2007), which received critical acclaim from the Washington Post, Washington Times and Baltimore Sun, among others. The Washington Times said “Plant’s sensational lens work . . . is a smash hit.” Ian is also one of the lead authors and designer of The Ultimate Guide to Digital Nature Photography (2009). Most recently, Ian has authored a number of nature photography instructional eBooks. Ian leads several nature photography workshops, digital photo tours,  and online classes each year.

You can see most of Ian’s creations on his website – http://www.ianplant.com

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