Landscape photography is a lot about « waiting for » rather than « stumbling upon » an opportunity for me. I don’t usually got out with my camera to see what I can eventually shoot the same day. I walk out with the mindset of what I can eventually shoot at a certain time of the year. With experience
I have just launched my website menu page « NEWS ». For this occasion I have the pleasure to announce to you my first participation to the most important panoramic photography competition worldwide, the Epson Pano Awards. I have selected four pictures that I submitted to the Open Awards and the Amateur Awards. We’ll see if the
The etymology of “photography”comes from two Greek words : the first one is phōtos, for “light”, and graphé, meaning “representation by means of lines” or “drawing”. So literally photography means « drawing with light ». Both concepts of composition and light are inherent in our craft. With so many possibilities offered by software editing pictures, creative filters of
Making a landscape photograph is about being able to answer the following questions and melt them into one creative intention at a time. What do I want to shoot ? How would I do ? When should I press the shutter ? We need to understand the photographic process at stake. Most of it is
Observation is an essential quality for a landscape photographer. “The devil is in the details”, they say. It is crucial to have it in mind when you are on location for two reasons. First, because you don’t want to miss a potential shot. Second, because you are very likely to go back home without any
One of my first panoramic landscape pictures shot on film, with Collados del Asón’s mountain range bathed in an intense autumnal sunlight. I was hiking for more than eight hours, looking for the perfect location, in october 2012. Finding a place where matching subject, ciseled composition and fine lighting all together is the ultimate challenge
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