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This volume combines aerial photographs and map-drawings of the American landscape with essays that explore how various cultures have forged the landscapes in different regions of the country and what the possibilities are for future landscape design. ... Read more

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Thought provoking
Just brilliant.

A series of photographs and related diagrams & montages about the US landscape - every one worth sitting over and considering in detail

A book I come back to time and time again

A Must Have!
This book is incredible, the essays, photography, map drawings and descriptions really changed the way I looked at the world around me.This book was used as our text book for a Senior Project class in design school.

You've never seen anything like this
This book will change the way you look at and think about landscape.Technically, it's a landscape architecture book, and the essays that deal with that subject are excellent.James Corner is one of the best landscape architects/theorists around, and his writing is though-provoking, lucid and enjoyable to read.He draws an wonderful comparison between this work and Le Corbusier's sightseeing flights over North Africa in the 1930's.But without a doubt, the reason to buy this book are the photographs that document the unexpected beauty that arises out of the interaction between man and nature.The incongruities of landscape, juxtaposed against the linear certainty of the Land Ordinance Act grid, farm plots and other common interventions make for stunning photography.

There are also little subplots, such as creative reuses of already built spaces (tennis courts as parking lots & football field yard lines over a baseball diamond), and the similarity of totally unrelated natural forms (who knew that from 7,000 feet, cracked pond ice looks like microscopic images of streptococcal bacteria?).

There are dozens of other little thoughts I could include, and one of most remarkable things about this book is that the photogrpahs allow the reader to draw on his or her own knowledge to make connections and interpertations.There's no right or wrong way to see these things, which makes it universally rewarding and enjoyable.

Excellent graphic representation of landscape documentation
I always enjoy graphic design, but this one integrates intelligent visual graphic representation and it portraits site/landscape analysis.
Not your usual blueprint survey, but delightful new way of documentation.

Excellent for all
Perceptive and conciousness raising while an aesthetic visual pleasure. An unforgettable book. ... Read more

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"Packed with practical tips, Seeing Landscapes is a beautifully illustrated guide to the art of landscape photography. Information on the creative aspects of each photograph combines with technical details to make this book an invaluable addition to the library of all keen photographers."--BOOK JACKET. ... Read more

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Very good
Book has very useful pictures that will make you learn how to compose shots. The text is quite sparse, but you don't need a lot of filler text anyway.

I just bought my first DSLR camera. I bought ten photography books on amazon. I'm evaluating these books from the perspective of a semi-advanced amateur. (On things I've learnt is that book by the same author tends to be very similar. So make sure you vary your authors when buying more than one book. Rather than saying this author is good, let me buy more from him/her.)

Stunning Photographs and Essential Information
I think that C. Waite's intention was to create a coffee table book with useful advice for photographers. The result generally justifies his efforts. It's a great photo book with astonishing and inspiring landscape images along with short comments and on point information.
In my opinion the compromise between to presenting quality images and to avoiding long texts of technical advice was very successful.
I highly recommend it to the lovers of art photo books. It's, also, a must for photographers using medium format cameras.

Superb.
This is one of the few books I've seen that details the creative process and technical methods involved in shooting professional-quality landscapes on a medium format camera. Most how-to landscape books are written by authors who shoot almost exclusively in 35mm (Rowell, Shaw, Wolf, etc.). It is quite refreshing to see so many beautiful places -- Spain, France, Italy, Africa -- captured in a square format.

Waite not only explainsthe underlying order in a seemingly unordered world -- every landscape can be seen as a collection of shapes, colors, textures and shades -- he gives the reader a vivid example of each visual concept. The photographs are truly exceptional to say the least. On top of this, the author provides key exposure data - such as focal length, shutter speed and aperture.

But perhaps the best feature of this book is not the stunning photographic works Waite has chosen, but the inclusion of the ones that were "almost stunning, but not quite." There are some truly excellent side-by-side comparisons.

Many pros will tell you they are lucky to find two or three marketable images in a roll of 36. It's the nature of the beast. However, by showing the reader some of the most common compositional mistakes (and how little they can vary from those shots we consider "exceptional"), Waite helps the reader to think through each composition more carefully. The bottom line is you will not only be inspired by the photos in this book, but you can learn alot from it- and from a different perspective than most how-to books as well.

Highly recommended for any landscape photographer.

Less than Meets the Eye
We are surrounding by images waiting to be taken, some of which may make great photographs but most of which will not be worth the film or memory that will be committed to them.Mastering the technology is one thing, but selecting the part of the world to put a frame around is another.

When someone in an outdoor photography newsgroup recommended "Seeing Landscapes: the Creative Process Behind Great Photographs" by Charlie Waite, I got very excited.The title reminded me of one of my old favorites "Photography & the Art of Seeing" by Freeman Patterson.The title made me hope that this book would zero in on our way of looking at landscapes, on deciding what we should put the frame around.

I was disappointed."Seeing Landscapes" is a great collection of Waite's work.If you are the kind of person who can learn by just studying another's work, this book will do the trick.Otherwise the brief narrative that accompanies each picture will not help you develop a cohesive way of seeing landscapes.Oh, you will find a few "rules": be patient; look for strong lines; capitalize on color differences; don't let the near shore cut off a reflection in a body of water.But don't expect to come to the landscape with a new vision.Hopefully, that's in someone else's book.

Get this one!
This book is a gem.I was about to ignore this book when browsing through Amazon.com myself (it drowns in mediocre books), but I took a chance on this one.I'm glad I did.Soon after I got this one, I just had to get Waite's other book; "The Making of Landscape Photographs".In my collection of photography books, these two are by far the best, both in text and photograpy. Unlike manyphotography books, "Seeing Landscapes" is not about the technical aspect of photography.This book is about what's more important.It's all about composition.It's all about seeing landscapes, just as the title suggests.So, even though technical details are found in the captions for all the photographs, this book won't teach you anything technical, such as exposure.For that, look elsewhere.

After about six pages of introductory text (double spaced), the rest of the book follows the format of showing a picture and some text about the picture, typically why it works (or doesn't), how it was done and how it could have been done better.I find the text exceptionally helpful and entertaining.Several nature photographers seem to have asomewhat arrogant tone (works demotivating) to their writing.Thankfully, you won't find that here.

Waite uses mostly 6x6cm, but there are also some 6x17cm and a few 35mm pictures.Expect great photography in square format.The pictures are of excellent quality and the difference between the few 35mm shots and the 6x6cm is obvious.The latter format is obviously superior in terms of image quality, making it great to print and present in book form.But you don't have to use medium format to find this book useful, although you might have a hard time matching his dedication; You'll find him referring to using a ladder (!) throughout the book, for example to avoid tilting a camera upwards when shooting a building (to keep the lines straight).

His photographs are mostly from Europe (France, Italy and England in particular, but also Greece and Spain) and a few shots from USA, Africa, India and China.As such, the scenery pictured is refreshingly different from what seems typical to find amongst American photographers.But it's not just because it's a different continent.It's also Waite's photographic style which I find quite unique.There is no postcard feel to any of Waite's photographs.You won't find cliched sunset (only one picture could perhaps be categorized as a "sunset" picture) or blurred waterfalls (only one waterfall) here.While many nature photographers go for the majestic and grand scenery, Waite takes a step pretty much in the complete opposite direction.His style is abstract.Simple and uncluttered landscapes.That makes his photographs calm, peaceful and harmonic.

At the end of the book, Waite tries something interestingly different; Introducing the unexpected into a scenery.He also goes for extreme abstraction which I don't think work all that well, but this is just at the very end of the book and is insignificant to the overall quality of the book.

The book is 160 pages long with 140 color photographs. Excellent print.

If you like this book, you can't go wrong with Waite's "The Making of Landscape Photographs".In fact, that one might be even better... ... Read more

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Dramatic landscape photography is not the private domain of professionals using large format cameras. In fact, most of the dramatic scenic photographs you see in calendar magazines are made with basic 35 mm equipment and there are good reasons why! Discover the advantages of your own 35 mm camera system by learning the techniques of working professionals, This comprehensive volume will show you images. ... Read more

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Good book on nature photography
Even though this was written back in the bad old days of emulsion and chemicals, most of the same problems that were faced back then still apply to digital photography.

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A master photographer's guide to capturing the natural landscape -- written for hobbyists and pros.

Step-by-step instructions, pictograms, and before-and-after comparisons provide a complete course in capturing a landscape's natural beauty. Renowned photographer Tim Fitzharris reveals foolproof techniques he has used through decades of fieldwork in a wide variety of settings. His own outstanding examples are accompanied by detailed information on the equipment, exposure, film, shutter speed and filters used.

The book is designed for use with the latest digital as well as traditional cameras. Fitzharris encourages photographers to rise above technology and remain sensitive to a landscape's changing moods. Everything needed to achieve professional results is covered, including:

• The best equipment and how to use it
• Digital camera considerations
• Detailed field techniques for a wide variety of natural settings
• Using filters
• Fine art composition, simplified and diagrammed
• A step-by-step guide to recognizing and finding great scenic shooting sites
• Getting a correct exposure every time
• Recording mirror-like reflections in lakes and shooting postcard-perfect sunrises and sunsets
• Creating high-quality panorama images
• Post-production basics, including image selection and color correction.

Filled with tips and strategies, this outstanding guide includes all that's required for taking professional-caliber photographs of great landscapes.

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Great book full of usable information
This book is a must if you want to excel in landscape photography. It is simple and to the point. It will touch must of landscape topics.
I read it once and consult constantly.
It also have excellent photographs.

Excellent resource
I've recently been reading a slew of books on the subject of landscape photography. Probably I'm dreaming too much about being published one day on the pages of National Geographic, Audubon Magazine or Outdoor Photographer. Tim Fitzharris' National Audubon Society Guide to Landscape Photography (Firefly Books) is the last one in the series, so it's fresh in my memory, and it's one of the best, so I thought I'd write a review of it.

This book, of course, is for aspiring landscape photographer, but it assumes you have a good knowledge of the bases of the photography craft. You won't find here explanations of the exposure triangle, what ISO means, or other trivial stuff that you can find in any introductory text about photography, or for free on the Web. To be honest, you won't find a great deal of deeply technical stuff in this book, like for instance formulas to compute the hyperfocal distance (you can look that up on the Web too).

You will find here, however, a good discussion of optimal lens aperture, exposure time, and how to meter in difficult situations. So it's not like the book is only full of fluffy, artistic advice about pleasing composition. On the contrary, most of the advice revolves around quite practical, down-to-earth matters, like finding the best time of the day and the best lighting conditions for the kind of shoots you have in mind (or, even better, how to find the right subjects for a given lighting condition). It contains invaluable information on how to best pack your gear, how to select the best tripod, how to use filters. It even provides suggestions for how to dress for shooting in the desert, near the water, on the mountains.

Someone might think that all of this is of marginal importance, compared to the actual act of shooting, but I have a hunch it's fundamental instead. Being in the right place, at the right time, with the right equipment, warm and dry, is as important to getting a beautiful picture as carrying along the right lens. I have even earmarked some of the pages, like the one where using a photo vest with pouches instead of a traditional backpack is recommended, or the one about dressing with zippers instead of layers, for future reference.

Another recommendation that I think could be extremely useful is the one about getting familiar with a set of typical, recurring design templates. They embody eternal principles of composition that are common to all visual arts and can be invaluable in helping photographers to pre-visualize a shot and to recognize compositions that can often lead to a successful picture. As always, the advice to avoid stereotypes and occasionally think out of the box applies.

Any good photography book would not be complete without a selection of gorgeous pictures and this one is no exception. Tim Fitzharris' photographs are indeed among the finest. They're the kind of pictures that typically end up being published on the pages of the above-mentioned magazines, or on fancy calendars and posters. They are all colorful pictures of striking, natural, unspoiled landscapes, taken around sunrise or sunset and perfectly focused and exposed... well, now that I think of it, there are maybe too many colorful, striking, natural, unspoiled landscapes here. They were all taken in the American West, too. And the colors scream "Velvia" with a loud voice: Even the digital captures have that warm Velvia look. What I mean is that, just maybe, they smack just a tiny bit of manierism. I would have liked to see an occasional black&white shot, a rule-breaking, unusual composition, some human element, maybe even a blurry picture. Something artsy-fartsy that would surprise me, I don't know. Anyway, I guess most buyers of this book will have no problem with that, it's just a minor peeve on my part.

I've read some reviews complaining that all of the pictures in the book were taken with medium format cameras, and that's true. The 645 format is almost exclusively represented, with a near 50/50 split between analog and digital. Does that mean that us poor mortals with a 35mm DSLR, or even one with an APS-C sensor, cannot get any valuable information from this book? I don't think so. Aside from every gem contained here and which applies to what you should do before you even start shooting, even the technical shooting information can be applied, as long as you know how to convert focal lengths according to the size of your sensor or film.

In the end, my opinion is that Tim Fitzharris' book is a very good resource. It does not certainly cover every aspect of landscape photography, but what it covers, it does so from the perspective of a long career on the field and in a very clear and concise style. Other books (and I hope to review them here shortly) might cover different aspects, and their authors might disagree with some things that Fitzharris writes, so you should probably own more than one, but starting with National Audubon Society Guide to Landscape Photography is not the worst thing that you could do.

Very Good Guide
I have purchased and studied a number of books on this topic.This book provides the best overall introduction to landscape photography I have found.I highly recommend it.

Stunning Pictures, But Little to Offer.
After reading a number of great reviews, I ordered this book.The book falls way short of offering much to an enthusiast landscape photographer.At best, it is a self-promotion by the author.

I fail to understand (despite presumed conversion of the lens factors) the wisdom of offering medium and large format camera specifications for a mostly 35 mm DSLR readership.

No doubt that the author is a master photographer but he hardly provides technical details worth replicating.

There is a lot of material freely available on the web, especially on the websites of the major camera brands, that is superior to the information provided in this book.

Tim Fitzharris's Landscape Photography
Highly recommended!Over the years, I have read and bought many books on Landscape photography. As pointed out by others, many authors spend an inordinateamount of time talking about just how they took a particular photograph, the highly technical aspects of picture taking or they simply ramble on in generalities about their philosophy on what constitutes great landscape photography --- all of which, in the net analysis, is of limited practical value to the hands-on, aspiring landscape photographer.

Fitzharris, on the other hand, renders things down to their essentials, all the way from shooting fundamentals, recommendations on best types of equipment, how to capture the kind of images you had always hoped for to post-production and digital processing.All of this is put into simple, easily understood terms for any photographer with a good grasp of the fundamentals of photography.Reading the book gave me the working knowledge and increased confidence to go out and shoot landscapes I previously thought were beyond my photographic abilities.

While Fitzharris' recommendations on specific equipment are outdated in that many of the items are no longer available, the equipment attributes outlined still apply and i used them to upgrade my own equipment with improved results in my photographs.For illustrative purposes in his photographic examples, Fitzharris also used equipment that the average photographer may have no need for (ie. larger format cameras), but in no way should this diminish his point of what is indeed possible with the right approach and application of basic techniques and some forethought.

Again, the single, best single, practical book I have read on Landscape photography and highly recommended. ... Read more

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The glorious spirit infused energy of California is filled with more wondrous beauty than is visible to the naked eye.Share with THE PSYCHIC ARTIST,Grace Divine,as she hikes through the California Prairie,seeing with her psychic eye and taking thousands of photographs of the land at key 'energy' points whenever she senses interesting energy pockets. Afterward,Grace Divine,chooses the photographs that she senses are heavily infused with psychic energy. She then photoshops these images to assimilate more closely what she as a psychic,sees,so that you too, can share her psychic vision. This book is part of a series of books dedicated to THE PSYCHIC ART MOVEMENT as founded by Grace Divine.THE PSYCHIC ART MOVEMENT expresses the world through the inspired artist's perspective.It is expressed via different mediums including art,photography,writing,music and other mediums.The subject of this book, the California prairie, offers an abundance of psychic energy available to the inspired artist to intake, discover and express.Share with Grace Divine as she shares her psychic visions with you.To learn more aboutthe Psychic Art Movement please visit www.gracedivine.com. ... Read more

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Catalog of the exhibition: Florence, Villa Bardini, 15 July - 28 September 2008. Italian & English text. ... Read more

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Motorways, airports, tower blocks, power stations, windfarms; TV and the internet, easy travel and shrinking distances; business parks, starter homes and vast shopping and leisure complexes. All of these helped define the later 20th-century world and their material remains remind us of the major changes brought about through innovation and rapidly developing technology.Illustrated with striking aerial and ground photographs of some stunning and sometimes surprising 20th-century landscapes, Images of Change highlights for perhaps the first time the impact the developments of the last century have had on the landscape and gives us a new angle on the industrial, military, domestic and agricultural influences at work around us. By turns dramatic, beautiful, perhaps even shocking, the images and accompanying text will convince that the later 20th century should not be seen as an age that has devalued or destroyed what went before.Understanding how the 20th-century landscape is perceived and how it connects to the past is part of what this book is about - helping us to understand that change and creation is as important in the landscape as preservation. We recognise and celebrate the process of landscape change for earlier periods - the 20th century should be no different. ... Read more

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Bicycle races present some of the most dramatic action scenes in sports. Add to that the snowy Swiss Alps, the sunflowers of the South of France, the twisted mountain roads above the blue Mediterranean, and one has a book for both landscape lovers and bicycle enthusiasts. Organized by season, the book takes readers around the globe, from the Australian championships to the Tour de France, highlighting the majesty and grit of the sport against a backdrop of exquisite, compelling scenery. The book includes some of Watson's most famous landscape shots as well as many never-before published photographs. ... Read more

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Landscapes of Cycling
Fantastic collection of competetive cycling images from around the World by Graham Watson.

Even for non-cyclists the scenery is spectacular and a great book for the coffee table. ... Read more

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Not bad
Overall I found this book to be helpful.It covers a wide range of techniques that should come in handy at some point.I had a few complaints however.Many of the techniques were useless/cheesy although they may be worth learning for a purely educational purpose.The process isn't always clear, and it reads like a list rather than explaining some of the problems you may experience on a wide range of photos.Some of the tips could also be broken down into a paragraph when in fact they cover a few pages.I'd say it's best for people that want to learn a few tricks using photoshop and have minimal experience with the program.

Phony-looking results
This book promises to enable the photographer to use Photoshop to not only enhance his or her photos, but create entirely new landscapes by integrating other images, creating "weather" that wasn't there at the time of shooting, etc., etc.

This could be an invaluable book if the results were credible-looking.Unfortunately, they aren't, with the final images looking much like something out of a computer-graphics-heavy fantasy epic movie from around a decade or more ago.Impressive just on the basis of effort, but still obviously fake.And while there may be enough of a willing suspension of disbelief for an audience watching "Beast Tamer XIV:The Final Battle," when it comes to a still photograph that can be lingered over, "kind of close (but not really)" just doesn't cut it.

Great Examples for Landscape Photograhers
I saw this book at a retail store and then found it on Amazon.It is a great book with many examples that are customized for the photographer using Photoshop.Combine this book with your Scott Kelby books and you have a good library for a photographer.
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A new approach to the conventional handbook, this essential guide avoids the traditional, textbook style in favour of a highly visual, contemporary design. Intelligent use of diagrams, illustrations and photographs allows for a more concise text which is easy to follow at all times. Every aspect of producing digital landscape photographs is covered with the creative process broken down into the four key stages: capturing, scanning, manipulating and printing the image. The author covers the production of singular images as well as more complex processes involving several images as a montage or mosaic. ... Read more

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Very practical and helpful
This book, while concentrating on landscape photography, can be used as an intro guide for all kinds of digital work. Easy to use format allows you to work through a project while introducing you to techniques you can then explore further on your own. I've recommended it to several people, including a couple of very experienced film photographers, and everyone has found it to be a good resource.

Note that this book doesn't explain PhotoShop or other photo editing programs, though it incorporates them, but is organized by project or function that the photographer wants to accomplish. If you want a tutorial on photo-editing programs, this book will not meet this purpose. I do think the book is very accessible to beginners, and that it has something to offer to all digital photographers. I believe the clarity of the writing and the step by step format of the book make this possible.

Good examples and inspiration
I am an amateur with experience in film and digital. I got interested in digital because powerful tools are more affordable than their film counterparts. For example, I don't need tons of filters, hugely expensive light kits or my own colour lab; a good camera, a simple lighting kit, Photoshop and a good photo printer go a long way for a fraction of the price. If you're that kind of person, you'll love this book.

I recommend this book because (1) it's different from most "digital photography" book and (2) it follows a very practical format.

The digital photographer's handbook to landscapes and cityscapes covers material that you will find in other Photoshop 101 books: adjustment layers, stamp/corrector, color correction, etc. but it has a unique twist: it works through projects that are clearly aimed at the amateur photographer. Specifically the author does not assume you very expensive, professional gear but rather that you use a digicam and a tripod. The book shows how to make the best out of what you own in the digital darkroom.

Still, I liked the other titles in the series (Portraits and Travel) better. Maybe because I have more experience with landscape than with portraiture.

A word of warning though: it does not replace a good introduction to your image editing package of choice. In fact the book is very light on application specific information. Whether you own Photoshop Elements, PaintShopPro or PhotoImpact, you will want to get a tutorial first and use this book as inspiration afterwards. ... Read more

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"Presented here are 180 exquisite color photographs ofthe Lake District, the most scenic region of northwest England. Talbotaims his camera at the area's meadows and woodlands, at its lakes,mountains, hills, flowers, waterfalls, and valleys. There are photosof cobbled lanes and courtyards, swans, sheep, and farms. Talbotphotographs the ruins of an abbey, a spectacular green cavern, and redsandstone cliffs. There are photos of castles, churches, andchurchyards, a stone boathouse, stone bridges and walls, and stonesplaced in a circle more than 3,500 years ago. Whiteman's textdescribes the region's history, literary and artistic connections,geography, geology, architecture, and customs. The next best thing tobeing there!" -Booklist- ... Read more

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Splendid, stunning landscapes, beautiful photography
The authors have visited one of the loveliest areas of England, the Lakelands, which I understand were popularized by Wordsworth in his poetry.Having been to England but always having missed this area, I am so pleasedto have this book.The scenes are gorgeous.The photography is true art,just beautiful. ... Read more

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Combining inspiration, experience, and technique, this guide to landscape photography goes beyond traditional realistic landscapes and teaches photographers to create their own impressionistic images of the natural world. Instructions are provided for such camera techniques as lens movement, lighting, filtration, and creative exposure, so that photographers can manipulate their images to have dreamlike qualities. Techniques such as sandwiching negatives, controlling contrast and grain, and color control can be used on their own or with the camera techniques to yield spectacular results. ... Read more

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Photographing Creative Landscapes by Michael Orton
I found the book very interesting and helpful.It challenges and motivates the reader to be creative when indulging in photography, thus rising above the level of record-type shotmaking.It is not a technical "how-to" book although many technical guide lines are given, often succintly.
However, the book is somewhat dated in as much as it refers extensively to Orton's slide sandwiching techniques.More examples and discussion of digital photographic techniques would be welcome.
Overall it is a book that should be of value to any amateur landscape photographer.

Great Book
This is a super book for the advanced photographer. I doesn't teach you nuts and bolts, but makes you think outside the box of normal photography. It teaches you the creative side of it. If you love photography this is a must have....

Enthusiastically recommended for students of photography
In Photographing Creative Landscapes: Simple Tools For Artistic Images And Enhanced Creativity, professional landscape photographer Michael Orton shows how to expand one's creativity and learn to photograph artistic images drawn from the world that surrounds us. He shows how to develop a more artistic approach to photography, expand options for photographing the landscape, how to apply creative photographic controls to any image, as well as find sources of creative inspiration and using them to improve photographic works. Orton also draws upon his many years of expertise and experience to show how to use color to capture mood and emotion; add motion for dynamic images; capture subtle details; the dramatic use of natural light; adding flash for artistic effects; incorporation multiple exposures and sandwiched images for a "painterly" look. Photographing Creative Landscapes is enthusiastically recommended for students of photography in general, and photography buffs seeking to improve their images of natural landscapes in particular. ... Read more

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A superb portfolio of pictures by one of Canada's greatest photographers.

Canada's landscape is like no other. Its sheer diversity is staggering: vast prairies and forests, impressive coastlines, majestic inland lakes and rivers, and urban parklands. Each season adds its own dimension of beauty.

As much as it reveals the geography of a country, landscape photography also documents the random events, whether fleeting or grand, that capture the essence of a country.

This magnificent collection spans 20 years of the work of Canada's renowned landscape photographer, J.A. Kraulis: a flash of lightning exploding across a summer sky; a sudden winter storm descending on an otherwise tranquil coastal bay; the surface of a lake, caught in a moment of stillness, mirroring the world around it.

These 150 handsome color photographs record the vast and beautiful Canadian landscape. They tell the tale not only of a country, but also of the photographer's inspiring relationship with it. ... Read more

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Great pictures, but....
Janis Kraulis has been making his mark as a Canadian landscape photographer for a long time. I have books involving him dating back to the 1970s, when he edited the brilliant (and long out of print) The Art of Canadian Nature Photography.

No doubt about it, he has a wonderful eye and knows how to string sentences together. He also knows how to assemble pictures in an interesting way, often putting scenes thousands of kilometres apart together on facing pages by virtue of some common element such as a rock pattern or colour of flower.

Sadly, however, he has fallen into the trap of excessive filter use advocated by the likes of fellow Canucks Daryl Benson and Darwin Wiggett. They constantly over-use blue-yellow polarizers, enhancers and graduated density filters (which darken parts of pictures) and Kraulis seems firmly in that camp.

This means you are constantly staring at photos that seem glaringly unrealistic -- with light foregrounds and ridiculously dark backgrounds/horizons, plus garishly hued rocks and water. After awhile, it becomes tiresome.

And why so little information in the photo captions? Sure, this book is aimed mostly at the non-photographer who wants something nice on the coffee table, but since there was usually tons of space on each page for captions, why not add something for photo enthusiasts, such as why the picture works on an artistic level or when/how he achieved the final result?

In the end, you'll probably like Grand Landscapes of Canada. But something more real and natural and appealing to photographers would have been better ... Read more

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This volume presents the rich, but under-utilised and in parts inaccessible, archival historic aerial imagery, traditional photographs and those captured from satellites, for the exploration and management of cultural heritage. An unparalleled resource, much of it from the 1940s, for archaeologists and all with an interest in landscapes, images spanning the second half of the 20th century provide an unrivalled means of documenting and understanding change and informing the study of the past.Case studies, written by leading experts in their fields, illustrate the applications of this imagery across a wide range of heritage issues, from prehistoric cultivation and settlement patterns, to the impact of recent landscape change. Contemporary environmental and land use issues are also dealt with, in a volume that will be of interest to archaeologists, historians, geographers and those in related disciplines.David C Cowley, an archaeologist who has published extensively on aspects of aerial survey and photography, manages the RCAHMS aerial survey programme and is a former Chairman of the Aerial Archaeology Research Group. ... Read more

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Inspiration for landscape phtographers
This book is organized by the calendar since the months are covered in separate chapters. The pictures are very good. The 'why' and 'how' of each picture is described with each picture. This helped me in improving my own photography.

Very nice but...
Pros: The pictures are organized by season, the author explein very wall conditions and tips on taking pictures in his travel.

Cons:
- The author uses my grandfather camera. All showed settings on pictures are useless for amateurs with digital SRL.
- The author has taken most of the pictures on north England and Scotland. So it focuses on specific region weather tips.

Wonderful pictures, excellent prose
U.K. photographer Peter Watson goes over British/Scottish/Welsh landscape photographic opportunities throughout each month. His pictures are extraordinary, many with phenomenal skies. That's one of his keys and you can tell he has a great deal of patience (and, apparently, a flexible schedule) to be in the right place at the right time.

As a photographer, I found his explanations behind each picture excellent -- detailed, yet still fascinating to anyone with any sort of interest in the artistic process of photography. But those pictures! They'll keep you coming back to Light in the Landscape time and time again.

As it's apparently not available here, try ordering it through amazon.uk. ... Read more

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Wide ranging and comprehensive, this book covers everything from traditional pastoral scenes to urban and industrial landscapes. There is sound technical information on cameras, film and lenses, plus plenty of practical advice on lighting, composition and perspective. ... Read more

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Great book for a great price.
Brian Bower does it again with a great Leica book. Many color photos taken by summicrons, summiluxes, and most other Leica lenses on mostly Kodachrome 25 and 64. Great book on how to use the Leica systems to take landscape and cityscape photographs for optimal results. Highly recommend. ... Read more

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This book is a complete guide to photographing, developing, and creatively printing images of the landscape. Eddie Ephraums, an acclaimed photographer and printer, describes in detail the techniques he uses to create fine-art prints. A full guide to equipment, darkroom set-up, film processing, printing, and toning is included together with many examples and step-by-step instructions from the negative to the finished print.

Landscape photography is not a passive process. It is a creative process, an opportunity to express ourselves in the form of an individually crafted print-utilizing the creative elements of photography.

Also Recommended: "Beyond Monochrome," "The Complete Photographer." ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

Superb, if a little daunting, an aspiring volume
I come at this book as someone who wishes to improve their darkroom technique beyond the obvious burn-in-the-sky and dodge-the-face level.I also come at this from someone wishing to exploit at least some, if not most of the advantages of the Zone System, where in most guides the idea is to minimise print manipulation.

There is no doubting that the work in this book is outstanding, if not a little stylised.It takes you from a basic proof print, to an image representing more artwork than photograph, and if that is the school that you wish to follow, then this is simple the best book for you.A decent knowledge of darkroom techniques is required to get the best out of this book, I would disagree if someone said it was for the beginner, it is simply not.Also when trying out the processes in the darkroom for yourself, it requires skill already gained and an experienced eye that a beginner simply would not have, the art of working out what the Author is trying to accomplish, and then applying that to your own work takes time and effort and skill, you aren't given a copy of the Authors negatives to practise his technique!It also requires some hefty equipment, most noticably a highly accurate and programmable Enlarger timer, a switch and a stopwatch are not sufficient, and so it should be, as beginner printers need to move beyond that on their way to becoming master printers.

Useful as well is the breakdown by image is the technical section.A very valuable resource but can be found in several other books.

The way I find this book to be most useful is when judging my own work.Having a proof print, and then referring to the book for similar aspects in the Authors work, and imagining, and trying, to implement the techniques.

This is not a book to read and admire, but to take time, be that months or even years, and learn from, but beware not to copy, but to find a level of manipulation that suits your style.

Getting the most out of smaller negatives.
Getting the most out of smaller negatives.

One of the problems that the small format (35mm) photographer faces when using faster film (ASA 400) is that the subsequent loss of detail makes truly representative imagery difficult to accomplish.Used to the techniques of large format specialists such as Ansel Adams or John Sexton, we have come to expect big prints with breathtaking depth and detail.In addition, large format negatives permit fine manipulations of contrast and perspective.This often convinces the 35mm SLR owner that good black and white landscape work is beyond his or her reach.

Fortunately, this is not true.Eddie Ephraums fine volume on landscape printmaking is a study in using the characteristics of the smaller camera as stepping off points instead of limitations.Ephraums' moody stylings, full of burning in, contrast manipulation, and toning are exciting images that actually benefit from the presence of grain and softness.He takes twenty images and presents complete details on both the thought process and the darkroom work needed to produce the final result.These alone are a gold mine of creative information.

The remainder of the book is a technical section that covers everything from darkroom setup to print finishing.Each subject is lucidly presented, with excellent photographs.Although an experience darkroom worker I still found much food for thought.I especially liked the sections on image and print assessment, as well as his coverage of toning.The last part of the book a formulary and a good section of tables and charts.

While the book is well enough written for the beginner to use, I think someone with a modicum of experience taking and making pictures will benefit the most.This is not a read it once and forget it kind of book.You will find yourself returning to it often when you are faced with the puzzle of how to get down on paper what you saw in your mind.

Excellent
Step by step technical data for each image in the book is included.There are notes on each image from its original creation, film used, developing, lighting all the way to printing and toning data.The first straight print is included alongside the final print, so yo uare able to see how the results of careful and creative darkroom work. Charts on the areas dodged and burned, bleached and toned are included to walk you through to the creation of the final image.The appendix includes several toner recipes all of which are very good. ... Read more

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