saw this guy's port.. http://www.brandonriza.com/index.htm

great website and photos on top of that.

any idea how he's getting such crazy even lighting and colors?

When I saw that no one had replied, I was prepared for something pretty mediocre when I clicked the link, but this is quite compelling work. A few things caught my attention during by quick look this morning:

1. He certainly has a fine eye for subjects that work well in the wide, panoramic presentation - framing is quite wonderful.

2. His attention to exposure is impeccable, especially in the way he handles the bright tones of snow. Did you notice that?

3. As one who has spent many, many days and nights in portions of the Sierra Nevada included in the gallery photographs, I can say that he does a fine job of capturing the feeling of the place.

Thanks for the recommendation.

Dan

Very nice , thanks for the link! Some of the shots dispersed inbetween like the watch really puts you there.... would hate to load that website on a slow connection tho lol

Wow, thanks Dan for reinforcing bronfufu's recommendation. I've bookmarked his work. This is some of the finest WA stuff I've ever seen and frank just plain great photography.
any idea how he's getting such crazy even lighting and colors? At a minimum I believe he is using very narrow apertures and long shutter times for a number of his more atmospheric shots. Past that, lots of patience, I guess.

Thanks for the tip!
Robert

Amazing site. That guy gets around for sure!!
Check out his videos, including one of his ACL repair!!

yes.. its great..

i dont see any weird discoloration for polarization either.. im guessing a lot of graduated filters perhaps?

any landscape vets wanna chime in on his possible methods?

saved as a favorite

i feel like I just went on a world hiking tour, crazy cool stuff, bookmarked for sure.

bronfufu wrote:
yes.. its great..

i dont see any weird discoloration for polarization either.. im guessing a lot of graduated filters perhaps?

any landscape vets wanna chime in on his possible methods?



i don't think he used graduated filters. there are always tell-tale signs of that.

Whatever he does, it is pretty beautiful.

i'm starting to hate the graduated filter look truth be told.

I see some of the lighting is done in post. He also has a couple of scenes on there that look like some additional lighting was used. Check out the long exposure of the lone tree and stars. Also there is a cool plug-in for PS that can enable some of this lighting via post. Its called viveza.

Now I do not know how he got his lighting but I am saying you can emulate it. He obviously is a guy that spends a lot of time in his environment so the chances of him getting the magic light are much greater than those of us that chase it. You know what im talking about we drive like fools hoping to make a sunrise or sunset and here he is in his tent just waiting for it. Lucky Guy wish i could do the same but I dont have the resources or time. Someday maybe
Nice scenes in there.

I'm thinking that some of these are very "tastefully" done HDR blends with quite a bit of post.

For example:
This one

And this one

Those seem to exhibit rather impressive dynamic range, but don't appear to have employed a GND. At the very least I'd say he's blending exposures and using some very good masks.

I like the style. Particularly what he's managed to do with empty blue skies.

any ideas what is that lens he's using?


also, i don't feel it is HDR since images such as the dog (

That one obviously isnt. But some are definitely subtle HDR blends, but they arnt overdone and look good

what lens do you think that is for most his shots?