p.1 #1 · Death Valley photographs... (and an interview in "On Landscape")
On Landscape, the online photography journal, recently interviewed me. Should you be interested, you can find the interview here. (I see they mentioned FM in the article, too. :-) ) *
4/21: Updated with an image of the issue cover featuring one of my photographs — see my comment later in this thread.
And some new stuff from a very recent trip to Death Valley...
p.1 #2 · Death Valley photographs... (and an interview in "On Landscape")
Congrats, Dan.. I went to the link, and you need a subscription to read the whole interview. I will most likely subscribe—stunning image on many levels. I really like are the colors and the way you composed, i.e., the angle you choose creates a 3d feeling to the image, a very dynamic composition.
p.1 #6 · Death Valley photographs... (and an interview in "On Landscape")
Thanks everyone.
Bob, I made a point of spending time off the beaten track (with the obvious exception of the dunes) on this trip. Death Valley is a great place for social distancing! :-)
p.1 #7 · Death Valley photographs... (and an interview in "On Landscape")
Lovely work as usual. I would be interested in reading the whole article if it enters the "free" domain at some point. EDIT: didn't mean to make that sound cheap on my end (although maybe it is anyways) but meant that I try to keep my subscriptions rather minimal and my costs down in that arena.
p.1 #8 · Death Valley photographs... (and an interview in "On Landscape")
Beautiful photos of one of my favorite CA places! I love the first one with the varied and unspoiled textures (ie, no footprints in the dunes). Congratulations on the interview and article.
p.1 #11 · Death Valley photographs... (and an interview in "On Landscape")
Sanderson, dallier, fotografur, and psharvic... Thanks!
I understand about it being a stretch to subscribe to every publication that has an interesting article in it. It isn't like the old days when you could just go and buy an issue that you wanted to read. (At least I think that's true with On Landscape.)
I wasn't originally familiar with On Landscape, but it is a pretty fine resource, and it has international coverage. I think that folks whose main focus (or at least a major part of their focus) is landscape photography might find it worth the subscription cost.
My interactions with them in creating the interview were quite professional. They were well prepared and working far ahead of their deadline. There was time for some back and forth and refinement of my responses, so I think we were able to achieve a good quality result. (I've worked occasionally with folks who weren't so prepared, so that impressed me.)
The interview covers quite a bit of ground: how I came to doing photography (and a particular detour I took along the way), a few particular way points in my development as a photographer, a bit about how I see landscape, the usual (brief) report on the gear I use, a few words about how I approach post-processing, the role of printing in my work, who influenced me (though I couldn't possibly include everyone), some background about a few favorites among my photographs, and more. It also includes a baker's dozen photographs, most of which I don't think I've ever shared here.
(If you snoop around my website, particularly in the Articles section, you can find some similar material, but it isn't collected in one spot as in this article.)
p.1 #13 · Death Valley photographs... (and an interview in "On Landscape")
I'm hesitant about pushing a thread back up to the top, but I just saw a cover for the On Landscape / 228 issue that features one of my photographs from the Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park backcountry along with a reference to the article.
p.1 #16 · Death Valley photographs... (and an interview in "On Landscape")
The first and last images really capture the essence of Death Valley. Congratulations on being selected for the cover shot for On Landscape, it's well deserved.
p.1 #18 · Death Valley photographs... (and an interview in "On Landscape")
Thanks to both of you. The first (and last) do focus on a very familiar icon of the park, and one that provides unending varieties of photographic opportunities.
The middle two are more about parts of the park that are less known but in many ways at least as characteristic of the place.
In DEVA as in so many other parks, the notions of the place are often defined by a handful of justifiably famous, iconic locations, most of which are fairly accessible (and found on the park service brochures!). But DEVA is a truly vast place with remarkable surprises found in out of the way places. I've been going there for more than two decades pretty much every year, and I still find things that I had not seen or known about on every visit.
p.1 #20 · Death Valley photographs... (and an interview in "On Landscape")
etbull wrote:
I have never been to death valley, but your beautiful photos have put it on my bucket list.
Cool! I hope you get to go soon. I advise against going in the summer, despite the fact that some people choose that season because, well, "the place is famous for its heat, so that's what I want to experience!"
You probably don't... ;-)
Think November through about the first week or two of April. I live mid-winter there. The number of people can be much smaller and interesting skies are possible.
