I woke at 3:30 am this morning and climbed the hill hoping for some mist and mood but what I got was just as good. There was a small gap in the clouds which allowed warm golden light to saturate the landscape and provide a nice mood to the scene.
I woke at 3:30 am this morning and climbed the hill hoping for some mist and mood but what I got was just as good. There was a small gap in the clouds which allowed warm golden light to saturate the landscape and provide a nice mood to the scene.
I love that you're photographing near where you live ... so much "landscape" photography seems based on landmarks that've been shot to death. You definitely got a dramatic sky and gorgeous golden light. I looked at your profile. The shots along the river/waterfall are very well-done technically - for which, kudos, for having put in the time and effort to develop your skills - but didn't give me a sense of a particular time and place. This one's more interesting to me. Writers are always being told to "write what you know." It's good advice for photographers, too. I'd encourage you to keep looking for beauty close to home; the next step after technical mastery is developing a unique, person vision.
You're comment is perfectly timed and means much more to me than you could ever know, You see I have been struggling with my photography of late. Torturing my self wondering what direction should I go with photography? Do I travel and try to get recognition that way? Everyone else is already doing that so I would be a drop of water in an ocean of photographers. I suspect many a dream has been crushed this way. Now my next question do I upgrade my gear? I am thinking full frame DSLR or mirror less but since i`m pretty used to DSLRs I might just stick with that. My dream and probably all of our dreams is to be known in the photography world, for people to look at my work and say "That`s a Chris Hawkins" and with no dis respect to the D7100 as it has served me well but I do not think I would be able to get good recognition with an entry to mid level camera. I will gladly take you're advice and keep shooting the beauty that is on my door step but for developing a unique personal vision.. Now that is the real challenge. Thank you taking the time to look at my profile. With there being so many photographers on here it is very easy to get overlooked and lost in websites.
Thanks for your very kind words. I went from aps-c to FF; Fuji X Pro to Nikon D600. For the night shooting I do, it was an improvement. OTOH, I could've bought a medium format film scanner and some old Mamiyas, and that would've been interesting, too.
Figure out what you need your gear to do. If the gear you have doesn't do it, then figure out what will.
Honestly, the best way to develop a unique style is to shamelessly plagiarize the photographers you like. Keith Richards started out wanting only to be able to play like Chuck Berry.
The point of copying, of course, is that you learn to "reverse engineer" other people's pictures, and that's how you master both vision and technique.
Good luck with your quest.