Immersion Course: Essay and Photographs by William Neill

January 6, 2011 ·

William Neill

Black Oak Leaves, El Capitan Meadow, Yosemite National Park, California  1983Camera: Wista 45  Lens: Rodenstock Sironar-N 210mm f/5.6

One important goal for landscape photographers, or any photographer, is to develop a body of images that shows both depth and creativity.  Making images that are innovative is hard enough, but it is very difficult to sustain it.  Especially if you aspire to market your images, then showing a sustained level of excellence in your portfolio will draw attention to your work.  There is so much generic imagery and so much competition that uniqueness is at a premium.

 

Manzanita braches after forest fire, Yosemite National Park, California  1984Camera: Wista 45  Lens: Fujinon SW 90mm f/8One of the keys to develop depth in your work is to observe, and photograph, a chosen landscape for an extended period. The best opportunity is to explore a local nature preserve that you can return to often, during dif...

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William Neill, an American photographer and resident of Yosemite National Park area since 1977, is a renowned nature and landscape photographer. Neill's award-winning photography has been widely published in books, magazines, calendars, posters, and his limited-edition prints have been collected and exhibited in museums and galleries nationally, including the Museum of Fine Art Boston, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, The Vernon Collection, and The Polaroid Collection. Neill has received the Sierra Club's Ansel Adams Award for conservation photography and is an emeritus member of Canon USA’s elite Explorers of Light. Neill's assignment and published credits include National Geographic, Smithsonian, Natural History, National Wildlife, Conde Nast Traveler, Gentlemen's Quarterly, Travel and Leisure, Wilderness, Sunset, Sierra and Outside magazines. Also, he writes a regular column, On Landscape, for Outdoor Photographer magazine. Feature articles about his work have appeared in Life, Camera and Darkroom, Outdoor Photographer and Communication Arts, from whom he has also received five Awards of Excellence. His corporate clients have included Sony Japan, Bayer Corporation, Canon USA, Nike, Nikon, The Nature Company, Hewlett Packard, 3M, Freidrick Grohe, Neutrogena, Sony Music/Classical, University of Cincinnati, Mirabaud, Bear Sterns and UBS Global Asset Management. He is the photographic author of many books including The Sense of Wonder,The Tree, By Nature's Design, The Color of Nature and Traces of Time. A portfolio of his Yosemite photographs has been published Yosemite: The Promise of Wildness and a retrospective monograph of his landscape photography entitled Landscapes Of The Spirit.

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