Soft Dawn Soft Dawn I trudge down the beach, soft sand. It’s dark when I start, and maybe I use a headlamp and flashlight. Details I don’t remember. It’s early fall, so the temperature is just about perfect, little wind. Not much to see, not much catching my eye. I’m here for photography, but I surrender to nature and keep walking, something will come up. And it does … [Read more...]
Charles Martin Follow-up : Perique
The feature video profile on Lousiana photographer Charles Martin by Nick Taylor was a big hit on The Luminous Landscape this last month. As a result, we thought we'd post a small piece Nick shot looking at Charles' book on Tobacco farmers. Enjoy! https://luminous-landscape.wistia.com/medias/kdga0hszhm For more of Charles Martin's work: … [Read more...]
What is Personal style?
1 - Introduction In photography our personal style is the visual expression of our personal taste and personality. Your personal style defines what your photographs and your prints look like. Our style is characterized both by what we capture in the field and by the work we do to the image in the studio. It is characterized by the choices we make in the field and the … [Read more...]
Between Heaven and Here with Osheen Harruthoonyan
Photography has long opened its doors to abstraction, impressionism, and any number of imported refinements from other mediums. It has, in turn, enhanced and stimulated other mediums, such as painting and even music. The captured image; both still and moving, has continued to penetrate our culture and psychology in ways with which we can hardly keep up. We dream of pictures … [Read more...]
Review: Leica Q2
https://luminous-landscape.wistia.com/medias/kfv14oaodo?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=0 For a more in-depth product look, we interviewed Product Specialist for Leica Camera USA - Antonio DeBenedetto. https://luminous-landscape.wistia.com/medias/mhnzj09tyd?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 You can … [Read more...]
Beauty on the Bayou with Charles Martin
Note from the publisher: This is the first video in a new series which The Luminous Landscape will be producing that will profile renowned landscape photographers in the environments they live in or for which they are known. The idea is to capture photographers at work, to talk to them about their relationship with their landscape, and the particular challenges and photographic … [Read more...]
My friend Michael
This is the text of a speech I gave at Michael’s memorial in May 2016 I was Michael’s friend and business partner for many years. We laughed together in many places, saw many things and met many, many wonderful people. We enjoyed each others company. Michael photographed what he saw and I recorded Michael on video as he photographed. I then edited various pieces that wer … [Read more...]
Panoramic Viewpoint
Following my previous article which was a hands-on review of a Seitz Roundshot VR Drive motorized panoramic head, this essay is more conceptual, and totally hardware independent. I will address panoramic format, immersive viewpoint and panoramic composition, and present various ways of capturing and processing the panoramas. At the end of this essay, I will include a list of … [Read more...]
Midnight Rainbow #3: Still Standing By Slobodan Blagojevic
Still Standing In the fall last year, I found myself roaming the streets of Nicosia, Cyprus, a Mediterranean island with a turbulent past, like much of the region, and still-unresolved present. My initial, non-photographic reason for spending almost two weeks there didn’t pan out as expected, my ticket was non-refundable, and accommodation paid in advance. With nothing l … [Read more...]
Photographing The Art of Nature and The Transformative Power of Seeing
"Imagery is the natural language of our soul… it is the projection of our very essence. It is a gallery of portraits in our hearts that show us who we are. Imagery is the keeper of dreams; memories, ideas, visions and hopes. Imagery is the window into our soul. Imagery and feelings are twin souls, as they live for and in each other" The concept of "seeing" is nothing new in … [Read more...]
In The Studio: Custom Wood Handles with Matt Bennett
Matt Bennett is a cinematographer and artist who shoots much of the newest Luminous Landscape work. Matt will be traveling and documenting new gear reviews and filming on-location interviews. He is a consummate innovator and perfectionist. When he showed up to film a recent segment with us, we noticed his custom camera handle rig and we needed to find out more. Matt was … [Read more...]
What’s in the Bag with Dave Gillespie
Dave Gillespie is a well known commercial photographer in Toronto. I know him primarily through the music scene, but I have on occasion seen him stalking the streets and shooting at all hours. He has been a regular user of The Luminous Landscape and a fan of Michael Reichmann since the early century. I ran into Dave at a show of Michael’s at Pikto gallery in T … [Read more...]
Profile: Light From Above With Jacob Mitchell
My old bandmate Yuri told me once that the secret to seeing the world anew was to look up. The lesson was offered as we strolled down a busy street, kicking trash and our thoughts into the gutter. I have followed his advice. A world of architectural oddities and shapes spiraling off into the sky or entangled with trees and wires emerge above us in cities. It … [Read more...]
Believing Is Seeing – Insight, Meditation and Photography Part 1
Accompanying photographs are mine. The intention is to share some of my work which is conjured with the approach and spirit outlined in this essay. Intro: If we are lucky enough to have the gift of sight, we can express this gift to others. We can share and relate what we see and in so doing, discover how we see and more astonishingly just who is doing the seeing. … [Read more...]
Midnight Rainbow #2: Red Bud Morning by Gerald (Jerry) Rowles, PhD
After the dreariness of winter begins to subside, the promise of Spring can be sensed in the warming and greening. The anticipation of blossoms grows with each day’s dawning, with an underlying eagerness to experience the sensations of rebirth and new possibilities. For many of us, the royal colors of the Red Bud are among the most palpably anticipated. Their brief lives em … [Read more...]
