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No — notwithstanding the title — this has nothing to do with fishing or hunting. But, rather, it is about two different styles of doing landscape photography.On this page I show examples of the two styles which exists in my own work, and describe an example of each — interestingly — taken just one day apart.
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The Fisherman
Thefishermanstyle photographer takes a slow and contemplative approach. He waits for the light to be just right. He may even wait and return to a specific spot that has been noted as having potential at a different time of year. Most large format landscape photographers fall into this category, though of course it's a matter of temperament as much as of equipment. Here is the story of the making of one such photograph.
We were on a 5 day photographic trip in Southern Utah. My companions on this shoot wereSteve Kossack, southwestern U.S. photographic guide, andAlain Briot,the well known large forma...

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