Landscapes & Waterscapes
Landscape photography is all about capturing the beauty of unspoiled places to bring dwindling wilderness areas into the public eye. Many landscape photographers provide images to environmental protection organizations. Noted organizations use professional and amateur photographers’ work to further the preservation cause.
Below are a small selection of my own photographs from around the world from Scotland to Austria. Through these photographs I aim to capture the natural beauty of the world around us and bring it into the public eye.
Wildlife
Wildlife photography is devoted to capturing interesting animals in action, such as eating, fighting, or in flight. Although usually shot in the wild, game farms are also a frequent location for wildlife photography.
The techniques of wildlife photography differ greatly from those used in landscape photography. For example, in wildlife photography wide apertures are used to achieve a fast shutter speed, freeze the subject’s motion, and blur the backgrounds, while landscape photographers prefer small apertures. Wildlife is also usually shot with long telephoto lenses from a great distance; the use of such telephoto lenses frequently necessitates the use of a tripod (since the longer the lens, the harder it is to handhold).
Macro
One of the great joys of photography is the way in which it can be used for different purposes by different people. Some people choose to use photography as an artistic medium by producing abstract imagery, other people create detailed, accurate representations of real life. One of the best ways of creating the accurate representations is through macro photography.
