Podcast #37: Witnessing and Holding the Beauty in Landscape Photography -- An Interview with Stephen Johnson

Join us as Stephen Johnson reveals the secrets of what it takes to capture nature's beauty and master landscape photography

By Andrea on February 2, 2009 9:08 PM | Permalink | Comments ()

The challenge of landscape photography is one of the most rewarding a photographer can tackle. How do you even begin to capture the grandeur of a mountain or the delicate beauty of a flower field? Is it possible to freeze the essence of a majestic sunrise in a single frame? It is, and during his 7 Photography Questions interview, Stephen Johnson is going to tell us how.

The World as Your Subject

When you're photographing landscapes what you see isn't always what you get. It's not uncommon for a photographer to shoot a brilliant scene, only to find that the resulting photograph isn't anything like what was seen when the picture was taken. When you're tackling landscape photography, how do you capture the scenery as you see it before you?

Master landscape photographer Stephen Johnson is answering this question and more as he fields our listeners' top 7 landscape photography questions. Some of the secrets Stephen reveals during his interview include:

• The biggest challenge of landscape photography.

• What Van Gogh has to do with a landscape photographer's work.

• The single biggest mistake people make when taking landscape photographs.

• Why selective focus isn't a landscape photographer's friend.

Listen now as Stephen answers these questions and more during his 7 Photography Questions interview.

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