“Mr Rodriguez strongly denied that the wolf was a trained animal,” the BBC News reported on January 20.
Nonetheless Jose Luis Rodriguez was stripped of his first-place price for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year, the judges disqualifying him based on his subject probably being a “model,” even though they had already awarded Rodriguez first prize in October 2009 — out of 43,000 competition entries.
Frankly, I don’t really care about the politics of this particular competition debacle. But the story grabbed my attention because — to me, before reading the article — the photograph of the jumping wolf rang out as staged.
I didn’t think, “The photographer staged this image.” It was just a gut reaction. Continue reading “What is “Nature Photography”?”
Tags: BBC News, Jose Luis Rodriguez, Landscape Photography, NANPA, Nature Photography, North American Nature Photographers Association, Photographic Specialities, Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Think agriculture photography sounds dull? I did. But then I started researching an article I’m currently writing on the topic for NANPA’s “Currents” magazine. What I have discovered is world of photography, with many top photographers committed to pushing their own creativity as they work to best capture what is, arguable, the most important industry on the planet.
It turns out that quite a bit of agricultural photography is dull — at least from a photographic standpoint. If you search the libraries of Grant Heilman Photography, Inc. and AGStockUSA, you will find tons of images that document very specific aspecst of the industry that I think you’ll find quite uninteresting — unless you happen to be keen on the topic.
Heilman and AGStockeUSA are two super stars in agricultural stock photography, and they are focused on meeting the specific demands of a unique market. (Who else is looking for “Holstein heifers about 10 months old” or “Frost on soybeans — 4 bean pod”?)
While some agricultural photography is dull, it turns out that some agricultural images are completely inspiring, either for Continue reading “New Perspectives From Agricultural Photographers”
Tags: Agricultural Photography, Currents, Dave Reede, David Reede, Inspiration, Landscape Photography, NANPA, Nature Photography, North American Nature Photographers Association, Photographic Specialities, Richard Hamiltion Smith, Stock Photography
