Light on the Landscape

WHISPERS IN THE FOG

A MANTRA FOR MAKING CLEAN, CLEAR PHOTOGRAPHS

Simplicity. Subtlety. These are words I value in landscape photography. I love making quiet and simple images. I strive to distill aspects of nature that whisper and entice the viewer to delve deeper—into the image and, most importantly, into nature.

A common tendency for landscape photographers is to include too much information: too many mountains or trees, too much foreground or sky. It is a natural and enthusiastic response to a great location or scene. Let’s describe it all! After all, it is the entire 360-degree, multisensory experience of sight, sound, and smell that makes us raise up our cameras. It is difficult to tell the whole story in one frame, so what happens most ...