Photo Inspiration
10th Oct 07Some new books arrived today from Amazon.com.
On This Earth: Photographs from East Africa
by Nick Brandt (Author)
Work: The World in Photographs
by Ferdinand Protzman (Author)
Through the Lens: National Geographic's Greatest Photographs
by Leah Bendavid Val (Editor)
All three books look absolutely wonderful with some magnificent photography. I look forward to spending some time with them just taking in the photo's on show and wondering and dreaming how I can possibly conjure up some of my own imagery in a similar vein.
However the cream of the crop for me has to be Nick Brandt's book - On this Earth.
I saw some of Nicks images on a web site recently and it was the fine-art quality of the black-and-white and sepia reproduction of wildlife scenes that really inspired me.
The front-cover picture of the elephant kicking up some dust and another image where a large male lion is coming up over a hill with the wind sweeping his mane back are absolutely mind-blowing.
I was also taken aback by the post-processing work that Nick has done on his images and how effective his monochrome work is.
Something that I'm not ashamed to admit; I plaugerised his techniques a little in my own unique way with one of my recent images:
Waterbuck Inspiration
If you have the opportunity to get these books or just have a look at them at your nearest bookstore I would highly recommend them.
Addendum - 2007/10/11
As an addendum to this news article I forgot that I had also bought two other books from a second hand book shop the other day as well. They include:
Hunting with the Moon : The Lions of Savuti
by Derek Joubert (Author) and Beverly Joubert (Photographer)
Big Cats of Mala Mala
by Roger de la Harpe (Photographer) Pat de la Harpe (Author) Heather Dugmore (Author)
Although I'm not normally in the habit of buying books from a 2nd hand book-store (I just really like the smell and feel of a new book being opened for the first time - weird hey?) these two were in great condition still.
Speaking of condition I was really annoyed when I received my parcel from the post-office. Clearly the customs officials had decided that they needed to open up my Amazon parcel to see what nefarious titles I was importing (perhaps they thought it was 'Catcher in the Rye'?). Unfortunately the jacket of one book has been slightly torn and another crinkled. Upsetting, but not the end of the world really?
On This Earth: Photographs from East Africa
by Nick Brandt (Author)
Work: The World in Photographs
by Ferdinand Protzman (Author)
Through the Lens: National Geographic's Greatest Photographs
by Leah Bendavid Val (Editor)
All three books look absolutely wonderful with some magnificent photography. I look forward to spending some time with them just taking in the photo's on show and wondering and dreaming how I can possibly conjure up some of my own imagery in a similar vein.
However the cream of the crop for me has to be Nick Brandt's book - On this Earth.
I saw some of Nicks images on a web site recently and it was the fine-art quality of the black-and-white and sepia reproduction of wildlife scenes that really inspired me.
The front-cover picture of the elephant kicking up some dust and another image where a large male lion is coming up over a hill with the wind sweeping his mane back are absolutely mind-blowing.
I was also taken aback by the post-processing work that Nick has done on his images and how effective his monochrome work is.
Something that I'm not ashamed to admit; I plaugerised his techniques a little in my own unique way with one of my recent images:
Waterbuck Inspiration
If you have the opportunity to get these books or just have a look at them at your nearest bookstore I would highly recommend them.
Addendum - 2007/10/11
As an addendum to this news article I forgot that I had also bought two other books from a second hand book shop the other day as well. They include:
Hunting with the Moon : The Lions of Savuti
by Derek Joubert (Author) and Beverly Joubert (Photographer)
Big Cats of Mala Mala
by Roger de la Harpe (Photographer) Pat de la Harpe (Author) Heather Dugmore (Author)
Although I'm not normally in the habit of buying books from a 2nd hand book-store (I just really like the smell and feel of a new book being opened for the first time - weird hey?) these two were in great condition still.
Speaking of condition I was really annoyed when I received my parcel from the post-office. Clearly the customs officials had decided that they needed to open up my Amazon parcel to see what nefarious titles I was importing (perhaps they thought it was 'Catcher in the Rye'?). Unfortunately the jacket of one book has been slightly torn and another crinkled. Upsetting, but not the end of the world really?
