I am a landscape photographer.
I have been for nearly 20 years now.
Just starting out in the aughties, I had one of those little Canon PowerShot point and shoot cameras. I loved taking pictures of nature – but I just couldn’t figure out why my photos looked so different from what I saw in magazines, or that were the default wallpaper photos on the computer. Little did I realize that I was just learning my “voice”.
There was another point where I had gotten a hold of a Canon Rebel XT, learning how shutter speed, aperture and ISO worked together to put light into the sensor, to help frame a shot, and to manipulate the overall look of my photos. I’m still learning this.
But there did come a point where I didn’t have to consciously think about those things – I kind of just control the settings like I use my legs to walk.
These days I don’t get to go take pictures all that often. My wife is an amazing portrait photographer, and because we live in a beautiful part of the country, I get to go with her. Instead of taking pictures of people with her, I often frame up shots of the background she uses. And just as often, I’m not using a DSLR anymore. I tend to use an iPhone 16 Pro. The me from 20 years ago could never conceive of the level of detail or dynamic range a cellphone camera gets these days. I have sold some of my cell phone photography.
Obviously, I am not a well known photographer, nor am I anywhere close to a top photographer. But what I can claim is that I like the pictures that I make (well, not every setup). I like that I can look at my own back-catalogue and just think “I made that!”, “I saw that!”, “I was there that day!”.
I am a landscape photographer.
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