Landscape Photography by Susan Brown FRPS
Susan Brown's interest in photography has spanned some thirty plus years, and has evolved from darkroom to digital. She sits on the both the Licentiate and Multi Media Panels and is Deputy Chair of Pictorial and Creative. She also sits on the Distinctions Advisory Board.
What is Landscape Photography? A landscape needs a soul and communicate an observation or personal experience. All woods, streams, rivers, mountains and coastlines have their own character. To communicate in Landscape I feel it is important to become intimate with that character to discover the essence to succeed. There are those who consider themselves purists who think the intrusion of man, either in person or by influence in a scene, not to be a true landscape. I feel landscape photography has moved on from this perception, and we now have urban landscape, sea defences, power lines etc. all accepted as landscape photography, also abstract interpretations with Intentional Camera Movement, Multiple Exposure etc. There are endless opportunities to find your own niche in landscape photography with few constraints. The advances in camera and digital processing technology over recent years is astounding, boundaries are being pushed to their limits. There can therefore be a tendency to over process and make a scene look unnatural. I personally prefer to use technology to enhance an image with discretion and subtlety, if the process is too obvious the landscape itself loses its ability to communicate its heart.
Birds on the Sand
Š Susan Brown FRPS
NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2017 / VOL. 2 / NO. 1
