Tuesday, March 6, 2012

World of Photography

The world of photography has gone through many changes over the past 15 years, and if you have been a photographer for long, you have witnessed many of those changes. The process of capturing an image has changed. The delivery of photography to markets has changed. The markets that license images have changed.


Much has changed in nature, stock, and professional photography in general over the last decade and many working photographers are dealing with those changes daily.
 


When I look at today’s markets for nature photography I see many huge market changes and still see some markets that remain the same. Calendars for example still need beautiful landscape imagery as well as specialty subjects to fill their calendars like: Cats, Dogs, Love, and other themed calendar titles.
Advertising has changed and how advertisers license images has changed as well withMicrostock models and the decline in print and the growth in online advertising.
 
World View is an ongoing syndicated column by National Geographic nature photographer Frans Lanting featuring a selection of his classic images paired with his personal stories about how they were made. Lanting's World View essays illuminate the creative thinking process behind his iconic images of wildlife, landscapes, cultures, and environmental issues, and provide insight into his unique approach to visualizing his ideas about the natural world.


 

Our mission is to promote knowledge and understanding about the earth and its natural history through images, video and stories that convey a passion for nature and a sense of wonder about our living planet. These stories and videos profile our experiences as we travel to the far ends of the earth.





We’re cruising down Periwinkle coming up to the fishing pier when I looked up and saw an Osprey with a great fish. I’m picky, I only stop when the dead fish looks really cool because otherwise, it’s just a dead guppy. Risking a parking ticket, we jumped out and went over to make the shot. What you see above is the first click and as you can see, it has issues! The background makes you wanna puke so I picked up the camera and moved left and closer. With that big mackerel and since it was still basically whole, I knew it had just landed with the fish so the Osprey wasn’t going to go anywhere if I moved and I needed to move.





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