Panoramic landscape photograph composed by large format landscape photographer, Jon Paul. Lenticular clouds, sunset light, cloud inversion, Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe. 5 digital images manually stitched to create a large panoramic image file suitable for large scale fine gallery prints.
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“Winter Blanket, Lake Tahoe” has a dreamlike quality. A calm exists here, at this moment in time, that I envision for my art, but I seldom find in nature. The rare atmospheric conditions created a stillness that seamed to wrap the beauty of Lake Tahoe’s grandeur up in a blanket and present it to me. The monotone snow and cloud gently surrounded the rich color of Tahoe’s crystal clear waters, granite boulders and pines. The scale of this place is immense, but this scene creates an intimate feel. This idyllic cove was all that existed, with just our imaginations left to contemplate what beauty lies beyond the blanket of mist. Truly “The Fine Art of Nature”!
Read MoreFinding Hidden Gems (in the Film Archives)
I occasionally go back through my film files and "see how I saw". I have reinforced the idea that I had a latent ability to see "The Fine Art of Nature" before I truly became a photographer. The above image, "Foggy Forest Detail", is a prime example of a hidden gem found in my film archives. Early in my career I captured images
Read MoreNOT Taking a Photo at Sunrise
As a professional, and as an artist, I have set very high standards for my fine art landscape photography. Given the medium I have chosen, large format film, I put myself out there in the elements where special light is possible, but only expose film when the conditions are worthy of my vision. Simply, I only expose a sheet of film when I feel I have "THE Shot".
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