Joe Cornish

My second photographer is Joe Cornish a landscape photographer.Joe was born in Exeter (UK) in 1958.He studied at Exeter University.Initially he started his photography in studios.But later his attraction changed to outdoor photography.He became very interested in light and its influence on landscapes.Between 1986-1995 he provided lots of photos for travel books.He worked under the famous landscape photographer Ansel Adams working in Yosemite Valley for 8 years. Later he moved to north Yorkshire and began taking pictures of Yorkshire valleys and then coasts and mountains in Scotland.He has contributed heavily to National Trust publications.He has written many books in photography, but his first book was 'First Light, a Landscape photographer's Art. I was fortunate to attend one of his lectures which he delivered at Burton College.He showed his best collection of photos.He stressed the one can take good pictures in rain,snow,and frosty conditions.He also said he does not strictly observe the RULE OF THE THIRDS.I was surprised the several of his landscape photos are in vertical format.I had always thought that all the landscape photos had to be in landscape format, hence the name. But it is not to be.

This is a beautiful landscape and the reflection of the castle in the water.This must have been taken during dusk and the water is still.He must have spent a lot of time waiting for the right time.Very sharp picture indeed.

This is my picture which I took at Stratford upon Avon.Well, I did not use any tripod nor I had enough time as I was only visiting with my family.The reflection is not clear as the water is not still.May be on my next visit I will use a tripod and spend more time to get better image.

This is a beautiful picture of sun set.The sun is small at the horizon and he has covered a lot of land to give a lot of depth of field.Another feature is that the picture has a very little sky and a lot of land. He must have spent a lot of time to compose thispicture.

This is my picture of the sun rise.The difference is that I have included lot of sky and very little of land.I did not spend much time taking this image as I had not much time.Again I should have used a tripod which would have made a lot of difference.I have learnt some ideas from Joe's picture.

This picture was taken by Joe Cornish for the purpose of greeting cards.Very sharp and blurred background, which indicates that he has used a large aperture to highlight the main flower.

This is my picture of a geranium flower.I think ther is a good sharpness in the picture and also the blurring of the back ground.I am quite leased with this picture.

 This is another picture by Joe Cornish for greeting cards.Good sharp flower with some blurring of the leaves.

This is my picture of camalia flower from my garden plant.There is good sharpness in the flower and little blurring of the leaves.Good contrasting features, yellow, white,pink and green