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Shot on Ellingson Island, North Shore of Lake Superior by my good friend Alec Johnson
Robert Clark is a fine art landscape photographer based in the United States. Born in North Carolina, he is a graduate of the University of Georgia School of Visual Design, and the School of Architecture at Georgia Institute of Technology. Robert is a photographer, graphic designer, architect, and a teacher. He currently works as a media designer for the National Park Service.
Robert travels regularly, photographing unique and remote locations and exploring some of the most beautiful places in the United States. Through the use of light, composition, and photographic technique, Robert reveals the intricate beauty of these special places. His work can be found in private collections, exhibits and publications, and internationally for corporate clients. In 2009 he was selected to be a MOAB Master by the MOAB Paper Company, a division of Legion Paper.
All the images are digitally captured with high resolution Nikon cameras. Each image is processed to achieve maximum detail, color, and fidelity. All images are archivally printed by the artist, using state of the art Epson printers and inks, on 300gsm MOAB Somerset Museum paper.
Equipment List: For many years I shot with a Canham 4 x 5 but made the move several years ago to digital. My years with the 4 x 5, I believe, gave me a different insight into photography. It requires a more methodical approach and patience in choosing and framing the subject. Digital though gives me more freedom to really work the scene. But I have still retained the methodical 4 x 5 sensibilities when it comes to selecting images with strong foreground elements. My shooting equipment includes the following:
Nikon D3x and D800E camera bodies with Tokina 16-28mm f2.8, Nikkor 17-35mm f2.8, Nikkor 28-70mm f2.8, and a Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8. I also carry a selection of Singh-Ray split neutral density filters and a Heliopan Warming Polarizer.
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Hi Bob, nice start. I like the Shenandoah shots. Does WordPress support color management? You need to replace the WP text (above) with your information. I think I am still going to marry WordPress with my existing (non-gallery) pages. WordPress might be easy if you use one of the canned templates but it is nowhere near as flexible or easy as iWeb if you want to do your own page layout.
Mark
Hey Mark: Thanks for the comments. I am not sure about the color management part. The site does crunch the images but you can set allow the images to post in larger sizes. As I am still figuring out the site I now know that I can set up multiple page. So I do need to get to work on this one.
There are also some WordPress Plug-Ins specifically for photographers that support EXIF data and galleries. I am looking into these.
Thanks for looking and joining the experiment.
Bob
Your shots are spectacular. Enjoyed them all. You have a wonderful talent.
Sincerely,
Evelyn
Hey Evelyn, thanks so much for stopping by. The whole project continues to be a work in progress. You can subscribe and you will get automatic updates when I do a new post.
Bob
Evelyn, thanks so much! My best to everyone.
Bob
Bob, I thought we had better carry on here rather than bung up Sayontan’s blog, if you want to email direct that is also fine. The NextGen gallery is easy to use. Install the plugin, create a gallery, manage the gallery and add images. Then you can create a gallery page automatically by using the options on the top right og the manage gallery page. That is all there is to it. You can get more sophisticated if you want to. On any page that you have you can just add a gallery with the appropriate nextgen tag. You can also just insert one image from a gallery into a post if you want to and there are various plugins for the nextgen gallery itself. If you have any specific queries let me know by pm.
Colin
Colin: Good idea. I think Sayontan gets thousands of e-mails. I’ll give this a try and get back to you when I have it set up. I really appreciate your help and instructions on this.
Bob
Thank you for sharing your exquisite captures. I’m thrilled that you get up early-you have such an ability to recognize beauty…very much appreciated. Brenda
Brenda: Thank you so much for stopping by my site. It is much appreciated. Getting up can be hard, sometimes scary in the dark, and cold but the rewards are amazing. First light of the day is like an awakening where all is new and crisp. Keep stopping by. I have several trips coming up from new places in New Mexico and should be posting some of those in late October.
Bob,
Your work is amazing and very inspiring. I see you use a Sony alpha… I have been working with a sony alpha 350 and I was wondering if you could recommend a wide angle lens?
Thanks,
David
Hi David. Thanks for your comments. They are much appreciated. I use both a Sony Alpha and a Nikon which may seem like a conflict but I used a Nikon for years and still love the system. But for the majority of my landscape work I use my a900 with Zeiss lenses. In your case the a350 has a crop factor of 1.5 so getting wide can be a challenge. The first thing to decide is what is your intended purpose for wide. If I assume its for landscape then in my opinion you want to shoot 24mm effective or wider. The Zeiss DT 16-80mm for the Sony Mount is a nice lens and will give you an effective 24 at its widest. After that and if you want to go really wide I would suggest you look at the Sigma 10-20mm f3.5 which will get you an effective 15mm at the widest. And if you want to really blow it out take a look at the new Sigma 8-16mm. Personally I prefer a range between 16mm and 20mm for my landscape work. I also use 24mm a good bit. But most of my landscape as shot with the Zeiss 24-70mm and the Sony fixed 20mm. Of course your budget can play into this. The Sony Zeiss 16-80 is around $700. The Sigma’s can set you back between $800 and $1000. Hope this helps. Thanks again for visiting. Bob
Hi Bob, Found your work a while back but this net is so small, here I am again via Suffusion
The site looks ideal.
Great work as ever & thank you for sharing some of your tips which are very useful. Keep up your drive to capture the light in ever more impressive compositions. Ally
Hi Ally: many thanks for visiting the site and your kind comments. Suffusion is a very robust blogging theme and Sayontan (the developer) provides outstanding support and updates. Please stop by often. I have some good trips this year and hope to bring back some great shots to share. Thanks again!
Bob
Hi Bob-
Thanks for being one of the few photog’s to include your white balance settings along with your photography and other settings. I’m doing my “homework” in anticipation of traveling to Lake Powell. I had a feeling that the warm red tones in so many of the slot canyon photos were obtained by over-correcting the white balance. Your blog confirmed that. Beautiful photos!
Thanks,
Jill
Jill: it is a little more complicated than I talk about in general terms in the blog. I will alter my shooting white balance using the K scale in the camera based on the time of day, location, and even on shifting color tones to achieve a certain effect. I don’t want to complicate this for you but for most of my southwest shots I will use a WB of around 5500K for the early morning and late afternoon. It’s sort of my standard magic hour setting. Durning the later parts of the morning I may drop it down to around 5000K. What you will notice in the RAW processor-and please shoot RAW, is the sensor will often capture a little warmer due to the color of the rocks. This is indicated by a ramped up amount of magenta. So when doing the RAW conversion I will typically make adjustments to lower this amount to something a little more natural (in my concept or vision). Keep in mind the way I conceive of the shot and the way you might are, or could be different. I am often asked if I use filters and I do not except for a warming polarizer for clouds and split neutral density filters for scene balance. In places like Lake Powell the colors are so beautiful and they literally glow at the magic hour times a filter is not necessary, in my humble opinion. You need only get a good capture and then make some WB and saturation adjustments. I hope this makes sense. If you have any specific questions just drop me an e-mail at helitack_368@yahoo.com and I will be happy to expand on this. Thank you so much for visiting the site. Bob