Guy Tal on April 1st, 2010

Ansel Adams is one of my greatest inspirations. And, though it may amount to sacrilege, I must confess: it is not because of his photographs. Having come to creative photography in my own way and with little reference to other photographers’ work along the path, I was exposed to the color work of modern photographers [...]

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Guy Tal on February 25th, 2010

As the topic relates to my own recent musings, I wanted to recommend a couple of blog posts from fellow photographers offering different and interesting perspectives:
Paul Grecian wrote: If a Painting Falls in the Woods…
and Carl Donohue followed with: The art of nature
Great reading and brain-starters for the day. Thanks to both!
Guy
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Guy Tal on January 31st, 2010

Anyone seeking inspiration, and a rare glimpse into the life and work of one of the American West’s greatest photographers, will do well to spend some time reading David Leland Hyde’s new blog “Landscape Photography Blogger“.
David is the son of photographer and wilderness activist Philip Hyde and offers, among tributes to his father’s photographic and [...]

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Guy Tal on November 20th, 2009

I spent some time in this spot with Floris Van Breugel. When we arrived we were immediately taken with the interesting patterns in the sand, a result of recent rain. I made a few images, the first of which I posted earlier on NPN was made in dry sand. I later found these fascinating patterns [...]

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Guy Tal on October 20th, 2009

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of exchanging prints with Floris van Breugel and after some contemplation picked his wonderful hummingbird image seen below. I planned to post about it sooner but Floris asked that I wait until his new web site was ready. It was well worth the wait. If you haven’t [...]

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Guy Tal on October 13th, 2009

I’m sure you know the feeling – sometimes just a random interaction with a person leaves you thinking “what a great guy.” This happened to me just recently with David duChemin.
I often seek inspiration in the works of talented photographers and found myself drawn to David’s work, initially out of admiration for his emotional, expressive, [...]

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