“Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.” – Ansel Adams Ok, so now that the onslaught of “Best of 2013” blog posts are starting to appear everywhere I just want to let readers know this is my first of that kind. I am not posting these images to join the club,...
In late July, I taught a 2-day Nikon D800 photography workshop at the Santa Fe Workshops here in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The name of that workshop was the “Nikon D800 Intensive: Get the Most from your Camera.” It was an intense two days where we covered all of the basics functions of the camera...
Late last year I was contacted by a green energy company about photographing a few of their wind turbine sites in Dodge City, Kansas. That company, NEXTera Energy Resources, was looking for different types of images than the standard beauty shots of wind turbines and the surrounding landscape. Of course, I still had to come...
Last fall I was honored to be able to shoot an advertising campaign for a German start up company named Lifstil. “Lifstil” is an Icelandic word, which means lifestyle. Lifstil manufacturers extremely tough and durable portable cases for Apple laptop computers out of high-end materials used to make snowboards. They make a variety of cases...
Earlier this year, in February, I shot an assignment for The Gate Worldwide, an international advertising agency, and their client State Street Global Advisors. The image produced for their ad campaign was a shot of professional golfer Camilo Villegas crouched in his “spiderman” position (see the final ad layout above). The ads started running a...
Just in case you have been wondering where I’ve been the last month, since there have been no updates here, I was in Tahiti shooting big wave surfing on the famous wave known as Teahupo’o. I shot over 11,000 images in ten days – hence there is a lot of work to be done editing...
The Summer 2011 issue of the Michael Clark Photography Newsletter is now available for download. If you’d like to sign up for the Newsletter just drop me an email and I’ll add you to the mailing list. This issue includes an editorial about a recent assignment shot for State Street Global Advisors, a review of Nikon’s...
Without a doubt the ice climbing, I love how you let the crazy ice formations remain the main focus of the image, rather than the climbing action itself.
Your work in 2013 was amazing. I just can’t imagine taking a shot like this!
I like the Jon Fullbright image very much, the blurred one…
It shows the various directions where the water moves. That image is a perfect representation of your work style.
Congratulations!
Have a great new year.
Great selection! The ice climbing shot is my favorite of the bunch — there’s so much going on with the ice, yet the composition is so simple and clean.
I love the image of Chelsea — really beautiful mood captured there, with gorgeous light. Was that just after sunset?
Of the shots of Thomas, I prefer the first, which looks like it came right from a movie still.
Of the kayak shots, I prefer the first, as well — I feel there’s just a bit too much motion blur in Jon’s face in the second (though maybe it looks better larger?).
Martin – thanks for the feedback. Yes, that shot of Chelsea was captured just after the sun set.
Nice work! So being more of portrait guy and not so much an adventure shooter, I heavily favor the pano of Thomas. The lighting is subtle, moody and actually quite superb. It may not speak volumes about Thomas or the character he is portraying but the execution and composition is more painterly and controlled. I absolutely love that the shadows have just a hair of detail. Enough to sell the space but not drag you down with excess detail. I’m not sure you can compare an enironment portrait to a face portrait. Thats like apples to oranges. The face portrait relies heavily on an interesting face or the texture of that crazy beard and the environment and sliver of light is what makes the pano so fascinating to look upon. Anyway, your “other” stuff is quite amazing too. Hope you are doing well!
Brad – Thanks for the great comments. I do love those photos of Thomas! Hope you are doing well…