{"id":1277,"date":"2011-01-30T00:14:57","date_gmt":"2011-01-29T18:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home"},"modified":"2015-12-30T21:11:57","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T15:41:57","slug":"guy-tal-interview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/guests-of-honour\/guy-tal-interview","title":{"rendered":"Insights : An Interview With Guy Tal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div name=\"googleone_share_1\" style=\"position:relative;z-index:5;float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><g:plusone size=\"medium\" count=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/guests-of-honour\/guy-tal-interview\"><\/g:plusone><\/div><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>Photography Copyright \u00a9 Guy Tal. All Rights Reserved.<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>What\u00a0drove\u00a0you\u00a0into\u00a0Nature\u00a0photography\u00a0and\u00a0Landscape\u00a0photography\u00a0in\u00a0particular\u00a0?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">I have to admit it may have been more of a lucky coincidence than anything else.\u00a0From a young age, I always loved being outdoors and exploring the fields around\u00a0my house. At one point I decided to borrow my dad&#8217;s camera and tried to\u00a0photograph some of the things that fascinated me. I wasn&#8217;t very successful but\u00a0the experience stayed with me and a few years later I bought my first \u201cserious\u201d \u00a0camera and started photographing in earnest. In the early years I wasn&#8217;t too concerned with subjects, light, or composition. I photographed anything I found\u00a0even remotely interesting just for the joy of it. I didn&#8217;t have too much to compare\u00a0myself against and really didn&#8217;t consider it any more than a way to document my\u00a0findings and share the more interesting ones with friends. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<span style=\"text-align: justify;\">When I moved to the US in my late 20s, a lot of things changed. I devoted more\u00a0time to my IT career and nearly stopped photographing completely for a couple of\u00a0years. It took me a while to realize I felt lost without having wild places to get\u00a0away to. I was living alone in a new country and had little idea what was out\u00a0there. I turned to books and was introduced to the works of American nature\u00a0photographers and to the amazing natural beauty of the American West. It felt\u00a0like I finally knew what I was meant to do <a class=\"ed\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wspinanie.gniezno.pl\/%ed%94%8c%eb%a0%88%ec%9d%b4%ec%8a%a4%ed%85%8c%ec%9d%b4%ec%85%98-%eb%84%b7%ed%94%8c%eb%a6%ad%ec%8a%a4-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">PlayStation Netflix<\/a>. I started hiking and exploring with a\u00a0passion that only grew and intensified the more I saw and the more I learned.\u00a0The places I visited transformed and enriched my life and I knew I had to do\u00a0whatever it took to make my home here.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>All Guy Tal images \u00a0have a unique style, how do you define your \u00a0style and how has it ?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guy_Tal_CottonwoodInSlickRockBowl.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1277]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guy_Tal_CottonwoodInSlickRockBowl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"520\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cottonwood In Slick Rock Bowl<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I like to believe that each and every one of us has a unique style. The real hurdle\u00a0is letting go of the expectations of other people and being able to peel away all\u00a0the things that keep your own voice from coming through in your work. I don\u02bct\u00a0really try to impose a style on my images. Instead, I try to not think of what other\u00a0people might do or like and focus on the things that attract and stand out to me.\u00a0Working in this way, my style evolved with me. Every person is the sum of their\u00a0knowledge, experiences and beliefs, and, as these grow, you may find yourself\u00a0interested in new things or better able to appreciate things you already know.\u00a0Add to that the evolution of skills and technology and you will find endless room\u00a0to grow and explore. I think those who arbitrarily choose to restrict their creative\u00a0options just to maintain a consistent style are robbing themselves of the\u00a0pleasures of true creative expression. Be yourself and your style will follow.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>What is your source of inspiration for photography?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Everything. Life, experiences, relationships, knowledge, art, you name it!\u00a0Anything I come into contact with changes me a little and makes me better able\u00a0to appreciate and understand the world and myself. Some things are more\u00a0powerful than others, though. To me, the most inspiring state of mind is being out\u00a0in the wild, as far away from the human-made world as I can get <a class=\"ed\" href=\"http:\/\/www.derybos.lt\/%ec%a1%b0-%eb%b8%94%eb%9e%99%ec%9d%98-%ec%82%ac%eb%9e%91-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">\uc870 \ube14\ub799\uc758 \uc0ac\ub791 \ub2e4\uc6b4\ub85c\ub4dc<\/a>. It\u02bcs a feeling\u00a0that is hard to describe to anyone who had not experienced it. Waking up to a\u00a0silent morning in a pristine place and without the constant nervous buzz of\u00a0machines and vehicles and crowds is a very profound feeling and, once you\u00a0know it, is impossible to live without.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: -webkit-auto;\"><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>What is your favorite subject in landscape photography ?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guy_Tal_Crescendo.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1277]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guy_Tal_Crescendo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Crescendo<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I\u02bcm not sure you could call it a subject but what I try to teach my students is to\u00a0photograph the <em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">experience<\/span><\/strong><\/em>. The actual objects that make up the image, whether\u00a0trees, sand dunes, rivers, oceans or anything else, are all part of an experience.\u00a0The more moving and meaningful the experience is to you, the more meaningful\u00a0your images will be, regardless of what\u02bcs actually in the frame. Something of your\u00a0state of mind is expressed in the lines, colors, and patterns that make up the\u00a0image.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>What are the top 3 places you love to shoot landscapes ? Any dream locations which is yet to be explored?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My home is a large desert region known as the Colorado Plateau. Most of it is\u00a0located in the state of Utah in the Western United States. It is not only my home\u00a0but also my favorite place to explore, study, and photograph. My two runners-up\u00a0will likely be the northern parts of the American continent, including Alaska and\u00a0northern Canada, and the mountain ranges of the Western US; particularly the\u00a0Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guy_Tal_BadlandsInBloom.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1277]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guy_Tal_BadlandsInBloom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Badlands In Bloom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of the places I haven\u02bct been to yet, I am most fascinated by the Himalayas and\u00a0the Tibetan Plateau in Asia, the Altiplano and the Andes in South America. I hope\u00a0to find my way there in the next few years.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>Landscape photography involves getting up early in morning and staying back late in evening or camping in remote locations to \u00a0get \u00a0that dream \u00a0image <a class=\"ed\" href=\"https:\/\/domaszewscy.pl\/shoutcast-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">Shoutcast<\/a>. In such circumstances how does your family respond\/encourage\/support you?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While it is true that the \u201cgolden hours\u201d yield beautiful images, I enjoy working inevery type of light so I actually don\u02bct limit myself to early mornings or late\u00a0evenings. I do, however, spend a lot of time outdoors and away from home. I am\u00a0fortunate to have a wonderful and understanding wife who supports my work and\u00a0understands my need to be away in remote places every so often. Being away\u00a0does take a toll but it also makes the times we are together more meaningful.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>\u2018 <em>It\u2019s important to know the rule, but it\u2019s equally important to know when to break\u00a0it<\/em> \u2019. According to \u00a0you, how much is this true in the case of Landscape photography?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guy_Tal_Sheltered.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1277]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guy_Tal_Sheltered.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sheltered<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It\u02bcs very true. In fact, I think it\u02bcs more of a chicken-and-egg situation. More often than not, I just photograph what feels right only to realize after the fact that it happens to conform to some visual rule or another. When working on a\u00a0composition, I am aware of the rules but I don\u02bct explicitly think in terms of\u00a0applying or breaking them. I let intuition drive my creative decisions. Sometime\u00a0my images end up within the rules and sometimes they don\u02bct. The only real rule\u00a0you should adhere to is the one in your gut telling you whether the composition\u00a0works, or not.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>There are two types of photographers \u2013 one who spend time off the field and think\u00a0about concept and pre\u00ad\u2010visualize before getting into the field and work on realizing what they had thought and pre\u00ad\u2010visualized. Then there are another type\u00a0of photographers \u00a0who think on \u00a0the field and take decisions in real-\u00ad\u2010time to\u00a0get some unique perspectives. Which type do you belong to <a class=\"ed\" href=\"http:\/\/aynasy.com\/sample56\/2020\/02\/05\/%ec%b9%9c%ea%b5%ac-%ec%82%ac%ec%9d%b4-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">Download between friends<\/a>?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I think I may be both, at different times. I almost always go out without a preconceived idea of the images I will come back with but, on some occasions, I\u02bcll\u00a0identify a concept I want to develop and may decide to make repeated trips to\u00a0realize it. I still try to consciously keep an open mind for new concepts, even\u00a0when I already know what I\u02bcm after. There\u02bcs always room for new interpretations\u00a0and ideas.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>With close to 2 decades of photographic experiences, tell us some of the best\u00a0surprises that you have had when you are out there on field?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guy_Tal_Cougar_Tracks_And-Maple_Leaves.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1277]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guy_Tal_Cougar_Tracks_And-Maple_Leaves.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cougar Tracks And Maple Leaves<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It\u02bcs actually been more than 2 decades, which is scary to think about. Perhaps\u00a0the most surprising things for me were the friendships and relationships I made\u00a0along the way. I\u02bcve never been a very social person but there\u02bcs something about\u00a0making a connection with people who share the same passions that I find very\u00a0powerful. I was also fortunate to have interesting encounters with wildlife on\u00a0some of my trips. I can vividly remember seeing my first grizzly bear in the wild\u00a0and the mix of fear and fascination (for both of us, I imagine) that made it an\u00a0amazing experience. I\u02bcve had similar moments with a mountain lion (cougar),\u00a0coyotes, and any number of other interesting beings. I also remember summiting\u00a0my first \u201creal\u201d mountain and the thrill of standing, alone and exhausted, high\u00a0above the scenery. You always imagine what these moments will be like but\u00a0you\u02bcre never really prepared for the way they change you and become part of\u00a0who you are.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>How much of influence does digital era and also invent of tools like Photoshop had\u00a0on your photography?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There\u02bcs no doubt that technology makes a lot of things possible and consistently\u00a0opens up new possibilities and better <a class=\"ed\" href=\"http:\/\/www.autospot.cnm.com.pt\/?p=8660\">Genius Education Language Textbook<\/a>. I\u02bcm grateful every day to have these tools\u00a0available to me to help express and refine my vision and improve the quality of\u00a0my work. At the end of the day, though, they are just different ways of doing the\u00a0same thing: creative expression. Ancient people painted with pigments on cave\u00a0walls, we have computers and printers, but the reason and need to do what we\u00a0do is exactly the same.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>Can you walk us through one of your favorite images which is close to your heart and the story behind it?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was a warm and stormy night . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It started like any other summer Friday in Torrey. Right around 5pm a peaceful silence falls over the town and the work week is almost palpably over. Despite the sparse traffic, on days like this I like to stay at the gallery a bit further into the evening, not so much for the sales potential but because these are often the times when lone travelers wander into town in search of a place to spend the night. When it\u2019s just me and one curious visitor in the store and all is quiet and glowing in the late afternoon light, conversations tend to form and evolve in fascinating patterns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After closing the shop I headed home, remembering the local music show scheduled for the evening and \u00a0fighting the urge to spend a quiet evening on my own. I knew most of the people playing though I have not actually seen some of them perform. I decided to go. What the hell, I was already dressed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A monsoon thunderstorm started brewing earlier in the day and seemed to linger more than usual with the occasional flash of lightning over the Aquarius Plateau followed by a distant rumble. It was a perfect warm afternoon bathed in golden light as the sun was lazily sinking little by little in the summer sky. The musicians tuned their instruments against a backdrop of majestic cliffs, green groves of aspen and conifers on the distant flanks of Boulder Mountain and the unfolding storm beyond. All was bright and vivid in the warm light. On the large lawn, a small crowd of familiar faces engaged in friendly chat. Life here is not easy for many but right here, right now, there was an overpowering air of joy and contentment as if the moment is all that mattered and all else can wait for another time \u2013 a state of mind I have come to greatly appreciate about this place <a class=\"ed\" href=\"http:\/\/www.residenciatomillares.com\/%eb%8b%ac%eb%a0%a4%eb%9d%bc-%eb%b0%a9%ed%83%84-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">Run bulletproof download<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As soon as the first guitar notes launched off the stage into the warm stillness of a perfect summer evening, I knew the reason I was here. One by one people I knew, some for years, transformed before my eyes. They were no longer farmers, cowboys, builders, teachers, or retirees; they were giants. For those few moments on stage they poured their hearts into their instruments and microphones, consumed by their passion, love, and angst, and consuming everyone else within earshot right along. It was a glimpse into the blazing turbulent core of their humanity, independent of anything else they happen to do in their daily lives. You never know the depths of soul some people harbor, even ones close to you, until you get the chance to see them in their element, telling their stories, greater than life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The storm kept firing bolts of lightning in the background throughout the evening but spared us the precipitation until the very last moments of the show. By 11pm only a handful of people remained to hear the last notes fade and help clean up the stage as the first drops of rain finally hit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I walked back home along the avenue of old cottonwoods in the quiet drizzle. I knew I was too saturated to get any sleep. I still tried. The lightning was closer now, illuminating the room every few seconds. Sleep was a lost cause. I had to go experience the magic up close. I quickly got dressed and headed up the dark road to Boulder Mountain. A movement caught my eye just beyond the reach of the headlights and I slowed down in time to avoid a skunk dragging something off the pavement. Another half mile and a strange jumble of iridescent dots turned out to be the reflections from the eyes of four raccoon cubs playing in the brush by the side of the road <a class=\"ed\" href=\"https:\/\/arkadensfysioterapi.dk\/%ec%a7%80%ec%8b%9de-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">Knowledge e Download<\/a>. A large owl floated silently from the top of a nearby aspen. The world was alive in a way most people never know.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was around 1am when I finally arrived at a high viewpoint. I stood there in total darkness for a few minutes, breathing the scent of the recent rain and thinking about the music and the amazing people behind it. Though I could only see it in the brief flashes of lightning, the canyon country stretched far below me: Capitol Reef, the Waterpocket Fold, the Circle Cliffs, the Blue Hills, and beyond them the commanding peaks of the Henry Mountains. I set up the camera in the dark, opened the shutter and waited. Within fifteen minutes or so, I was able to record three impressive strikes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I kept driving, hoping to find another good view but the storm was already fading. I turned around and headed home. 3am found me in my living room, sipping tequila and listening to the quiet snoring of my dogs, knowing that one day in the future I will come back to the memory of this night and want to remember it in every last vivid detail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guy_Tal_de001191_new_2x3.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1277]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guy_Tal_de001191_new_2x3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"701\" height=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 24px; color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>What&#8217;s the idea behind Guy Tal Gallery?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Like many photographers, I always wanted my own gallery where I could display\u00a0and sell my work. Beyond that, though, I wanted a place where I could sell my\u00a0images the way I wanted to. I don\u02bct really believe in edition limits, which are\u00a0required by some galleries. I also didn\u02bct want to conform to a specific look, like\u00a0the traditional white mat and black frame. Having my own gallery allows me to\u00a0have complete control over the presentation, pricing, editions etc <a class=\"ed\" href=\"http:\/\/aedengenharia.com.br\/site\/%ec%8b%9c%ea%b7%b8%eb%a7%88%ed%94%8c%eb%a1%af-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">Sigma plot<\/a>. It\u02bcs also a great place to meet people and learn about how they perceive my work.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>What is the motive behind coming up with the e-\u00adbook \u201cCreative Landscape Photography\u201d? What\u2019s your experience of this transition from a Blogger to\u00a0an Author of a book?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I don\u02bct really see it as a transition. They are two different outlets for sharing my thoughts. Writing the blog helps me think about things and elaborate on ideas\u00a0until I feel they are ready for a more elaborate format. I enjoyed writing since I\u00a0was a teenager, even before I picked up a camera so it feels natural to me to\u00a0express myself in words as well as images. The main motive behind the eBook\u00a0was to offer something I never found in books myself \u2013 a photography book\u00a0dedicated to the thoughts and ideas behind making images. In a way it is a book I\u00a0wish I could give myself 20 years ago. It is also the first in a series I\u02bcm planning and I\u02bcm currently working on the next title which will be a little more technical in nature and discuss creative image processing.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>What sort of groundwork do you do before going out for any shoot?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guy_Tal_Icy_Subway.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1277]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guy_Tal_Icy_Subway.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Icy Subway<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It depends on where I\u02bcm going. If it\u02bcs in an area I\u02bcm generally familiar with, I just go without much preparation and with no preconceived notions, hoping to find\u00a0new and interesting things. If it\u02bcs a new area to me, I\u02bcll research the main\u00a0features, weather, geography, animal and plant life, etc. to make sure I am\u00a0prepared for the terrain and effort required. Every so often I might even clean my\u00a0sensor before a trip \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>What&#8217;s in the bag ? On a typical Landscape photography outing <a class=\"ed\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boulevardoftheallies.com\/home\/2020\/02\/%eb%8a%91%eb%8c%80%ec%86%8c%eb%85%84-%ed%99%95%ec%9e%a5%ed%8c%90-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">Wolf Boy expansion<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today it\u02bcs primarily a Canon 5D Mark II, 17-40 zoom, 24-105 zoom, and 70-200\u00a0zoom. If I\u02bcm backpacking I may leave the 24-105 behind and if it\u02bcs expected to be\u00a0a very difficult hike I may only take the 24-105. I have an assortment of other\u00a0lenses that I use less frequently and usually only when working near my vehicle. \u00a0I\u00a0use a sturdy Gitzo tripod on most hikes but if weight is an issue, I also have an\u00a0ultralight Velbon tripod that\u02bcs easier to carry. The only filter I use is a polarizer although recently I also started experimenting with a 10-stop neutral density filter. Everything goes into an F-Stop Tilopa backpack. I\u02bcm eagerly awaiting the more rugged model (the Tilopa BC) which should be here next week.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>Tell us the story behind the new \u201cGuy Tal Photography\u201d logo?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guy_Tal_Shale_Ramparts.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1277]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guy_Tal_Shale_Ramparts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"325\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Shale Ramparts<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I mentioned before that my favorite place is the Colorado Plateau. Perhaps the\u00a0two animals most readily associated with this area are the raven and the coyote.\u00a0For a few years, I had a raven on my logo, though I also had the design for a\u00a0coyote graphic. After my dog died recently I decided to do something in his\u00a0memory and asked a graphic designer I know to use my original coyote graphic\u00a0and make it look like something between a dog and a coyote. The new logo is the\u00a0result.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>Finally,3 most important pieces of advice you would like to give budding Landscape photographers?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Don\u2019t obsess too much about gear. Get a decent camera, lenses, and a tripod that fit your budget and then\u00a0start working on your creative skills, understanding composition and light <a class=\"ed\" href=\"https:\/\/resure.co\/blog\/%eb%b0%94%eb%82%98sk%ec%b0%a8%ec%b0%a8-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">Vanask Chacha download<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Becoming skilled in processing your images is every bit as important to the end result as capturing them in\u00a0the field.<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Don\u2019t be a follower and don\u2019t be afraid to challenge conventional \u201crules\u201d and pursue your own instincts.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guytal_Cletis_Magpie.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1277]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1331 alignright\" title=\"Guytal_Cletis_Magpie\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guytal_Cletis_Magpie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guytal_Cletis_Magpie.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guytal_Cletis_Magpie-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guytal_Cletis_Magpie-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guytal_Cletis_Magpie-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 800; color: #1a4e91;\"><strong><strong>Guy Tal with Cletis and Magpie<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Guy Tal is a naturalist, photographer and writer residing in the state of Utah, in the heart of a unique and scenic desert region known as the Colorado Plateau. Guy Tal&#8217;s goal as a person and, by extension, as an artist, is to witness, participate in, and hopefully share the delicate beauty of wilderness \u2013 those moments in time when nature and spirit transcend the manufactured reality of politics, wars, fashions, and mass media, to inspire the raw emotion and primal awe that lies dormant in each of us.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can see most of Guy Tal&#8217;s creations on his website &#8211; <span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><a style=\"color: #1a4e91;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guytal.com\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">guytal.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Guy Tal is a fantastic writer and his evocative writings can be found on <span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #1a4e91; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/guytal.com\/wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\">his blog<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\">We sincerely thank Guy Tal for being very kind in answering \u00a0our questions. Really appreciate his time and thoughts.<\/span><\/h5>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\">-Team Wizards<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div name=\"googleone_share_1\" style=\"position:relative;z-index:5;float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><g:plusone size=\"medium\" count=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/guests-of-honour\/guy-tal-interview\"><\/g:plusone><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photography Copyright \u00a9 Guy Tal. All Rights Reserved. &nbsp; What\u00a0drove\u00a0you\u00a0into\u00a0Nature\u00a0photography\u00a0and\u00a0Landscape\u00a0photography\u00a0in\u00a0particular\u00a0? I have to admit it may have been more of a lucky coincidence than anything else.\u00a0From a young age, I always loved being outdoors and exploring the fields around\u00a0my house.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1331,"parent":1360,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1277","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1277"}],"version-history":[{"count":82,"href":"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10223,"href":"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1277\/revisions\/10223"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}