{"id":2089,"date":"2011-08-31T23:47:29","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T18:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/?page_id=2089"},"modified":"2015-12-31T16:41:54","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T11:11:54","slug":"dreaming-scapes-an-interview-with-ian-plant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/guests-of-honour\/dreaming-scapes-an-interview-with-ian-plant","title":{"rendered":"Dream for scapes : An Interview with Ian Plant"},"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\/dreaming-scapes-an-interview-with-ian-plant\"><\/g:plusone><\/div><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>Photography copyright\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a9\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Ian Plant. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>Tell us something about Ian Plant. What he was before coming into Photography and how did He end up with Landscape photography?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I took a rather roundabout route into professional nature photography. I started off as a lawyer, working for a large Washington, D.C. law firm for eight years before leaving to become a pro nature photographer. I bought my first camera while in law school and I realized then that I was completely hooked on photography. As soon as I paid off my law school debt and saved up a little bit of money, I jumped in and have never looked back. That was almost seven years ago.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>Your images are extremely popular among landscape photographers across the world. It speaks a lot emphasizing strongly on colors and grandeur of the vistas coupled with perfect compositions.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0What according to you is your style of photography <a class=\"ed\" href=\"http:\/\/flstay.com\/%ec%8a%a4%ec%9c%84%ec%b9%98-%ed%8b%b4%ed%8f%ac%ec%9d%bc-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">Switch tinfoil download<\/a>?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Land-of-the-Lost.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2089]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Land-of-the-Lost.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Land of the lost<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I don\u2019t know if I can claim to have a particular style. Whenever approaching a scene, I simply look for the best way to show my subject. Sometimes the compositions I come up with work, sometimes they don\u2019t. I simply believe that one has to work hard to find the beauty of any given landscape scene, and to find a way to make that beauty relate able to others.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>What \u00a0is that single most important thing you think of before you trip the shutter? And what are your thoughts on presentation of an image?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Composition and mood are the two most important things to me. Composition is very important because it is necessary to present a coherent theme to viewers. An image with sloppy composition will more often than not confuse viewers about what is important <a class=\"ed\" href=\"http:\/\/croftonglax.com\/2020\/02\/07\/%ea%b2%80%ec%82%ac-%ec%99%b8%ec%a0%84-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">\uac80\uc0ac \uc678\uc804 \ub2e4\uc6b4\ub85c\ub4dc<\/a>. Mood is what makes a photograph relatable to viewers, and it creates an emotional connection that is critical to the success of an image. A photograph that is all composition and no mood ends up being sterile and will cease to move your viewers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>Can you tell us more about &#8220;Dreamscapes&#8221; concept, story behind the name and how it all started?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dreamscape.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2089]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dreamscape.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Dreamscape<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cDreamscapes\u201d concept came about somewhat accidentally. I had a gallery on my website named Dreamscapes, mainly because I liked the way the name sounded. Then Outdoor Photographer Magazine ran a profile of me, and they took the gallery name and made it the title of the article. This got me thinking, and I decided that \u201cDreamscapes\u201d was more than just a cool name, it was something that defined how I am trying to approach my work. My goal is to take the familiar and render it in a surprising and unfamiliar way, and to experiment with the study of movement over time, exceptional light and natural moments, and non-traditional compositions <a class=\"ed\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.fujitajidousya.com\/2020\/02\/10\/%eb%a7%8c%ed%99%94-%eb%af%b8%ec%83%9d-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">Download the comic supt<\/a>. So, \u201cDreamscapes\u201d has become something of an artistic philosophy. Not all of my images rise to the level of \u201cDreamscapes,\u201d but I am always striving to capture moments and mood that inspire and show nature in a new light.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>You have traveled across many regions of the United States &#8211; how do you relatively relate the challenges , wilderness factor and the shooting conditions across these places?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Night-Glow.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2089]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Night-Glow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Night Glow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Every wild place has its own unique beauty, and its own challenges. It is a nature photographer\u2019s job to find that which is unique and special about a nature subject, and find a way to translate that beauty into a photograph that will relate to viewers.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>Whats your favorite place which you have shot or have planned to shoot ?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I get this question a lot and I never have an answer <a class=\"ed\" href=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/creative-arts\/internships\/%ec%82%b4%ec%95%84%eb%82%a8%ec%95%84%eb%9d%bc-%ea%b0%9c%eb%b3%b5%ec%b9%98-%eb%b2%84%ea%b7%b8%ed%8c%90-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">Download the bug plate to survive<\/a>. I love photographing every place I go. Every natural area has its own unique beauty. All of them are my favorites.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\">Landscape photography involves getting up early in morning and staying back late in evening or camping in remote &amp; dangerous locations to get that dream image. In such circumstances how does your family respond\/encourage\/support you ?<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sand-Star.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2089]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sand-Star.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"580\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sand Star<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This is the hidden side of the profession, one which few people talk about. Being in the field can put an enormous strain on family and other personal relationships. I\u2019m lucky that I have a wonderful wife who puts up with my prolonged absences. That said, the job takes its toll, especially when I have a prolonged stay in a wilderness area with little or no contact with others. Loneliness and boredom can really wear on you when in the field.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>Tell us about some of the best moments you have experienced while out in the field. What is Ian&#8217;s favorite Landscape image in his portfolio right now and what is the story behind the image?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kaleidoscope.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2089]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kaleidoscope.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Kaleidoscope<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is a tough question to answer. I\u2019ve had so many great moments in the field that it\u2019s hard to pick one or another. I guess my favorite image in my portfolio is \u201cKaleidoscope,\u201d which was taken in the Virgin River Narrows <a class=\"ed\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atlanticbridge.co.za\/adobe-flash-player-11-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">Download adobe flash player 11<\/a>. One day when exploring the Narrows I turned around to see a fabulous display of reflected light converging with a dynamic composition. It\u2019s the kind of photograph I love to make\u2014I\u2019ve never seen another Narrows images quite like it, and it certainly isn\u2019t one of the \u201ciconic\u201d compositions that get copied over and over again from this place. I was lucky enough to witness a fleeting convergence of light, color, mood, and composition, and I\u2019m glad I was able to properly execute the shot so that I could share the magic of the moment with my viewers.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>How much has the newer technology, tools of trade and advancement in post-processing helped you in creating your imagery?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">No one can deny that digital photography has had an enormous impact on the art and profession of nature photography. Simply put, digital increases our yield and makes it easier to get the shot right. When shooting film, there was a fair amount of guess work involved, and you\u2019d never know that you got the shot until you returned from the field and had your film processed. Now, we have instant feedback and review on our camera\u2019s LCD screen. Also, with advanced exposure blending techniques, we are less constrained by the limitations of our equipment than in the old days <a class=\"ed\" href=\"https:\/\/vesperience.com\/photoworks-v2-3-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">photoworks v2.3 \ub2e4\uc6b4\ub85c\ub4dc<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Winters-Magic.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2089]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Winters-Magic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Winter&#8217;s Magic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span>That said, I try very hard to keep my technique firmly rooted in the photographic process rather than the computer process. Many photographers these days heavily rely on computer processing techniques to create the \u201cmagic\u201d of their work. While there\u2019s nothing wrong with this, I prefer that the magic result from photographic technique and from capturing the wonderful moments of the natural world. Perhaps I shot film for too long before starting with digital, but I got into this to be a photographer, not a computer artist. Although it seems these days that the distinction between the two has become rather fuzzy, I try to always keep this distinction in mind when shooting and processing images.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\">You were one of the early adopters for the &#8220;Nikon Lens + Canon Camera&#8221; concept in Nature and especially Landscape photography. Your views on it?<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Standing-Ovation.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2089]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Standing-Ovation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0Standing Ovation<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I\u2019ve struggled for years to find a quality wide-angle zoom to use on my Canon cameras. I don\u2019t care about brand names and I don\u2019t have any particular loyalty to one brand or the other. Simply put, if someone makes a superior product, I\u2019ll use it <a class=\"ed\" href=\"http:\/\/obelle.fr\/g102-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">g102 \ub2e4\uc6b4\ub85c\ub4dc<\/a>. The bottom line for me is that the Nikon 14-24mm lens is a superb piece of glass, superior in all respect to any other wide angle lens I have ever used. Canon\u2019s wide angle zooms are simply not in its league, and although their fixed 14mm and 17mm lenses are excellent, the Nikon lens gives me these focal lengths plus more in a single zoom package. My only gripe with the 14-24mm is that it is very difficult to use filters on the lens. After much expense and experimentation, I have finally found a solution that works reasonably well, Lee\u2019s SW150 filter holder made specifically for this lens. Unfortunately it is not a perfect solution and has required some tinkering, but it more or less works.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>Tell us something about your eBook series and what prompted you come up with eBook series on your Creative-vision store ? <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">My ebooks and digital processing video tutorials provide my personal perspective and techniques on a range of subjects including working with natural light, composition, camera techniques, and digital processing techniques and philosophies. I work hard to keep each product to the point and inexpensive. Above all, I try to keep my advice pragmatic and useful, and to make sure my ebooks and videos have practical tips that will help others improve their photography in meaningful ways <a class=\"ed\" href=\"http:\/\/unique-nails.net\/2020\/02\/07\/%ec%a2%85%ec%9d%b4%ec%9d%b8%ed%98%95-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">\uc885\uc774\uc778\ud615 \ub2e4\uc6b4\ub85c\ub4dc<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>What sort of ground work and preparation do you do before you head down to any of your shoot ?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Los-Cuernos-del-Paine.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2089]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Los-Cuernos-del-Paine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"542\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Los Cuernos del Paine<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I try to get a sense of what an area might have to offer by reading hiking guide books and online accounts, but I think it is important to avoid looking at other photographers\u2019 work. I prefer to approach an area with a fresh perspective. I don\u2019t like going to places to get \u201cthe shot\u201d that someone else has gotten before. It happens often these days as most places have been shot before, but since I\u2019m looking for unusual convergences of light, weather, mood, and composition, I don\u2019t end up at the traditional icons all that often.<\/span><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Whats in the bag on a typical day when you are out shooting Landscapes ?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Patience-and-Persistence.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2089]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Patience-and-Persistence.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Patience and Persistence<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Not much! I travel light, usually just bringing my Canon 5D Mark II camera, my 14-24mm lens, my 24-105mm lens, a few filters, and a lightweight Gitzo Safari carbon fiber tripod <a class=\"ed\" href=\"https:\/\/mamasusanne.com\/%ea%b7%b8-%ed%95%b4-%ec%97%ac%eb%a6%84-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">that summer<\/a>. I try to keep my load less than 10 pounds. If you\u2019re tired from carrying around equipment, you are less motivated to make pictures.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><strong>Finally 3 most important pieces of advice you would like to give budding Landscape photographers ?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\">My advice is simple and threefold:<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Study the work of others as much as possible and try to figure out what works and doesn\u2019t work. And I don\u2019t just mean the work of other landscape photographers. Look at all types of photography\u2014in fact, all types of art\u2014and study how artists use light, composition, moment, and mood to bring their art to life.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Be ruthlessly self-critical. If something isn\u2019t good, don\u2019t fool yourself into believing that it is. Go back and shoot it over again and again and again until you get it right.<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Practice, practice, practice. The more you shoot the more you learn. Art is an iterative process: each photograph leads you to the next, and every shot you take is part of the foundation upon which you build your body of work. Let your passion for photography be your guide, and let it fuel a hunger that can never be satisfied.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Ian Plant<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ian-Plant.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2089]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2137\" title=\"Ian Plant\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ian-Plant.jpg\" alt=\"Ian Plant\" width=\"190\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hailed by Outdoor Photographer magazine as &#8220;an emerging talent in nature photography,&#8221;Ian Plant has been photographing our natural world for over fifteen years <a class=\"ed\" href=\"http:\/\/restaurantbabanovac.ro\/2020\/02\/06\/%eb%a1%af%eb%8d%b0%ec%b9%b4%eb%93%9c-ci-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">\ub86f\ub370\uce74\ub4dc ci \ub2e4\uc6b4\ub85c\ub4dc<\/a>. His photographs and instructional articles have appeared in a number of books, calendars, and magazines, including Outdoor Photographer, Popular Photography, Nature Photographers Online Magazine, National Parks, Common Ground, Blue Ridge Country, Adirondack Life, Wonderful West Virginia, and Chesapeake Life, among others. Ian is also a Contributing Editor to Nature Photographers Online Magazine, and writes a regular blog column for Outdoor Photographer online. Ian is the photographer\/author of eight print books, including Chesapeake: Bay of Light (2007), which received critical acclaim from the Washington Post, Washington Times and Baltimore Sun, among others. The Washington Times said &#8220;Plant&#8217;s sensational lens work . . . is a smash hit.&#8221; Ian is also one of the lead authors and designer of The Ultimate Guide to Digital Nature Photography (2009). Most recently, Ian has authored a number of nature photography instructional eBooks. Ian leads several nature photography workshops, digital photo tours, \u00a0and online classes each year.<\/p>\n<p>You can see most of Ian&#8217;s creations on his website &#8211; <span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><a style=\"color: #1a4e91;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ianplant.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ianplant.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\">We sincerely thank Ian Plant for being kind in answering \u00a0our questions. We really appreciate his time and thoughts.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\">-Team Wizards<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #1a4e91;\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\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\/dreaming-scapes-an-interview-with-ian-plant\"><\/g:plusone><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photography copyright\u00a0\u00a9\u00a0Ian Plant. All rights reserved. Tell us something about Ian Plant. What he was before coming into Photography and how did He end up with Landscape photography? I took a rather roundabout route into professional nature photography. 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