Interview

I did an interview with Wildlife photographer Mark Stadsklev. He is actually an inspiring person because he says that he just shoots when hes in spirits or when he needs a dose of nature away from humanity. He also never went to college for photography, he had taken a course later on in life and is a self taught photographer. He says that he doesnt reccomend being self taught though, i guess he just wants the best for young photographers to go and learn as much as they can in school. He became a photographer because hes been an Alaskan pilot for 25 years and he couldnt resist the beauty of Alaska. I enjoyed the advise he had given me which is "to be a better photographer, first be a better person”. He also uses Canon cameras only because he figured he can get many different lens that fit. He uses a 17-35 mm for landscape, for macro a Sigma 180, and for aerials a 70-200. 

Winter

For photo 1 I'm doing the winter landscape for my final project. I really want to focus on wooded areas to show the beauty in this time of year even though everything is dead. I chose to do this because most people view this time of year as depressing and ugly, meanwhile I view it as beautiful. It is beautiful because when fall goes into winter all the leaves die and fall off. Its a metaphor for life that its good to let dead things go and make room for something new to grow, like winter going into spring.