Digital Photographic Practice: Bradford Washburn

I visited the Bradford Washburn exhibition today at the Michael Hoppen Gallery in Chelsea. I was interested in this exhibition as I often photograph mountain scenery myself and particularly like the black and white dramatic landscapes that you can literally "walk into" (see notes previous trip to Ansel Adams exhibition). This was a small exhibition - around 10 pictures - but all stunning. The use of light was amazing! This was particularly interesting as I am nearing the end of section two of DPP dealing with dynamic range. So I was interested to see how aerial photographer Washburn captured light in such a dramatic way.

These images in particular demonstrated the use of light and tone, with the people captured adding scale and a sense of drama (think he must have used a polariser?).