Personal Background
John Shaw, born in 1944- still living, he is 78 years old. He has been an American photographer since the early 1970's. he has won many awards for his photos and has been noticed by National Geographic, Natures Best, National Wildlife and the list goes on. In 1997 John received the first-ever Outstanding Photographer award given by NANPA( North American Nature Photographer Association). In 2019 he received an award for Lifetime Achievements.
Style
John Shaw focuses on nature photography in America, but has traveled to other places. He has taken photos on every continent from the Arctic to the Antarctic. He has also taken pictures from Provence to Patagonia. Not only has his photos been published and truly noticed by many high industries, he has also written and published 7 books of his own and has 2 ebooks.
Philosophy
John shaw takes pictures of simple art. He wants us to see to see the simple and respect our world now. John Shaw likes to show that we should take care of our planet and it’s beauty. He has traveled most of the world but he mainly stays in the U.S. John doesn’t travel to big places because he knows there are already so many pictures of them so he goes to smaller places.
Influences
One of John Shaws influencers is Ansel Adams due to him also doing nature photography. John even won an Ansel Adams awards for his great photos. When he travels for work he often runs into other photographs and works with them. he had made many friends over the years with traveling. Many photographers have written great things about working with and his morals to his pictures.
Images
When I took this picture it was hard to find a field of tulips. I found a good bright patch of tulips and tried to position it where you can see the steps and the actual flower just like John Shaws. I edited the photo to be more bright since the day i took the photo was a very dull light.
With this photo the pink flowers were the closest to the original photo. I tried finding then with big bulky trees in the back but this was the closest. I edited the photo for more brightness since the day i took the photo was cloudy.
these flowers were hard to find as a closure but I was able to find flowers with the same colors together. I angled the camera to go above the flowers and to show everything. I edited the the photo or be more vibrant and bring out the sunlight more.
Artist Statement
I enjoyed taking these photos especially because I love nature photography. The first one of the tulips was hard to find but I likes editing it to more colorful. The second picture was very simple and I like simplicity of nature and yet it can be so amazing. The third picture was an easier color combo to find but hard for the actual flowers. I would definitely try and redo his photos since i like love nature so much and it’s fairly simple.
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