A New Zealand landscape photographer tutorial New Zealand landscape photographer Stephen Milner talks understanding light for landscape photography. This blog is part of his HOW TO TAKE LANDSCAPE PHOTOS - TEN STEPS TO CREATING SUCCESSFUL LANDSCAPE IMAGES tutorial series. For a list of landscape photography equipment that I use, please check out My Gear List. In this tutorial, I share my understanding of light when shooting landscape photos. When I plan landscape photography trips to take landscape photos, the two aspects I consider the most are light and composition. There is a trip planning process that I go through that investigates potential subjects to understand when will be the best time to visit a location. I have separate tutorials on composition and trip planning, and for this tutorial, I...

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A New Zealand landscape photographer tutorial New Zealand landscape photographer Stephen Milner talks how to take landscape photos. This blog is part of his - TEN STEPS TO CREATING SUCCESSFUL LANDSCAPE IMAGES tutorial series. If you are looking to improve your landscape photography skills, then you are in the right place. This blog series aims to improve your skills in landscape photography so that you can become the best you can be. There are ten knowledge areas, and they are a reflection of my journey through photography so far. The list below is what I consider to be the ten steps to creating successful images, which are in the order of importance: Step 1 - Understanding Light Step 2 - Understanding Aspect...

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A New Zealand landscape photographer wins award 2018 LANDSCAPE CATEGORY WINNER Thank you to Auckland Camera Centre and judge Talman Madsen for selecting my Image of Mount Ngauruhoe as the winner of the landscape category in their 2018 Photo Competition.

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A New Zealand landscape photographer wins award 2018 D-PHOTO MAGAZINE LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION WINNER New Zealand landscape photographer Stephen Milner achieves third place in the 2018 D-Photo Magazine competition. Thank you to the New Zealand based photography magazine D-Photo for selecting my image for third place in their landscape category out of 13,329 submitted across the competition. I was humbled to attend a gallery showing for the winning photos and to accept the prize from the sponsor Profoto. It was great to see great to see my image published in D-Photo's Aug-Sep 2018 issue of their magazine.

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A New Zealand Landscape Photographer Award 2019 The Seasonal Beauty of New Zealand’s National Park The artwork by New Zealand landscape photographer Stephen Milner is commended in Australia's Top Emerging Photographers Landscape Award 2019. Over the last year, I have been visiting Tongariro National Park regularly to photograph it in all the seasons. I decided to enter a selection of my images from these trips in Capture Magazine’s Australasia's Top Emerging Photography Competition. Whilst I didn’t win or even come in the Top 20, my images were commended in the Landscape category, which was a nice surprise. Thank you to Capture Magazine for commending my images.

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A New Zealand landscape photographer story New Zealand landscape photographer Stephen Milner talks how to expose Fuji Velvia 50 correctly. In this video, I use my Mamiya 7 medium format rangefinder camera, Fuji Velvia 50 and graduated ND filters to take landscape photos. To make sure I get correct exposures for my for my slide film, I use my Sekonic light meter to take spot meter readings.

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A New Zealand landscape photographer tutorial  New Zealand landscape photographer Stephen Milner talks about how to plan a landscape photography trip. This blog is part of his HOW TO TAKE LANDSCAPE PHOTOS - TEN STEPS TO CREATING SUCCESSFUL LANDSCAPE IMAGES tutorial series. For a list of landscape photography equipment that I use, please check out My Gear List. In this tutorial, I will share how I plan my landscape photography tips and the tools I use. When I plan my landscape photography trips, the two aspects I consider the most are light and composition. There is a trip planning process that I go through that investigates potential subjects to understand when will be the best time to visit a location. If you haven’t already done...

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A New Zealand landscape photographer story New Zealand landscape photographer Stephen Milner uses the Mamiya 7 and Fuji Velvia 50 for landscape photography. In this video I use my Mamiya 7 medium format rangefinder camera, Fuji Velvia 50 and graduated ND filters to take landscape photos of a giant sand dune in New Zealand. To make sure I get correct exposures for my slide film, I use my Sekonic light meter to take spot meter readings.

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A New Zealand landscape photographer story New Zealand landscape photographer Stephen Milner uses the Mamiya 7 and Provia 100F for landscape photography. In this video, I use my Mamiya 7 medium format rangefinder camera and Fuji Provia 100 to take landscape photos of giant redwood trees in New Zealand. To make sure I get correct exposures for my slide film, I use my Sekonic light meter to take spot meter readings.

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A New Zealand landscape photographer story New Zealand landscape photographer Stephen Milner uses his Mamiya 7 and Kodak Ektar 100 for landscape photography. In this video, I shoot Kodak Ektar 100 with my Mamiya 7 medium format rangefinder camera. I take landscape photography photos of giant sand dunes in New Zealand. To make sure I get correct exposures for my slide film, I use my Sekonic light meter to take spot meter readings. I use graduated natural density filters to control the highlights in the scene.

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