Haley's Pics: Professional Photographers

Jim Brandenburg

Skyline Deer

Jim Brandenburg is a Minnesota native that has traveled around the globe as a photographer for National Geographic. He has also had his work published in The New York Times, Life, Time, Smithsonian, Natural History, Geo, BBC Wildlife, Outdoor Photographer, National Wildlife and Outside. Over his long photography career he has won many awards for his work. The National Press Photographer's Association twice named him Magazine Photographer of the year. He was named Kodak Wildlife Photographer of the Year by BBC Wildlife and the Natural History Museum. He was also the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award by the North American Nature Photographers Association. Brandenburg was a Hasslebald Master in 2002, A Nikon Legend Behind the Lens in 2001, and Canon Explorer of Light in 2005. In 2008 he was the recipient of the World Achievement Award from the United Nations Environment Progrmme in Stockholm and Sweden in recognition of using nature photography to raise public awareness for the environment. And those are just a few from his long award list. As you can tell, Brandenburg photographs nature. I think that is why I like his photography. I seem to be drawn to the nature photos. Below are some more of his photos.

www.jimbrandenburg.com

Keith Carter

Eiffel Tower

Keith Carter grew up watching his mother scrape by as a child photographer in their small Texas Town. He didn't think photography was for him until his college years when the light in one of his mothers pictures caught his eye. It was then that he decided to take up photography and for 15 he assisted his mother's business around the state. Carter became a self-taught photographer who decided to make his home state the center of his artistic world. According to the John Bellows Gallery, Carter "transforms the mundane details of small-town life into the sublime, revealing mystical, quirky, and difficult facets of human (and animal) nature." He creates his works of art on large square negatives of a single-lens reflex Hasselbald camera. To attain the mystic feel and add mystery to his photos, Carter blurs and limits the depth of field in his photos. Carter also strongly emphasizes the area in-focus, creating the sense that time and movement have just been captured by the viewer. I like his photography because his pictures are different and make me think. It gives ordinary everyday things a sense of mystery. Below are more examples of his work.