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I’ve been good friends with Dusty Doddridge for a long time now. Dusty is a tremendous photographer who has taught me a lot about the art of photography, composition, and the community that exists within photography. He has truly been a welcomed blessing to my photography career.

In this episode, Dusty and I talk a lot about his personal photography style and how he designs his compositions. It was interesting that we had some different descriptions of his style, but I think it was ultimately due to my lack of thesaurus creativity.

We also talked about print sales, which Dusty believes is an important part of the landscape photography experience. Not only does the photographer craft the image in the field and in post processing, but they also have creative choices in printing too.

Lastly, Dusty is a wonderful story teller. So, I wanted him to grace your ears and take you on a journey of life in the field as a landscape photographer with one of his stories from photography in Ireland. Story time with Uncle Dusty is always a pleasure.

“Photographic vision has been described as your unique way of seeing the world and what you want to say about it. Experiencing wild places impacts my emotions and I’m usually trying to convey a sense of wonder, gratitude and peacefulness. I often find myself in places of such beauty that the experience is hard to comprehend and feels somehow caught between the real and unreal at the same time. I enjoy photographing the grand landscape with a wide angle perspective the most but also find more creative expression while photographing intimate scenes. My style tends to lean toward simple, graphic compositions that use line, color and contrast to create a sense of depth and draw the eye into the scene. In the end, I’m hoping that others will find some sense of inspiration in the photographs and also hope that they will be inspired to spend time out in the wilderness and experience some of these places and moments for themselves. I think the more time we spend in natural areas, the more likely it is that we’ll contribute in some way to preserving these gifts for future generations.

Vision Statement: Wild areas are beautiful beyond words and must be experienced. They border between the real and the unreal and always contain mystery and adventure.”

— Dusty Doddridge