April Meeting - Tony Sweet Atmospherics in Photography
Who is Tony Sweet? While some of you may know Tony Sweet, for others new to photography he is a legend that you may only seen or heard about briefly. This is a rare chance for you to hear from one of the legends in fine art photography that Kendall Chiles has scheduled for SANP. Check out his website, his photographs and make plans to attend this club meeting. This is one of those club meetings you do not want to miss, as Tony an outstanding presenter who will provide valuable information during the meeting on how to accomplish better landscapes and photographs. As you read more about Tony, enjoy some of his images below. All images copyrighted by Tony Sweet.
Tony's presentation will be about atmospherics in photography. Atmospherics in photography refers to the elements and conditions in the environment that contribute to the mood, tone, and overall feeling of an image. These elements can transform an ordinary scene into something extraordinary, evoking emotions and enhancing the narrative of the photograph. In other words, looking for environmental elements to add emotional/ visual depth of the image. Here are examples of Atmospherics in photography include: Fog/Mist, Snow, Sunrise/sunset, Clouds, Reflections, Infrared, Long exposures, Silhouettes, Macro, Over exposures (Hi Key).
Tony Sweet is an internationally acclaimed fine art nature photographer and photography coach. He is known for his stunning and surreal nature and landscape photography and for his expertise and artistry in infrared, long-exposure, panoramic, abstract, and flower photography.
Tony is praised for his incredible range as a fine art nature photographer, shooting stark black-and-white and infrared landscapes as well as otherworldly, color-soaked, long-exposure and infrared nature scenes in his Surreal Landscape style. Tony’s long-exposure and infrared nature photographs seem to stretch time, crafting gorgeous scenes that contrast light and dark, fluid motion and static subjects. His newest project, The Color of Water, explores how this colorless fluid takes on the infinite colorations of nature.
Tony Sweet is a Nikon Legend Behind the Lens with fine art photographs published internationally in dozens of outlets and in use by brands. He is represented by Getty Images. Tony is author of five books on fine art nature photography techniques and creative visualization and has served as instructor on four Master Photo Workshop instructional DVDs and an iPhone photography class series. He has contributed to Shutterbug, Rangefinder, Nikon World, New York Times, and other photography industry media. Tony’s images have been used in advertising campaigns for brands like Nikon, Topaz, Lensbaby, and Singh Ray.
Tony is a lifelong visual artist and musician. He says photography and jazz are the same; the equipment must become second nature so you can spontaneously react to the changing conditions around you, being in the moment. He says most photographers need a foundation; studying the work of others is how most get started before a personal path begins to emerge. Every shot is a self-portrait and the more shots we take, the more personal the work becomes. Most of the information above was copied from information on Tony’s website Tony Sweet Photography Fine Art Photographer/Educator.
