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Richard Vandegriend canada
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Life from Above - Barcelona
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entry description
Aerial imagery I captured of one of my favourite world cities. I focused on the beauty, the symmetry and the curiosity of scenes of every day life that we take for granted when viewed from our usual perspective. When walking the streets below, a person is unaware to the bigger picture that they are a part of. These images remind us of how the architecture and planning of a city influences our everyday life.about the photographer
Richard Vandegriend is a self-taught landscape and fine-art photographer living in Vancouver, Canada. Photographing a scene connects the photographer to the location and immerses him in the experience of the place. Believing that composition and timing are critical to a great image, compositional elements are not altered in post-processing. Instead care and patience are exercised to ensure the image was captured perfectly in camera. The excitement of landscape photography comes from the surprise at nature's unexpected conditions and adapting the frame to those conditions. As landscape photography is so dependent on lighting and weather conditions, more often than not, great images are discovered rather than planned. One must give themselves the time and opportunity to discover these images.back to gallery
