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Joe Cornish

Joe has twenty five years of professional photography under hes belt he was born in Devon in 1958. He is famous for hes beautiful landscape photography

which can be found in many books and magazines .

Hes photographs are in more than thirty travel books
He has worked with the national trust for many years
contributing to many of there books .

Joe Cornish recently came to the college to give a evening talk

Regrettably i was unable unable to come to the talk because of the distance i live from the college
and the traveling by public transport

One of Joe's inspirations was the work of Ansel Adams

Adams Ansel photographer and environmentalist, was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Charles

The grandson of a wealthy timber baron, Adams grew up in a house set amid the sand dunes of the Golden Gate. When Adams was only four, an aftershock of the great earthquake and fire of 1906 threw him to the ground and badly broke his nose giving him a distinctive look .

A commercial photographer for 30 years, he made visionary photos of western landscapes that were inspired by a boyhood trip to Yosemite. He won three Guggenheim grants to photograph the national parks (1944--58). Founding the f/64 group with Edward Weston in 1932, he developed zone exposure to get maximum tonal range from black-and-white film.

Some of Ansel Adams photographs.

Joe Cornish has done some beautiful close up macro work also

This shot of a leaf under water is beautiful showing the leaf under the water and above , great reflections and shapes make a great photo.

The crispness of the leaf and the colours are beautiful

Hes use of a wide aperture in a close up is something i have liked to use in my photography . Its makes the leaf stand out and makes you see the sharpness of leaf that he is metering onto .

Comparisons with my work

I have done something similar recently focusing onto the
first berry's and letting the rest fade into the background

450D

Lens 60mm

Shutter speed 1/80 sec

Aperture f/2.5

ISO 100

Metering Evaluative

Joe has done architectural shots as well

This great photo has great composition using the for ground and patterns of the floor it has great leading lines and texture .

This stairway has great leading

lines with lovely tones of colours

This church is a great composition showing the

clock tower and the front of the church

Hexham Abbey, Northumberland, 1170 - 1250, Early English Style, Stone Carving

A close up of a part of the church showing the detail of the Statue

Comparisons with my work

I have done something smilier at Lichfield , I took a shot of Lichfeild Cathedral

and took some shots of the detail of the building

Lichfield Cathedral

450D
Lens 18-55mm at 18mm
Shutter speed 1/60 sec
Aperture f/7.1
ISO 100
Metering Evaluative

I have used a composition that shows the front of the cathedral

Close up of Statue on Cathedral

450D
Lens 50mm
Shutter speed 1/125 sec
Aperture f/1.8
ISO 100
Metering Evaluative

I have used a shallow aperture and metered onto the woman I have the baby in soft focus

Joe has published many books like First light where he guides

through the building blocks of landscape photography , with over

100 photographs included its a book any photography would love to own

Joe Cornish has also been in many photograph magazines I found a article in a old magazine i have about Joe Cornish and Scotland : The project of a lifetime it had some beautiful photos published inside