http://tomtill.com/blog Tom Till's Blog - Travels, Equipment, News, Events, etc. Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:54:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I’m often asked what got me started in photography, and one answer I have is that I saw the work of my heroes Philip Hyde, Eliot Porter, and David Muench in books and magazines during and shortly after college. The work of these photographers, along with my lifelong interest in ... http://tomtill.com/blog/2008/11/legends-of-the-fall/ This is a modest attempt at a short  history of landscape photography in the Moab area, specifically focusing on photographers who have a large body of work  from Moab, Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park the La Sal Mountains and the spectacular BLM lands of the area.   If your work ... http://tomtill.com/blog/2008/10/a-history-lesson-and-a-french-connection/                             I'm often asked if I still like my job.  So many people think it would be great to to get paid to take photographs,  it has to be wonderful, right?  I spent some time with one of America's best known and most successful nature photographers recently and I was amazed ... http://tomtill.com/blog/2008/09/success-with-landscape-photography-and-kudos-to-eric-mcleod/ I've really no excuse for the time lag between my last blog and this one except that I've been a good boy and I've been spending time with my son who is home from college and doing a lot of shooting.  As I've mentioned in previous blogs,  digital photography has ... http://tomtill.com/blog/2008/07/up-and-up-down-under/ I’m sorry for the delay since my last posting. As you can imagine, the last month has been prime time in the desert for image-making. Now that temperatures have soared, I’m back in my office for a few days. Twenty-six years ago I was hired to do a ... http://tomtill.com/blog/2008/07/canyonlands-redux/ Four by five photography and the large image produced by that wonderful camera system has been been the guiding thread in my photo career. Most of my professional colleagues have used a 4x5, and I started with one in 1977. My files now contain 70,000 4x5’s from all ... http://tomtill.com/blog/2008/03/change-is-now-into-digital-part-one/ Images of red rocks and snow are not big sellers, either in my gallery or as images for publication, but there is something about the beauty of these amazing storms that really excites and inspires me. This winter continues to be unusually stormy and snowy throughout the region. Last week I ... http://tomtill.com/blog/2008/03/snow-patrol/ I have just returned from a wonderful trip to the Persian Gulf country of Qatar. Invited over by the American embassy, I spent a week giving photography lectures, attending the opening of an exhibit of my work in the capital of Doha, and teaching workshops in the Qatari desert. Most ... http://tomtill.com/blog/2008/01/qatar-critiquing-the-work-of-students/ Is anything more beautiful on film or on your computer screen than red rocks and white snow? We have been blessed with several magnificent snow storms this year. Before Thanksgiving the La Sals were almost completely devoid of snow, reminding me of 1977--the year of no snow whatsoever. After Thanksgiving ... http://tomtill.com/blog/2008/01/red-rocks-and-white-snow/ I’m sorry so much time has passed since my last post. I was traveling overseas and had planned to post from over there (Fiji and New Zealand), but was unable to find time to do so. When I’m in the field the meter is ticking, so I really have my ... http://tomtill.com/blog/2007/12/dan-fogelberg-fiji-and-new-zealand/