William Neill
William Neill, an American photographer and resident of Yosemite National Park area since 1977, is a renowned nature and landscape photographer. Neill's award-winning photography has been widely published in books, magazines, calendars, posters, and his limited-edition prints have been collected and exhibited in museums and galleries nationally. Neill has received the Sierra Club's Ansel Adams Award for conservation photography.
Neill's assignment and published credits include National Geographic, Smithsonian, Natural History, National Wildlife, Conde Nast Traveler, Gentlemen's Quarterly, Travel and Leisure, Wilderness, Sunset, Sierra and Outside magazines. Also, he writes a regular column, On Landscape, for Outdoor Photographer magazine. Feature articles about his work have appeared in Life, Outdoor Photographer, and Communication Arts. His corporate clients have included Sony Japan, Canon USA, Nike, Nikon, and The Nature Company.
He is the photographic author of many books, including The Sense of Wonder, The Tree, By Nature's Design, The Color of Nature, Traces of Time, Yosemite: The Promise of Wildness, Landscapes Of The Spirit, William Neill – Photographer, a Retrospective, and Light on the Landscape.
September 1, 2009 at 12:57 PM
Hi Jerry,
This lens is very helpful here. I am shooting at a low angle so there is a lot of depth, esp at 90mm. I didn’t want my reflection to show, and I was also avoiding tree reflections at this angle. By tilting the lens, I ensure sharpness and also have some flexibility to use a wider aperture. If this had been a straight 90mm, I would have needed f/22 or smaller to get foreground and background pads sharp.
It is brown around here. No offense! And I am a 4th generation Californian…
September 1, 2009 at 12:40 PM
I like the lilies. Can you explain why you used the TS lens?
We moved to California in the particularly dry summer of 1988. When I mentioned the brown hills to my native cousin, she indignantly corrected me: the hills were “golden.” I hope you don’t suffer similar criticism. 😉 —JLD