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.
March 9, 2010 at 6:53 AM
And this is the main reason I love http://www.williamneill.com. Love the post.
February 10, 2010 at 8:18 AM
Hi Bill,
Thanks for the reply.
I understand that you’d have to see the ice images to respond thoughtfully. My goal is to have an exhibit of the images in a local venue.
Your reply broadened my thinking some: it’s not an either/or issue, and the different verisons of the “same” image could be used in different situations.
Thanks.
February 7, 2010 at 3:56 PM
Hi Evelyn,
No, I think I will make use of both versions. “Showing publicly” includes many possible options. Did you have a specific use in mind?
My choice of using either one will depend on the venue, publication or exhibit. But I would not use both in the same place.
As for your ice images, I’d have to see the images, know the context, to decide if they would work in the same venue.
Thanks for your question, Bill
February 7, 2010 at 3:36 PM
Bill,
In a recent post you showed the color (green) version of the agave, and asked whether people preferred the B&W or color version. This suggests to me that you’ll decide on showing one publicly. Is that correct? Or would you show both versions publicly?
A related issue that has come up for me recently is taking and showing multiple “originals” from the same/similar subject matter. In the specific case I’m thinking of I took several different compositions involving leaves in ice, with some overlap across the images. Then I decided to take a pano image that included parts from the “regular” shots. I’m wondering whether I can show both the pano and one or more of the individual shots. I’d appreciate your thoughts.
January 28, 2010 at 11:43 AM
Thanks Carlo for the species ID!
Hi Stacey, thanks for your feedback!
January 27, 2010 at 5:14 PM
Bill, I really like the tonal spread and choices in this image – gives it a very soft and soothing feel.
January 27, 2010 at 4:43 PM
Your agave is very likely Agave attenuata. Best one I’ve seen was in the Azores…. But it’s grown here in the states and around the Mediterranean.
January 27, 2010 at 12:09 PM
Thanks for your comments. I am still developing my thoughts about different versions of one image. But basically, I have no problem of creating more than one image from the same original.
Stay tuned!
January 26, 2010 at 1:00 PM
I’d be very interested in reading your thoughts about exploring multiple options with one image. I have some wildflower images that I’ve shown “straight” and I’m also working on a series of “antique” versions of wildflower photos that I’ve shown “straight”. I’ve wondered about the “ethics” of showing the same image in two different verisons.