One of the main dilemmas for nature photographers is how to frame an image. The choice of camera position and lens angle greatly affects the image design. Nature often provides us with chaotic lines, shapes and colors from which we… Continue Reading →
Here is my latest image, taken of my Purple Plum tree in front of my house. The sun was partially blocked by a large oak tree, and so allowing me to throw that point of light out of focus…. Continue Reading →
Here are a few new winter images made in Yosemite! I had a wonderful day with a private student in Yosemite on Wednesday. There were no clouds, no interesting weather, but the ice was fabulous. I helped Shauna find simple… Continue Reading →
I am finally pulling together my favorite photographs from 2012. It is always helpful to take the occasional assessment of our own creative progress. The annual ritual of posting a “best of” has gone viral. You might be interested in reading an essay… Continue Reading →
Black oak forest, autumn, Yosemite National Park, California 2012 Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM, 1/8 second at f/16, ISO 100 Copyright © 2012 William Neill Happy Thanksgiving! Today I am thankful for all of my… Continue Reading →
Greeting! On Labor Day, my family and I flew back east to visit family in New Jersey. We also drove up to New England for the wedding of my close friends John Weller and Cassandra Brooks. John is a former… Continue Reading →
Once again, I am participating in the Yosemite Foothills Open Studio Tour – Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 5, 6 & 7, 2012. My home studio will be full of my fine art prints, books and posters. I hope to… Continue Reading →
Here is the link to my latest essay at The Luminous Landscape, entitled, Emotion – The Magic Element. Enjoy, and I invite you to share your own experiences and thoughts here on my blog! Bill From “Landscapes of the Spirit”… Continue Reading →
I am excited to announce my new Yosemite Private Workshops. Yosemite National Park is a photographer’s haven, a masterpiece in stone full of classic scenes and intimate landscapes. Come join William Neill, author and photographer of William Neill’s Yosemite Volume One, and photographer… Continue Reading →
Saw the “Snow White” movie on Saturday, and some scenes reminded me of this image… Created in 1991, using a Wista 4×5 metal field camera. Enjoy and share! From “Landscapes of the Spirit” Available for immediate download, high quality… Continue Reading →
While tons of photogs flock to nearby #Yosemite to photograph moonbows, waterfalls and dogwood, I have been nursing a bum ankle for the past three week. “Caught” my son’s fast ball during pitching practice just above my ankle bone!… Continue Reading →
As with my previous post, this photograph was made last Sunday on my Earth Day return to nearby Merced River Canyon, my home for 20 years. I love the change of seasons there, but the spring season is my… Continue Reading →
Last week, we had some wonderful mornings of fog at sunrise. After dropping my son off at school, I walked into the nearby field of Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park. This image continues my Morning Light series, most of which I’ve… Continue Reading →
Last Saturday, I was at my son’s All Star soccer tournament in Madera, CA. In between games, I was walking around the park and found this tree trunk with great patterns. I used my iPhone 4s, and the quality of… Continue Reading →
Make that Forty One! I neglected to add this image to my 2011 collection. For more about the making of this image, see my blog post here: Landscapes of the Spirit – Spring Snow and Reflections, Coarsegold, California 2011 Happy… Continue Reading →
I have just put together a collection of my favorite photographs from 2011. Usually, I edited this collection more tightly but I think it might be helpful to show the wide range of creative tangents I took this past year…. Continue Reading →
On my recent trip to Utah and Arizona, I photographed slot canyons in the Page area for the first time since 2002. This image was created with one exposure, and a 16mm focal length. My very first session in Antelope Canyon… Continue Reading →
I made this image yesterday. I’ve been driving by this spot almost daily and had decided that I would need my Tilt Shift lens to achieve sharpness from front to back. The morning was overcast so now I had the… Continue Reading →
Later on the same evening that I photographed Rock and Water, Cascade Falls, Yosemite National Park, California 2011, I also spent some time along the roaring Merced River. There is something magical about standing next to massive amounts of water… Continue Reading →
On a recent trip to Yosemite Valley, I spent some time photographing waterfalls. The water levels are still very high for this time of year, but they are down quite a bit from the highest levels earlier this spring. I… Continue Reading →
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