Spotlight Profile: Ian Plant

With so much great content including Tamron's "Odd Couple" videos, podcasts and the recent three-part post from Kevin Gilligan on holding your own photography show, it's been a little while since we profiled more of Tamron's Image Masters.  So, It's the perfect time for a spotlight profile of Tamron Image Master, Ian Plant.

On Tamron's Image Masters page he's described as...

World-renowned professional nature photographer, writer, and adventurer Ian Plant has been photographing our natural world for almost twenty years. Ian is a frequent contributor to and blogger for Outdoor Photographer Magazine, a Contributing Editor to Popular Photography Magazine, and a monthly columnist for Landscape Photography Magazine. Ian’s work also appears in many other books, calendars, ad campaigns, and magazines available worldwide. Ian is the author of several dozen books (in both print and electronic format) and instructional videos, including most recently the acclaimed Visual Flow: Mastering the Art of Composition, which spans several centuries and different artistic media in its quest to reveal the composition secrets of the great masters. 

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It wasn't easy picking out my favorite images from Ian's gallery for this post, because first, they're stunning and second, he's got an amazing diversity as an artist. Take a look and you'll see what I mean. His artist's statement says it all:
 
There is a growing trend among photographers (especially landscape photographers) to engage in extensive image manipulation in Photoshop, turning rather ordinary photographs into something "magical" using computer wizardry (such as replacing skies, extensive color toning to simulate remarkable lighting conditions where none existed, adding rainbows, etc.), too often made without any disclosure to the public. I do not belong to this trend. I consider myself a photographer, not a graphic artist, and as such I rely on field technique (and a lot of patience) to capture real stunning natural events. Call me quaint, but I believe the magic is found out there, not sitting in front of a computer!

Ian needs to be on your radar.  You'll find him on Facebook, Twitter and definitely take a stroll through his galleries. Also, check out his blog - It's loaded with great content! Ian's also got a free download of his ebook. Just click the banner below.

Ian's Tamron Gear Box
SP 15-30MM F/2.8 Di VC USD
SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC (model A007) 
16-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD Macro (model B016)
SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC (model A009) 
SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC (model A011)

All images copyright Ian Plant. All rights reserved.