Joe Cornish is a mixture of the two of them and his work is celebrated for its stunning visual quality. David Ward produces intimate landscapes whereby he distills down the very finest points of what he calls the landscape within. He's the modern day John Constable with his use of light and cloud structure. Charlie produces those stunning painterly landscape images. Their work was and continues to be outstanding. His travels to varying parts of the world had a massive influence on what I currently do and how I continue to work from day to day.įor landscape photography it has to be, what are considered to be, the top three in the UK. It began for me the early mornings and getting used to waking up at silly o'clock in order to capture that beautiful first light of the day. His work inspired me to not only look at sunset but also sunrise. I came across his work when I was searching out how to properly use and understand graduated filters. Next up was the travel photographer David Noton. This was the real beginning for me as I sought out information that we now take for granted. He had written a series of books on photography and I was interested in his use of filtration and night photography. In the beginning the first inspiration that I had was from a photographer named Lee Frost. Julian: That's easy to answer but comes with several responses. Vallerret: Whose work has influenced you most? But it's too hard to pin down one particular place or country. It's here that you start getting the stories that make the work fun to do.īut of course if you were to push me then evidently the landscape as that's where my love of photography started. From everyday people to indigenous people. I would say that it's not necessarily the subject but the variety of people that I meet. Julian: This is very difficult to answer I travel so much across the world. Vallerret: What is your favorite subject to shoot? In terms of marketing myself and what I do then paying more attention earlier on to the social media side of things as in the early days the various platforms weren't crippling posts as much as they are now. I actually had a camera back in the 1980s but because I had no idea and no real inspiration it any particular subject the camera was sold. This is certainly true of the stock photography side of things. Julian: If I knew what I know now, I would have said to have started earlier. Vallerret: Knowing what you know now, what advice would you give to yourself when you started learning photography? In this interview, you'll get to know Julian and learn about his approach to photography, his favorite subjects and techniques, and his inspirations. He has also received awards for his work, such as the Countryside is GREAT section of the Landscape Photographer of the Year in 2015 and commended and highly commended images in the International Garden Photographer of the Year. Julian is passionate about capturing landscapes and cityscapes along with the various cultures that inhabit them and has had his photography and stock footage sold across the world in nearly 40 countries through agencies such as Getty Images. He is a Brand Ambassador for different brands, including Vallerret. We are excited to continue our new blog series featuring interviews with some of the world's most talented photographers with our second interview featuring Julian Elliott, an award-winning professional freelance landscape and travel photographer as well as an occasional writer based both in the Loire Valley, France and Wiltshire, England.
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