Royce Howland - Fine Art Photography

For my landscape photography, I have a development-oriented approach which often involves significant “digital darkroom” work. This includes panoramic image stitching and High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography. I view photography as an end-to-end creative process involving deliberate control of both taking the initial exposure and making the final image.

While I enjoy and respect many other styles, whether overtly documentary or artistic, I do not view my work as primarily about “getting it right in the camera.” The camera is not right; it is just a tool, and I have many tools. The advent of digital image capture and processing has opened up a new realm of creative potential for photography — an extension of the art rather than a replacement of it. The aim of my style is to creatively interpret the light, but also to remain true to the essence of the original scene.

You can see more of Royce Howland’s work at http://www.vividaspectphoto.com/