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Iceland, A Monograph
The Print & The Process Series
A showcase of David duChemin’s photographic vision and creative process behind his recent trip to one of the world’s most stunning places. Moved by the incredible landscapes, the vastness of the open spaces, and the extreme weather David created photographs that first and foremost inspired him. Learn more.
ICELAND, A Monograph – The Print & The Process is the latest eBook by David duChemin. The Print & The Process series is the perfect format to show David’s photographic vision and creative process behind his recent trip to one of the world’s most stunning places. Moved by the incredible landscapes, the vastness of the open spaces, and the extreme weather, David created photographs that first and foremost inspired him.
ICELAND, A Monograph, is a showcase of exceptional photographs and it holds nothing back with respect to how the images were created. This eBook is the first look at 39 of the images David created in Iceland. The curtain is pulled back on technique – like how he used three different ND filters to work through an exposure problem, as well as the more internal processes related to creation – like finding inspiration and working through the frustrations of finding one’s vision. The process and thinking behind those photographs are explained from a technical angle and the discussion of post-processing includes two free downloadable Adobe Lightroom Presets. For you travelers, David also briefly discusses logistics involved in the travel and supporting the digital workflow while tenting his way through Iceland.
ICELAND, A Monograph – The Print & The Process is larger than usual – a full 65 spreads of photographs and insights that will inspire as you develop your own craft. This is easily one of the books about which we are the proudest!
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David, I think this is hands down the best of your Monographs, and is in a tie with about 3 or 4 of your other books as my favourite. The photographs, as always, are superb and inspiring. What I really love is that you delved into your use of filters, how you go about using them, and show the comparison shots with different filter setups
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This was my most recent of the Craft & Vision eBook purchases, and by far, my favorite! Well written, not overly technical, and filled with great shots that made me stop and go “wow! how did he do it?” then goes onto to explain just that. wonderful read, even if you aren’t a photographer!
As a landscape photographer (and one trying to learn the tilt/shift lens) this e-book has been the best monograph yet, if not the best of all the Craft and Vision e-books. The monograph series and the original instructional e-books are quite different, both are good, but it is the subject (and the amazing location) of this e-book which have ignited my soul.
Since writing Within the Frame, David duChemin has been traveling the globe bringing his vision to life. David’s recent trip to Iceland with Dave Delnea is no exception.
In Iceland – A Monograph, duChemin’s photographs, along with the narrative, are a rare glimpse into the rawness one encounters on discovering new lands, new angles of shooting, new equipment, and new ideas. I have found this e-book to be truly inspiring and a commitment to authentic trial and success.
More of my review can be found here: http://bit.ly/bRcpiI
David, your Iceland pictures leave me breathless, inspired, humbled, in awe (and lusting for a t/s lens). Thank you seems such a small thing to say in response to the ebook, and in acknowledgment of the generosity with which you share your work and insight. Gratitude from the core of my being.
It is really a beautiful book and I would recommend getting it even just for the photos.
The images presented in “Iceland” are single, concise body of work, which is a bit different then his previous e-books in the series. The photographs are strongly connected by geographical place, wide angle tilt-shift lens (with its shallow depth of field and selective focus) and post-processing. Even though two different tonalities of images were used (and there are two Lightroom presets available for download!), they all go together very well. There is 39 images, exploring the vastness of Iceland landscape and barely any people with exception of photographers. The abandoned buildings only add to the feeling of solitude- and it is quite hard to find places like that Europe.
Starting from saying that “teaching keeps me learning” the author gets into the lessons on photography prepared for this volume. And there is quite a few here. There are some thoughts on organization of this type of a trip and what gear to pack, the convincing lecture on the need of the tripod, and some great tips and advice on creative use of tilt-shift lens and especially neutral grad filters. In fact, he was the first to mention the color cast on so called “neutral” filters, something which frustrated me the first time I started to use them. And the way David DuChemin plays with sandwiching grad filters- it is worth reading and exploring.
The e-book ends with a image by image description of why and how they were taken, and what were the particular challenges with any of them. It is a great learning source for every photographer.
The e-book is not only yet another occasion to take a look on David DuChemin photography, which he keeps always fresh, not repeating same ideas and compositions. It is also a great source on creative ideas and techniques to improve your photography. I would say- 5$ well spend.
(This is just a fragment of the review I wrote on my blog. You can read it here: http://tinyurl.com/icelandmonograph)
Best ebook in The Print & Process series so far. Period.
Very nice Dave… the photographs alone was worth every bit!
Give David duChemin ice, and he will make a sweet refreshing glass of ice-cold lemonade. And so it is with these masterfully composed and developed photographs that he brought to us from Iceland.
This monograph also contains explanations of David’s creative process and technique, which I find fascinating.
I was considering leaving my tripod at home, however, David makes a good case for lugging it around. I actually go so far as to use the tripod, mirror lock, and remote shutter release to get very sharp photos. I will continue to use this approach to take multiple exposures of high dynamic range scenes and composite them in Photoshop which I still believe works better than filters, but David makes a good case for them.
Do not hesitate to buy this Iceland monograph, and I strongly recommend David’s books Within the Frame and Refining Your Vision in Lightroom. These books contain stunning photographs with deeply though out and clear explanations of David’s creative process.
David keeps managing to top his excellent previous efforts. Beautiful, moving images and fascinating insights into the mind of the artist. Easily my favorite in the Monograph series so far.
Best ebook yet in the C&V series. Iceland officially added to my bucket list.
This book, unlike David’s previous writings, has a very personal perspective that it is written from. If you every wondered what photographers do when they’re on vacation…this is it.
Great images, explanations, and always good teaching even when taking some down time.
Another great “The Print & The Process” eBook. It’s very useful to get to know the why(s) of another photographer. Clearly written, beautiful pictures, great thoughts : I like it ;-)
Only snag : a couple of typos (result of the excitement to get this piece out rapidly ?). But that should not detract anyone to buy this nice eBook !
This E-Book is simply stunning. Not only does it contain beautiful and moving work from David, but, it also shows you his process at generating such fantastic emotionally charged images. David not only talks about the photographs he captured and developed but he also mentions his workflow before he starts to shoot. like taking a personal inventory and scouting an area to shoot deep rather than broad. He also diagrams his filter work in some of the images to help the reader better understand the use of filters on your final images. the e-book is a great buy and at $5 it’s a no-brainer.
The monograph print & process series is really maturing and continues to get better. Unfortunately I’m not completely feeling it from the photos themselves but for me that’s not the point of this book. There is much to learn just listening and learning the thought process behind each and every print in this series. I defiantly enjoyed this book conveniently released while waiting for a connecting flight. Iceland remains on my to-visit-soon list.
The book opens with an introduction to the authors thoughts about Iceland, how it differs from other more “typical” trips he takes and how he was inspired by the change of scenery in Iceland. The next 30 pages of this 64 page ebook are just the images of the monograph captured over a 10 day period in august of 2010.
The images in the beginning of the book is the authors print section of the ebook and are collected and captured as a monograph, which is to say a collection of images centered around a singular subject. In this case the country of Iceland. The colors, framing and composition used by the photographer are all similar which adds to the mood of the monograph. The selections chosen are wonderful for their structure and use of the authors new Tilt Shift lens. What an inspiration to creating my own monograph on something I’m passionate about.
The last section of this wonderful ebook is the process portion. In this section the author breaks down the process taken to capture the images shown in the first part of the book, this includes selecting the subject, planning, and executing that plan. There is then a quick jump into a more technical review of the images selected for the book. He shows a series of seven images as one example of what he was trying to “say” through an image an how he came to choose image seven. A few pages are then devoted to the case for using a tri-pod even when you don’t think it necessary equipment on a trip as well as a very compelling case for the use of Neutral Density filters.
The author continues this more technical look at the images presented in the book by moving onto the digital darkroom and his use of split toning to help the images selected keep to a desired consistent look. He has a few links to even download the Adobe Lightroom preset he used as a starting point.
The last part of the book discusses all the EXIF data, and the images themselves. The author gives us his rational for including each image into the book as well as the process used to take the image.
This is not the first, and will for sure not be the last David DuChemin book I read. I love the way this author has broken down some of the mysteries of photography as well as bringing and reinforcing the need for a vision for the images we make. This book has enough technical, beauty, imagination, inspiration and geek for all readers. Head on over to the craft and visions website to grab your copy of this book.
David, I think this is hands down the best of your Monographs, and is in a tie with about 3 or 4 of your other books as my favourite. The photographs, as always, are superb and inspiring. What I really love is that you delved into your use of filters, how you go about using them, and show the comparison shots with different filter setups; extremely helpful! Funny that you talked about the tripod issue; I’ve been discovering that myself over the past month or so, and have found that it makes all the difference in the world, not just in terms of stability, but also in terms of fostering creativity. Anyway, I just wanted to say well done, and thank you!
Seriously one of your best works David! You keep raising the bar with every new release.
I ran a review at PhotographyBB with my thoughts on this one. Great stuff and thank you!
So looking forward to getting this e-book! Can’t wait to get home and buy/download it. For me the most anticipated e-book in the Craft and Vision series sofar!