Customer Reviews

Photographing the Patterns of Nature

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I had the privilege of taking Gary's "Patterns in Nature" class through Santa Fe Photographic Workshops in late 1998 - it was there I read Gary's first book (which is now out of print) and studied under him for an intense week. Gary has a clear writing style, and his written descriptions in the book are just like the way he speaks and works with his students. The photographic examples are excellent protrayals of the points and theories that he wants to make. I enjoyed his first book, and I am anxiously waiting for the new edition.

Hi. I had this book since 1993 and it's the one that helped me to reach a "Real higher level" in nature photography; Gary not only illustrates near perfection the places he had visited, but he really feels the emotion and flavor of being a nature lover and photographer. He convey and taught me how to real feel, understand, and realize the power of subtle and strong images that drive our and "their" minds to care about nature and the places in danger; We must care about what surround us. I'm trying hard to travel a lot to capture the beautifulness of my country; although I'm a graphic designer and digital artist, my heaviest passion is Photography.

I loved Gary's approach to sensitive themes such as composition, color, warmness, lighting, weather etc. Also the way he treats the commercial issues, beggining to market your photos, contacts, technical advices and more. Thanks Gary.

A collection of fabulous and inspiring photography! As with great photography anywhere, few words are needed, the photos speak for themselves. The book opened my eyes to seeing many new possibilities.

It's interesting how thoughtful exposition of one's point of view is considered "blah, blah, blah" these days.

The writing is actually very good, and he really draws you into his perspective.

I was enthusiastic about reading this book. What a great idea, recognizing the basic shapes of nature; triangles, spirals, horizontal and diagonal lines, and radial lines. The problem is that Gary seems to go on and on about his philosophy of photography. I concise how-to book on creative and abstract nature photography this ain't. I ended up skimming the book and returning it to the bookstore.

It's too bad Gary didn't stick to photography and not try to be an author. He goes on the novice writing theory that if three sentences are good then four paragraphs will be better. I think one star is an extremely high rating for this book.