When was jack dykinga born

He also shared his passion for one of his favorite photographic tools; a Four Wheel Camper. In response to our latest TCM Star inquiry, Jack sent in a series of desert photographs that, once again, stopped us in our tracks. We replied by asking if Jack would share some further details about the photographs for a future feature story.

He agreed. So, when I left the newspaper business to become a landscape photographer in the early 80s, I decided that a camper was as necessary as my Nikons. I wanted a base of operations I could place in remote locations. My Eagle Four Wheel Camper is my base-camp, my home, my office, and refuge from elements.

So, my idea of a camper is one that can go the farthest on a gallon of gas, traverse some of the hottest deserts, the worst terrain, sustain me and get me home unscathed.

In addition, my Nikon digital cameras and Macbook pro, literally drink electricity. So I need a ready power supply. High clearance and four-wheel drive is essential. The low range also lets this happen slowly when bouncing over rocks. My truck was a very powerful Dodge Cummins diesel. I had gone too far and needed to back up in order to negotiate a turn. I checked my mirrors and started in reverse. The sickening sound I heard was like a combination of a car crash and moaning of bent timber just before snapping.

Many landscape photographers worry that sharing the locations of wilderness places like this will lead to over-use and damage. Others are concerned about intellectual piracy of image concepts as copycat photographers seek to capture their own version of the image.

Do you share either or both of those concerns. Thanks for posting another well-prepared thread for our interest and education. I can answer 1 and 4 together.

Yes, there are many similar shots out there, but as usual it's the composition that makes ones like this stand out. All of that comes in a balanced and near-symmetrical composition that includes shape, colour and textures. Plus it's an unusual sort of place to be in, and the photo conveys something of that unusualness.

The list could probably go on much longer, but to my mind those are the main points. If I'd taken this myself I don't know if I would have included the stick. I can see why he did - its twisted shape and texture echo the shape and texture of the canyon.

But for me it looks just a bit contrived i. I might have done something to randomise it a bit. In summary, yes I would hang this on my wall. Having spent as much time as I have, investigating the links for further study, as well as having a very real reaction to the photo, I decided to voice some of my thoughts. I will respond to as many of your points for consideration as I can. Honestly I have a somewhat negative reaction to the photo, even though I have always found this kind of geology to produce some of the most stunning photos I have seen.

Even though I myself have collected similar pieces of wood, that somehow have very special meaning to me, I feel that in featuring the piece of wood, He has sacrificed a better composition of the rocks and water.

As put by R. It neither successfully celebrates the stick, or the setting. Each distracts from the other, and diminishes what I think would be a much more enjoyable photo without the stick. I simply do not believe the stick was there, but that he saw it in the area, and chose to include it in his composition.

I don't know if I would hang it. I think not. I have returned to potentially good places a ridiculous number of times just to see how it looks. A B Quintanilla. A Bhimsingh. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie. A C Baantjer. A C Clemons. A C Lyles. A E Backus. A E Doyle. A E Matthews. A E Van Vogt. A F Golam Osmani. A J Buckley. A J Burnett. A J English. A J Graves. A J Schable. Abraham Haskel Taub. Adam Piatt. Addison Baker. Cliff Zenor Nature photographers are explorers. Each time we bring the camera to our eye, we hope to discover something as pleasing in the viewfinder as is Jasminder Oberai.

Gerrit Vyn. Jim Stimson I'm a story teller and photography is a great tool to spin a tale. Jim Stimson has made the eastern Sierra Nevada of California his home for Terry Donnelly I feel that to be successful, one must feel passionately about the subject and be driven to express that passion.

Mary Liz Austin I photograph to record the obvious — the incredible beauty of nature that I believe mirrors the beauty that exists in all of us. Mary Liz Austin has Bill Ellzey It's probably a colossal cliche to call oneself a seeker of beauty. But I am one. I believe that people who take photography workshops in nature are on Grant Ordelheide Grant Ordelheide is a rare breed: a successful Karen Kasmauski Consider the metaphor of a grain of sand: one grain in a thousand is insignificant, while it can also be unique in shaping everything that it touches.

Annie Griffiths The best part about teaching is that it reminds me of what brought me to photography in the first place: the thrill of seeking out new pictures, and Carr Clifton.