Colin Prior was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1958. He is known for his landscape photography with his panoramic camera, which shoot wide view shots, lowering to 50 IOS.

This photograph captures the landscape of a mountain top with clouds forming around the bottom of the mountain to frame the composition of the photograph. Prior also uses leading lines and rule of three to focus on the tip of the mountain. Prior would of used a deep depth of field (f/11 to f/22) to get everything in focus, as the fog in the background act as a natural blur. Prior could of taken this photograph to show at his tours/exhibitions. 

I could take inspiration of this photograph, as I like the natural framing of the clouds surrounding the mountain top. I could use this for my project by working with nature and having the trees be framing my subject and contrasting this composition with leading lines to draw my audience into the photograph. 

I like how Prior uses the clouds to frame the photograph, as it starts a natural fade into the focal point of the photograph and leads the viewers eyeline to around the mountain to capture the beauty. I would change the photograph to have a more saturated sky, as this would allow the clouds to contrast off the blue, as the tip of a mountain is above the clouds and should show the two halves separating earth with space.

Buachaille Etive Mòr (09.10.2025).

https://colinprior.co.uk/pages/about (09.10.2025).

Peter Lik is a landscapes photographer, who discovered panoramic camera in 1984 in America. Lik spent 35 years pushing his ambition to try explore out of the boundaries of photography.

This photograph captures a crop farm at night with high contrast to exaggerate blacks to give the clouds a physical shape, whereas clouds with low contrast merge into the sky. This idea Lik had creates a spooky like environment and could show the viewers the dark side to farming as dark colours could convey the meaning of less fortunate and hardworking. While this photograph does not have a specific meaning, I think it captures farming in one frame. Lik uses leading lines of the crops to direct the viewer's attention towards the sky, where the clouds frame the the moon. The photograph uses rule of thirds, as the moon is in the upper right side of the photograph by avoiding symmetry and creating a visual appealing frame. 

Lik inspires me to experiment more in Adobe Lightroom more, exploring what high contrast can do to impact the photograph to change the meaning behind it. I want to use leading lines and framing to carve out a the focal point to draw my viewer's attention into my work. 

Biography - About Master Photographer Peter Lik (09.10.2025).

Even Peter Lik Says His Art Is Not Worth the Money | Fstoppers (09.10.2025).

Imogen Cunningham was a American photographer, who was born on the 12th of April, 1883, famous for her botanical photography, nudes and industrial landscapes. Cunningham was apart of a group called 'f/64', who are know for her their sharp focus and simple subjects. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imogen_Cunningham (16.10.2025).

This photograph uses an extreme close up to capture and focus of the subject, which is a flower. The petals use leading lines to follow up to the pistils of the flower, where the focus of the viewers eye is where Cunningham wanted them to be. This is shown as the petals use a small amount of light to create the leading lines.

Cunningham also uses rule of thirds, which could be to compliment the leading lines and could show the idea behind the extreme close up. I admire the use of rule of thirds, creating the leading lines of the petals to showcase the pistils, which viewers rarely admire, as we do not get the opportunity with our naked eyes. 

Lee Frost is a Yorkshire-born photographer, who is based in Cornwall. Frost is known for showcasing the weather with a hint of landscapes photography. 

https://www.leefrost.co.uk/profile (16.10.2025).

This photograph uses the rule of thirds with leading lines with the water and rocks to the mountain in a distance. This could symbolise the historic past of the building on the mountain and could symbolise Frosts growth in photography. 

I admire Frosts efforts to use slower shutter speed to capture the water crashing on the rocks elegantly, which could convey to the point of calmness, as the sun is rising, which pink has connotations of  peace, romance and transition.