Landscape Photography. On Location with Thomas Heaton. Vol 1 | My Photo Bookshelf
This photo bookshelf series is going to start with one of the modern-day heavy hitters in the landscape photography community; Landscape Photography. On Location with Thomas Heaton. Vol 1.
Author’s synopsis
This book tells the stories behind my favourite images from my adventures all over the world. We start from high in the mountains and journey down to the valley floors, through the woodlands, over open desert plains to the coast and finish at the very ground beneath our feet. I share adventures and insights from my time as a landscape photographer.
Adventure is relative only to the person having the experience. Whether you are climbing Everest or exploring your local woodland, I hope this book encourages you to pack your camera bag and see what’s out there.
My thoughts about the book
I do love a good behind the photo story and this book is chock-full of them. Along with some of his best landscape photography work to date, Thomas shares an open and honest account of his experience when taking the accompanying photo which gives a fantastic insight into what it takes to succeed as a modern-day landscape photographer.
As you would expect, the photos are exceptional and you can tell a lot of attention was given to the sequence meaning there is a nice flow throughout the book with mountains and vistas through to smaller, more intimate scenes. The layout ticks all of my neat and tidy boxes with a straightforward story on the left and picture on the right format. Simple but effective without a single photo taking up more than one page (just the way I like it).
Nearly all of the photos in this book were taken while Thomas was filming a YouTube video so he’s done something quite clever in this book and created an index of videos alongside each photo at the back of the book. This means that for any photo or story that captures your attention, you can jump straight into the accompanying video and follow him along on his various adventures.
This is a well presented, hardcover photography book and in terms of build quality alone, punches well above its £39.99 price tag. With large, page filling photos and interesting stories alongside, this book is a great addition to any landscape lover’s collection. I highly recommend this photography book.
Book Details
Hardcover
Size: 260mm x 260mm
Pages: 118 – Fedrigoni 170gsm satin paper
Availability at the time of writing: Still in print. Available from author’s website: https://thomasheaton.co.uk/product/my-book.