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This is Yvadi and X and this is The Candid Frame. I have a great appreciation for landscape photography, especially when I'm out enjoying the outdoors and have no clue as to how to photograph a scene.

My attempts pale in comparison to the works I've seen of other photographers, both professional and amateur, who take

the richness of nature and translate that into a photograph that, well, that just sings.

They take God's handiwork, and they make something remarkable with it.

I first saw Gary Wagner's work during a trip to Sacramento and I was genuinely impressed by both

his artistry and his technical skills.

It's not an easy thing to marry the two.

And on top of all that, you're competing in a genre that has no shortage of practitioners.

But Gary's work really speaks for itself.

So when he contacted me to let me know that he was writing a book sharing his experience

and knowledge, I wanted to help in any way I could to help spread the word.

Digital black and white landscape photography, fine art techniques from camera to print,

is a book in which Gary shares his thought process for handling landscape

scenes from capture to the final print. It's not a step-by-step guide as to how he does it,

but rather it provides a sense of how he sees a photograph, first behind the camera, then on his

computer screen, and finally in the print. He's been making a living as a commercial portrait photographer for decades,

but he's also pursued his passion for landscape photography, and the results are really beautiful.

It's always a pleasure to sit down with someone for whom the love of what they do has not diminished.

They are still as in love with what they do as they were when they first began the journey.

Thanks for sending me a copy of the book.

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