David Hugh Evans believes landscape photography is the art of painting with light to create an image, not merely to capture it.

This gentle craft appears at a glance to be an easy feat, and yet is so utterly difficult. Subjects cannot be manufactured, the light cannot be forced, and patience is not an option to be discarded. Darkness is the canvas. Slowly and carefully the light is allowed to bleed onto the film.

David has a distinctive style, one he calls 'slow photography'. His images frequently have an ethereal and painterly quality, a result of slow film and long shutter speeds ranging from seconds to hours.

It is known that the human brain does not process moments in time that are much faster than 1/10 of a second, otherwise registering these moments as movement. Slow photography is not about trying to capture moments that are possibly too brief for us to see. It is about layering a series of moments together to create an otherwise un-created and un-recognized image. It is the layering of time onto film.

Moving into the realm of image creation from image capture is the fine art of a good landscape photographer. Evans has well and truly earned his reputation as one of the finest image-makers in Australia.

David's motivation is to remind us that fun and wild, untamed places are critical elixirs in life.

David is a multi award-winning photographer, with a professional career spanning more than a decade. He is a specialist in the panoramic format and his accolades include The AIPP Epson South Australian Professional Photographer of the Year in 2006 and 2009, AIPP SA Landscape Photographer of the Year in 2006, 2008 and 2009, AIPP SA Illustrative Photographer of the Year 2009, and runner-up AIPP Australian Landscape Photographer of the Year in 2008

He is proudly supported by Epson Australia and represented by Lonely Planet Images, and his work has appeared in many publications including a series of his own landscape photography books. David is an Associate of The Australian Institute of Professional Photography.

http://www.davidevansphoto.com/

Christian Fletcher has been taking photographs professionally for over 18 years. "In that time I have had to evolve with every advance in technology and creative technique. It is such an exciting and challenging time to be in the industry.

"The advent of digital has revolutionised photography as an art form. It has also bought photography and image manipulation to the masses. Every second person now takes photographs and many are trying their hand at creating a living from their hobbies.

"Digital in some ways made it easier to be a photographer, but it still takes a certain level of skill and understanding to truly master the craft. I cut my teeth on film and lived for years in a darkened room, mixing chemicals, printing my own prints and framing them. When I think of where I began, look at where I am now and beyond to the future, I am amazed at how far I have come and how far there is still left to go.

"Every month someone develops an new idea or approach that refines photography just that little bit more. It is these refinements that keep it exciting for me. Photography comes second to my family, I place it that highly. Sometimes it can be frustrating, sometimes depressing, but it is always rewarding if you work hard and want to succeed."

Christian has just won 4 awards at the 2009 Australian Professional Photography Awards (APPA) including a Gold, two Silvers with Distinction and a Silver.

http://www.christianfletcher.com.au/

Nick Rains loves being a landscape photographer because it gets him out and about. "This is one of the reasons I love this job - I get to go the some of the remotest places in this huge country, far away from the busy cities and into a place where you can quite literally roll out a swag, light a fire and sleep under the stars."

Nick is widely published which is very satisfying, but he says having your work appreciated for its own qualities is probably the ultimate goal for any serious photographer. "I started off in photography almost straight out of Swansea University in South Wales where I studied Zoology. I picked up the basics by going out and using film, oh, and reading photography books as well. I didn't do any formal training until a few years later when I did a two year tech course on studio and commercial photography. Commercial photography was well paid and reasonably interesting but I soon got more interested in travel photography so, like many others were starting to do, I shouldered a backpack and headed off into Asia and Australia.

"I ended up in Australia and was soon working for Canon during the 1986 America's Cup in Fremantle. This was where I met all the top international photographers and magazine editors who were all very helpful to a young photographer starting out in serious international work. I had a ball during the 12 months I spent in Perth, my work was published in Sports Illustrated, London Times, Paris Match, Stern and many other well known publications. I worked for Time Magazine for a while as an assistant and learned a whole load of stuff about what professional photography is all about.

"Of course my Visa finally ran out and I headed back to England. My new contacts stood me in good stead and this period was when I fully developed my landscape photography by undertaking extended trips into Germany, Turkey, Italy, France, and Spain shooting for the stock photography market. Finally I decided to move back to Australia for good in 1990 and have been shooting this fabulous country ever since. I have travelled almost half a million kilometers in that time and have been to just about every major place on interest. In fact the only major places I have yet to visit are Cape York and the central deserts of WA. "

Nick is a Master of Photography with the AIPP and the editor of Better Digital Camera magazine.

http://www.nickrains.com/

Jaspal Jandu is a British born panoramic photographer based in London, England. With worldwide book releases and regular touring exhibitions, Jaspal Jandu is now recognised as one of the world's leading exponents of panoramic landscape photography with a special emphasis on natural phenomena and the environment.

Working alongside his father - a renowned architect - Jaspal's creative flair was apparent from a very early age. Whilst completing a thesis on 'The Renaissance school and its use of light and proportion', a serendipitous encounter with the world of large-format panoramic film photography provided him with the perfect medium through which to explore light and proportion in the natural world.

Aligning the effects of dramatic light and his own unique sense of composition, Jaspal was soon receiving commissions and began traveling extensively around the world. Returning to countries over the course of many years, he compiled time-lapse images of glacial retreat and desertification which resonated strongly with the mood and the tastes of the general public and art editors alike. Jaspal's travels culminated in 2009 with the release of an epic volume, 'Natural Wonders: A Panoramic Vision'. Covering 25 countries over a four year voyage, it proved to be a perfectly timed wake-up call, illustrating that the intrinsic beauty of our shared world is both transient and perilously fragile.

The volume was warmly received and was accompanied by extensive press coverage and a touring exhibition which played host to over six thousand visitors.

Jaspal is currently engaged in two new panoramic photography projects, including one on the American West. In addition, Jaspal Jandu Photography has recently incorporated a publishing house and will continue to expand its range of large, limited edition prints to its dedicated client base.

http://www.jaspaljandu.com/

Having worked in most areas of professional photography, Peter Eastway's passion is for landscapes, portraiture and the printed page. He is the publisher of Better Photography and co-publisher of Better Digital and Better Photoshop Techniques, Australia's three leading photography magazines.

Peter's work is so respected that Lonely Planet chose him to write their international photography guide book on landscape photography. He is also a Grand Master of Photography, one of only eight in the world and earned from a career spanning nearly 30 years.

Peter has won many awards for his photography. In 1996 and 1998 he was the AIPP Australian Professional Photographer of the Year. He was Australian Landscape Photographer of the Year in 1995, 1996 and 1998, Australian Illustrative Photographer of the Year in 2004, and NSW Professional Photographer of the Year in 1995, 1996 and 2004. He has also won the Grand Award for the Commercial Category at the 2005 and 2008 WPPI Exhibition in Las Vegas.

Peter is well-known as a photography judge both in Australia and overseas and has shared his experience with amateur and professional photography organisations around the world. He is currently the Chairman of the AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards.

http://www.petereastway.com/

Christian Fleury was born in Freiburg, Germany just a few miles from the borders of both France, where his father grew up, and Switzerland. Christian took a traditional route on his career in professional photography. After graduating from college, where he majored in photography, he worked as a photo assistant on advertising, architectural, and editorial projects. In 1998, he moved to Berlin where he then worked as a freelance sports and press photographer for several different sports agencies, newspapers, and magazines. At first, his panoramic photography was a relaxing hobby. However, in 2003, when he moved to the United States, he became increasingly captivated by landscape and panoramic photography. Today, Christian's primary photographic work centers around capturing images in the 6x17 and Xpan panoramic format. His work is used for stock photography as well as for fine art prints.

Christian serves his second term as an active Board member of the International Association of Panoramic Photographers (IAPP). He also helped in organizing various quarterly meetings, in northern California, for panoramic photographers, photography students, and panoramic enthusiasts.

Currently, a resident of Sunnyvale, California. Christian loves the San Francisco Bay Area and the rich variety of the California landscape.

http://www.fleuryphoto.com/

http://www.panoramicassociation.org/

Tom Putt is part of the new generation of panoramic landscape photographers. Passionate and wildly enthusiastic about his photography, Tom has spent the last 12 years exploring all parts of Australia to photographing stunning panoramic images.

Tom first fell in love with photography at age 13. He photographed wildlife as an amateur before leaving university to pursue a career in sports photography. In 1998, Tom's photographic ability was recognized by Australia's leading sports photography agency, Sport the Library. He covered over 300 events in a three year period with the library, including the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Tom's passion has always been in panoramic landscape photography. His first shoot as a landscape photographer was walking the Overland Track for the first time in 1997. Since then, Tom has traveled extensively across Australia and New Zealand photographing stunning landscapes in panoramic format.

An Associate of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP), Tom has won over 30 Gold and Silver Awards in National and State Finals. In 2005, he was the only Australian to be Highly Commended in the world's most prestigious wildlife photographic competition, the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Tom is also a regular judge at the Canon Australian Professional Photography Awards.

http://www.tomputt.com/

Lonely Planet, the experts in independent travel information now present Lonely Planet Images (LPI). LPI is a digital image library with a unique and comprehensive collection of over 300,000 downloadable travel photographs taken by some of the best travel photographers in the business.

The collection captures the diversity of the world's countries: from the major tourist attractions to everyday scenes, from popular destinations to little known places off the beaten track. For professional users of images in advertising, media, design or publishing, these high-quality images let you zoom in and view the world up close.

Lonely Planet Publications publishes the world's best guidebooks for independent travellers. Their guidebooks, atlases, maps, pictorials, phrasebooks, travel literature and web site cover every continent and backwater cranny. The products provide reliable, insightful, pull-no-punches travel information to get you to your destination and back and now they have the images to match.

Glenn Beanland is Image Editor for Lonely Planet Images, based in Melbourne, Australia.

http://www.lonelyplanetimages.com/

Michelle Novak joined Panoramic Images as the Director of Photography in late 2004. Panoramic Images specializes in travel and scenic stock photography with an emphasis on the panoramic format. They are the only stock agency that is image partners with both Getty and with the National Geographic Society.

Previously the Content Manager for the Image Bank, Chicago, Michelle brings with her a vast knowledge of the stock photo industry. She began her career researching and editing some of the world's most beautiful and exciting landscape, adventure, and travel photography while working on staff at Outside magazine.

She has also worked with photographers on building their portfolios and editing and managing their stock collections. With her 18 years of visual media, marketing, and technology experience she has been key in designing the digital content program for Panoramic and developing a new market-driven creative workflow.

Michelle is a contributor to the UPDIG- Universal Photographic Digital Imaging Guide- Digital Imaging Submission Guidelines. She is an active member of ASPP Midwest Chicago. She holds degrees from both R.I.T. and School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

"At Panoramic Images, we are in the unique position to draw upon 3 generations of panoramic photography for content. We use that base to represent photographers and serve clients with all that the panoramic world has to offer."

http://www.panoramicimages.com/

Doug Segal grew up in Washington, D.C. in a professional photography family. Both his father Ed, a prolific commercial Cirkut panorama enthusiast for 50 years, and brother Mark, a panoramic advertising, travel and location shooter for 35 years, were founding members of the IAPP ( International Assoc. of Panoramic Photographers) in the late 70's.

Doug is a 28 year resident of Chicago, where in 1987 he and Mark founded PANORAMIC IMAGES, a photo stock agency specializing in wide and large format panoramic work. Throughout most of the 1990's Doug served on the boards of both the IAPP ( International Assoc. of Panoramic Photographers) and PACA ( Picture Archive Council of America). While managing and marketing the transparency and digital library of the work of 250 panoramic photographers takes up most of his time, Doug occasionally sneaks out with a Linhoff 617 to shoot a couple of his own.

http://www.panoramicimages.com/