Thanks Vann! Really appreciate that man. Yeah I’ve experienced the exact same thing. Several of the top landscape photogs tend to live in their own clique and don’t bother to even breathe on anyone else, even if the images are compelling etc. It really is quite sad. Shooting for yourself is the most rewarding thing you can do. I’ve been doing a great deal more of that lately and I’m having a lot more fun doing it!

I’ve been looking through your website and blog post. I really like this post especially in regards to the ego and cliques. I’ve personally experienced being shut out by other photographers because I’m not well known or have a million likes. My point is I don’t even really care about that anymore. I don’t care if someone doesn’t want to hang with me. Supposedly, as adults we should have outgrown the high school attitude and mentality. I have other things in life to worry about other than trying to hang with the “cool” kids. Nowadays, I shoot for myself. I’m OK if no one knows about me. Besides, I value my privacy and try to limit my digital footprint. I have a life outside of photography (i.e. work career and family) that is a little more important than trying to become an internet celebrity or hang with the “cool” kids. If anything my wife and kids will always be be my biggest fans! 🙂

I’m really enjoying your new work! Keep up the impressive images!

Thanks for your comment Mark! I wouldn’t call this ‘inside baseball’ at all as I would venture to guess that a large percentage of landscape photographers have been influenced by someone at some point in their lives; whether it be Art Wolfe or Marc Adamus. The first portion of this piece really refers to finding your own creative voice and harnessing it. The second point is an issue that has been running rampant all over social media- and it’s becoming a huge problem- so much so that the landscape photographer of the year (2015) just made a lengthy post about it on Facebook. I know not everyone that reads my blog is privy to the goings on of social media but I felt that the problem is large enough that it warranted a response to some degree.

I am very much an interested bystander when it comes to landscape photography but in my opinion this post is a little too much “inside baseball”. I am not really sure what you are referring to, perhaps obliquely perhaps not, especially in the second section of this article.

Regards – Mark