Winfried Wisniewski

Today, acclaimed nature photographer Winfried Wisniewski shares some of his insight on the dramatic change within nature photography during the past few years.

As a nature photographer, Wisniewski’s priority years ago was to create photo documents of nature, and for him it was primarily animals. The method back then was capture the object or animal in perfect sharpness. Unfortunately such styles of photos are no longer popular today and are more likely to be overlooked and thrown away by the photo editors of major magazines. Today it is about presenting nature and animals from an entirely different aspect.

Back when Wisniewski started photographing nature, most photographers had a background in biology. Today, it is the other way around; most come from a photography background, so the difference in perspective is quite clear and the focus even clearer.

Wisniewski goes on to explain in detail the evolution of nature photography and how styles have changed. Action photography is a term he uses often, as well as pointing out the difference between emotional photography and a photo with intensity, it is clear Wisniewski is a master of his work. Even if styles change, talent is innate and Wisniewski’s photos proves he has plenty of it.