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David Lennard | Scenic Photographer | Myeloma Warrior

About my photography and cinematography:
The raw, unfiltered beauty of the natural world calls to me, and my camera serves as both witness and translator. When I'm in the field, my goal transcends mere documentation - I strive to capture that ineffable moment when light, land, and time converge into something extraordinary, inviting viewers to stand beside me in these moments of wonder.

My approach marries technical precision with artistic sensitivity. Shooting exclusively in RAW format provides the rich detail needed to honor these landscapes. Like a painter working with light, I often blend multiple exposures to capture the full dynamic range of a scene - from the deepest shadows to the most brilliant highlights. Nature rarely presents herself in simple terms, and this technique allows me to preserve the nuanced interplay of light that makes each moment unique.

My passion lies in grand landscape photography, creating large-format images that transport viewers into these magnificent spaces. By combining multiple frames, I craft expansive views that can be reproduced at tremendous scale without losing their intimate details - bringing the whisper of wind-bent grass and the texture of weather-worn stone into homes, and the workplace.

Time-lapse photography has become another way I commune with nature. Spending ninety minutes immersed in one location transforms me from photographer to witness, observing the subtle dance of light and shadow across the land. These extended sessions, resulting in up to 8K resolution sequences, reveal nature's rhythms in ways our moment-to-moment perception might miss - clouds painting shapes across mountain faces, shadows sweeping across valleys, stars wheeling overhead.

Through my lens, I seek to bridge worlds - to connect viewers with nature's grandeur and complexity in ways that inspire both awe and stewardship. By blending technical excellence with deep reverence for the natural world, I create images that do more than document - they invite viewers to develop their own relationship with these precious landscapes, hoping to inspire a commitment to preserving them for future generations.

For several years, I've used AI in the form of luminosity masks to reveal details that were hidden by poor lighting or environmental conditions, deepening the storytelling aspect of my landscapes. Luminosity masks enable me to make the tiniest of non-destructive adjustments to the RAW file captured by my camera’s sensor. I rarely make destructive changes to the original photograph. Trash and mosquitoes is as far as it goes.

More recently, I've begun to explore how AI can create hyper-realistic or surreal scenes, merging the reality caught with my camera, with a sense of the ambient conditions at the time, movement, or the thoughts the scene provoked in my mind. This immersion pushes the limits of what photography can achieve.