Fine Art Photography Blog (Opinion)

Fine art landscape and nature photography blog by Richard Wong. I strive to keep it real and talk about the inner workings of my own photography, fine art photography prints and the landscape and nature photography industry. Please feel free to contact me at any time if you have questions about my fine art photography prints or have licensing inquiries.

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Fine Art Landscape Photography Print Buyers Guide — Fine Art Landscape Photography Print Buyers Guide

What Is Landscape Photography?
Landscape photography is a broad genre of art usually describing wide-angled nature and man-made scenes. While landscapes can sometimes include people in the scene, the art form is generally characterized by its absence of people...

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Artwork For Home — Artwork For Home

January 18, 2021

Decorating your home with fine art photography prints can be a fulfilling and enjoyable process, but it can also be overwhelming if you're not sure where to start. Here are some tips and ideas to help guide your decision-making process and make buying art a more enjoyable experience...

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Bedroom Wall Art — Bedroom Wall Art

March 4, 2021

Bedrooms are the most personalized of living spaces within a home. Your bedroom is often a reflection of your personality. Arguably the most outlandish of bedrooms belonged to legendary Hall of Fame basketball player, Wilt Chamberlain (1936 - 1999), who's outrageous basketball stats will likely never be matched...

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Where To Buy Nature Photography Prints — Where To Buy Nature Photography Prints

What Is Nature Photography?
Nature photography is a broad genre of art usually focused on natural history landscapes and wildlife subjects. The genre is generally characterized by its absence of people...

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Hospital Art | Healing Artwork in Healthcare — Hospital Art | Healing Artwork in Healthcare

“The fact that patients frequently express a preference for landscape and nature scenes is consistent with this observation and with evolutionary psychological theories which predict positive emotional responses to flourishing natural environments...

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Dining Room Wall Art — Dining Room Wall Art

March 5, 2021

Sometimes adjoined with the living room or kitchen, dining rooms are where bonds are made. Boisterous social gatherings with friends and family take place here. Morning breakfast and coffee are consumed over the news...

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Office Wall Art — Office Wall Art

Working in an office is a necessarily evil for many people so keeping morale and spirits up is a constant challenge for employers. After all, people usually spend more time during the work week with their office colleagues than they do with their own family...

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Living Room Wall Art — Living Room Wall Art

March 3, 2021

Often the largest room in a house, living rooms are where memories are made. Energizing social gatherings with friends and family take place here. Your children may have taken their first steps here...

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Bathroom Wall Art — Bathroom Wall Art

March 3, 2021

Perhaps even more so than bedrooms, the bathroom is all about personal space and solitude. From soaking in a 20 minute hot bath to shaving and answer nature's call, bathroom time is strictly your private time...

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Kitchen Wall Art — Kitchen Wall Art

March 5, 2021

Sometimes combined with the dining room or dining area, kitchens are where creativity abounds. Generations of family recipes are passed down here. Breakfast toast is burnt and steak is perfected here...

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10 Reasons To Buy Art Online Direct From Me — 10 Reasons To Buy Art Online Direct From Me

Museum-Quality Fine Art Landscape & Nature Photography For Homes, Hospitals & Offices
With so many choices for art out there it can be hard to decide on which artist to buy from. I'll attempt to make it easier for you by providing you 10 distinct benefits by acquiring art directly from me, the artist...

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Art Commissions | How to Commission Artwork — Art Commissions | How to Commission Artwork

December 15, 2020

According to an independent study, there were 1.4 million working artists in the world as of 2014. The number has likely grown since then. Regardless of the actual number, there’s clearly a lot of potential artists to choose from when deciding to either buy art from or to hire for art commissions...

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Art Galleries Near Me | Where To Buy Fine Art Photography — Art Galleries Near Me | Where To Buy Fine Art Photography

Many cities have at least one art gallery, oftentimes more than that. Photography-focused art galleries might be a bit more difficult to find but they are out there as well. So you might be wondering where are the best art galleries near me? I’ll answer that question here in addition to providing an alternative solution...

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Top 10 Most Influential Nature Photographers of All-Time — Top 10 Most Influential Nature Photographers of All-Time

To be considered for this list of the top 10 most influential nature photographers of all-time, these famous nature photographers had to have left a lasting impact either on society or on future photographers...

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Galen Rowell's Photography & Mountain Light Gallery — Galen Rowell's Photography & Mountain Light Gallery

What is Galen Rowell Known For?
Galen Rowell (1940 - 2002) was a world-renowned climber, adventurer and prolific photographer who came of age during the 1960's. Rowell became a full-time photographer starting in 1972 when he landed an assignment for National Geographic which ended up being a cover story...

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Ansel Adams Photography Legacy — Ansel Adams Photography Legacy

Ansel Adams was an American photographer and environmentalist known for his stunning black and white landscapes of the American West. He co-founded Group f/64, which promoted "pure" photography with sharp focus and full tonal range...

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Rhein II | Andreas Gursky's Most Expensive Photo — Rhein II | Andreas Gursky's Most Expensive Photo

Andreas Gursky (b. 1955) is a German photographer that created three of the top ten most expensive photographs ever sold including 99 Cent II Diptychon which was previously #1 on the list. Gursky's Rhein II was or currently is the most expensive photo ever sold depending on whether or not you consider Peter Lik's Phantom to be the most expensive photo...

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Will AI Art Replace Photography? — Will AI Art Replace Photography?

January 16, 2023

I've written about AI before in an article titled, Is AI Bad For Landscape Photography?, and my conclusion was that it could be used for good practical application in terms of printmaking. Topaz Labs is a company that specializes in innovative photography software to overcome technical limitations...

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Plagiarism — Plagiarism

Over the past two years I've noticed a handful of photographers starting to copy my blog and basically write the same articles. One of whom outright copy and pasted at least half a dozen articles of mine verbatim while substituting out the photos for his own...

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Saal Digital Review – Professional Line Photo Books — Saal Digital Review – Professional Line Photo Books

November 6, 2020

I’ve long desired to make a coffee-table quality book of my own landscape and nature photography but hadn’t put any effort into doing so until recent months when I started seeing Saal Digital Corporation’s ads on Facebook...

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Is AI Bad For Landscape Photography? — Is AI Bad For Landscape Photography?

December 17, 2020

One of the most polarizing topics in landscape photography these days is the use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) in post-processing software. On one side of this technology, Adobe Photoshop and especially Skylum's Luminar AI have been heavily promoting the ability to do automated sky replacements, adding in fog effects and sky effects such as god beams...

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Five Places to Take Pictures in All 50 U.S. States — Five Places to Take Pictures in All 50 U.S. States

October 2, 2010

The “Great American Road Trip” is a dream shared by many, myself included. So I got to thinking about what I would like to do if I were to visit every state in the U.S. There are obviously too many great things in this country for one person to photograph everything in-depth during one lifetime so I came up with the idea for this blog post – Five Places to Take Pictures in All 50 U...

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