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Fine Art Landscape Photography For Sale by David Osborn Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Photography and Photo Manipulation Design
David Osborn acknowledged for photography and photo manipulation design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Photography and Photo Manipulation Design category for Fine Art Landscape Photography For Sale by David Osborn, designed for David Osborn Photography. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
Regarding Fine Art Landscape Photography For Sale
Fine Art Landscape Photography is a series of large panoramic images of European landscapes and historic buildings. Each image is built from up to 120 digital photographs taken with a panoramic head and joined together with stitching software. Retouching in Adobe Photoshop adds a painterly quality to the final scene. The stitching method gives a wide and natural field of view, similar to human vision, and keeps vertical lines straight. The files are large enough to print at 60 by 90 inches or larger for homes, hotels and corporate spaces.
About David Osborn
I am a photographer with over 35 years of experience from news to corporate photography.Over those years I have seen the standard of photography fall to low levels. I want to remind people that photography is an art to be taken seriously and has the ability to create beautiful works of art in its own right. That technology is not a replacement for artistic talent and sensitivity, that there is more to digital photography than clicking the shutter. It is about creating images adapting the latest technology to the same principles old master painters had. Its time to improve photography standards and raise it up from the mundane. Give it a new level of appreciation.
Award Record
David Osborn is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Photography and Photo Manipulation Design Award
The A' Photography Design Award is an international photography competition recognizing good photographic creations by best photographers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to photographers, photojournalists, advertising agencies and digital artists from all countries. Typical entries include portraits, landscapes, still lifes, photojournalism, fashion shots and architectural images. The awarded photography designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/photography
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/98905
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/98905
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!98905
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/270682
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.davidosbornphotography.com/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Fine Art Landscape Photography For Sale
- Function
- For Sale
- Category
- Photography and Photo Manipulation Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Arts and Entertainment
- Colors
- Dark Olive Green, Dim Gray, Light Gray, Dark Slate Gray and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- David Osborn Photography
The Recognition
- Laureate
- David Osborn
- Country
- Great Britain
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #98905
Credits
- Team
- David Osborn Photographer and Photoshop retouching
- Image Credits
- Ghent, Belgium: Photography & Retouching David Osborn, 2019 Dresden, Germany: Photography & Retouching David Osborn, 2019 Venice, Italy: Photography & Retouching David Osborn, 2019 Prague, Czechia: Photography & Retouching David Osborn, 2019 Pisa, Italy: Photography & Retouching David Osborn, 2019
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Digital photography and Adobe Photoshop retouching. Using a panoramic head, up to 120 multiple photographs are taken then stitched together using PTGui software followed by artistic Adobe Photoshop retouching. The use of a panoramic head and stitching images together allows a wide but very natural looking field of view, similar to the human eye, and corrected perspective of buildings (verticals are vertical lines, not falling over); all impossible if shooting with wide angle lenses because of lens distortions.
- Inspiration
- My passion for photography combined with a passion for old master painters. The technology of digital photography and post-production now allow me the means to combine both passions into one, creating large, aesthetically beautiful images. Creating fine art photography with the clarity and detail of a photograph, yet retain an artistic, painterly quality. A personal project for creating photographs that are intended to be no more than beautiful artistic images for display from some of the most beautiful locations and subjects found in Europe. Art for art's sake.
- Research
- Each image is not so much a photograph but a project. First all the images are captured with a digital camera which takes up to 8 hours. Shooting all the variations of light and subject. Back home, all the images are then stitched to make the individual panoramic images that all align with each other. Creating the final image first involves compositing the content together into a single image, then creating the three-dimensional illusion or quality in the image, then lastly, the final creative, artistic overlay that give the photograph its finished painterly look and mood.
- Challenge
- The main challenge is set by myself. Ideally I would like photographs without much modern technology that would date the photograph to a time frame. Ideally, I would love images that look like they could have been taken this year - or 200 hundred years ago. Ideally, peaceful timeless images that "look real but don't look real"at the same time.
- Realization and Technology
- Nikon D800E camera, panorama head then PTGui and Adobe Photoshop software.
- Operation and Interaction
- First I research the locations in Europe to find a strong location with old building with a traditional character. Once decided, the main job is capture, going to the location and waiting up to 8 hours or more for the right light and weather conditions. Having captured all the assets required, the post-production is carried out on my return home. One image takes about 4 to 5 days to complete.
- Project Duration and Location
- This is an on-going project. The project began in 2018 and still currently running, there are so many beautiful locations I have yet to get to and apply my artistic process on.
- Specifications
- Digital photography images with files large enough to print 60 inch x 90 inch prints or larger for home, hotel or corporate art exhibition.
- Keywords
- fine art, landscape photography, print sales, photography workshops, tuition, photoshop retouching, photography for sale, corporate art
