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Marc Muench (18)

Marc Muench has been a professional landscape and sports photographer since he finished his studies at Pasadena Art Center College of Design in the spring of 1989. He now serves as President of Muench Photography, Inc. Marc pioneered the agency’s digital lab in order to archive the extensive film library and control the artistic process of fine art printing.

Marc has represented Canon Camera in several ad campaigns, as well as appearing on “Canon Photo Safari” for eight seasons. Marc has worked with such companies as The North Face, Leo Burnett, IMI, Kodak, Grey Advertising, Ogilvy and Mather, McCann Erickson, Karsh and Hagan, Hakuhodo Inc., Hallmark, Time-Life, and Reader's Digest on various projects.

Saturday, February 14 2009

Still to Motion and Back to Still

Written by Marc Muench

Video is becoming a more acceptable and popular medium every day as the equipment falls in price and the internet demands it. For the first ten years of my career I was busy working on book projects, now those same publishers are falling into bankruptcy as well as the book stores that sell them, leaving me and many other pros with the large hole in our market. I believe video will have an important roll in filling that void of demand for nature photography.

Friday, December 19 2008

The Real Test

Written by Marc Muench

The concept that my images may be around in the distant future illustrating just how incredible this planet was, is flattering for some vein sense, but that is not entirely true. Images of historic events as well as the state in which locations were in hundreds of years ago is always compelling, and for that reason, it would be helpful if the prints I made today had a chance at looking similar in hundreds of years. Furthermore, the folks who have spent good money on my prints for various reasons would like to know they made a sound investment.

Monday, October 20 2008

In The Glow

Written by Marc Muench

Like a farmer, the landscape photographers day is scheduled around the sun. As we all know light is the essential element in any photo of any subject, but so often those who study photography keep hearing that term “Great Light”. What separates light from great light?

Sunday, September 21 2008

On the Edge of Light

Written by Marc Muench

Landscape photographers cant control the lights as studio photographers can, which can be both the good news and the bad. Instead of having the burden of learning how to light a scene or subject you have to walk around until you find it.

Monday, June 16 2008

Sun Stars

Written by Marc Muench

Years ago while looking through a loop at a 4x5 chrome, I discovered a star created by the sun in one of my pictures. Though unintended I was immediately addicted to the look and have been having fun ever since. A “star” is basically the flairs surrounding the sun in a photograph, one of many illusions created by a camera, in fact it is created by the lens. The long arms stretching out from the sun can make a rather dull sky interesting, or add the kiss of light in a dark scene, I call them “legs”.

Monday, April 14 2008

Fisheye Gets You Closer

Written by Marc Muench

The rule when using a fisheye lens is very simple, get real close! I enjoy taking pictures with my fisheye now more than ever. Back in the dark ages before digital, I rarely took a photo without my eye peering through the viewfinder. Now most of the images I have captured with my fisheye are with my arms outstretched holding the camera in some funky local hoping nothing bad happens to me, or worse yet, the camera. I do this because I cant get my head behind the camera to compose and meter, forcing me to guess the composition and exposure until I chimp enough times that I get what I want.

Monday, March 10 2008

Painting With Light

Written by Marc Muench

When everyone else goes to sleep, it’s time for photographers to break out the flash lights. There is a very simple method of creating light exactly where you want it, and that is in the dark with a flash light. I have always attempted to blend the artificial light such as flashlight or strobe with the ambient to demand a second glance from the viewer. I hope to provoke the question, Is that real?

Friday, February 22 2008

Exaggeration

Written by Marc Muench

For thousands of years artist have been using the method of exaggeration to modify reality in the hope of creating art. The Greeks created anatomically impossible statues of the human body, for the sake of art. Painters like Albert Bierstadt used dramatically exaggerated light to paint the western landscape. Then along came the camera obscura by Leonardo da Vinci in the hopes of being able to capture reality, that is, subjects and figures not exaggerated. In this digital age, I believe we are compelled to exaggerate many things in nature or reality, once again, for the sake of art even though we may call it photography.

Wednesday, August 15 2007

Tropical Blues

Written by Marc Muench

Middle of the day can be the worst light for landscape photographers, or not! Recently I was in Hawaii and marveled at the light that reaches way down into the clear tropical waters during high noon. Taking photos of this amazing blue green colored water is as addicting to me as swimming in it. Thankfully this effect occurs well after the usual pre dawn hours, which normally get me out of bed to find good landscapes.

Monday, November 29 1999

Workflow in the Field

Written by Marc Muench

Over the course of several months I plan on figuratively, filleting my workflow out on a table for all to see. Please remember my workflow is for landscape photography with the usual deadline weeks if not months away.

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