Canon Natural Choice for Contemporary Landscape Artist

David Anthony Hall plans his shots months, sometimes even years in advance. He visits locations numerous times to have just the right natural lighting conditions in order to capture the perfect shot. For the self-professed nature devotee, taking panoramic photographs of arrestingly beautiful scenery is hardly an arduous task. "Whenever you love what you do, you'll never have to work a day in your life." says David. His photographs are expansive not only in proportions but in the degree of content they express and are full of an interest he captures so vividly and with such great detail.

Born in Dublin in 1969, he first discovered his passion for photography at school when he processed some of his father's old negatives for a class project. He trained as a graphic artist then studied photography at Dun Laoghaire School of Art and Design (now the Institute of Art). His first role was as a still life photographer after arriving at London in 1990. Then put up his own commercial studio in West London in 1994. A long Canon F15 8200 Driver later, after managing a successful photographic agency, Photohall Ltd, he chose to concentrate by himself work and passion as a landscape artist.

The Art
Utilising the medium of photography and large format print to capture his expansive nature shots is without a doubt a very specific way to follow. It's not as though one element on its own isn't sufficient to captivate an audience! Yet combined they blend perfectly; fusing impressive photography, design and printing techniques seamlessly to provide breath taking panoramic expression. David's photographs are rarely confined by a viewfinder. He shoots some shots which he later pulls together to capture the vista he wants to portray. The sheer scale of his work lends itself to large format print at its absolute best. David's sells an image annually for charity, a n 2.7m wide and 1.5m high entitled'Autumn Light ', was sold for charity in 2009, raising an excellent £7500. The image was printed on the 12 colour Canon Image PROGRAF iPF9100. The proceeds where split between, Cancer Research, McMillan Cancer Support and Bart's Hospital East Wing, and focused on the memory of David's natural father Antonio Senezio, who died of cancer in 2007. He's since donated several more images to various charities, including PhotoVoice and Marie Curie Cancer Care. In 2011 he provided a great image entitled'Bluebell Woodland'which sold for £10,000 for the Children's Acute Transport Service CATS.

David produces around 12 finished pieces per year, often visiting locations often to extract the best shot. He'll sometimes wait days, weeks, as well as months for the proper lighting conditions. He takes into account the different trajectories of the sun as our planet orbits throughout the season, along with lunar tidal rhythm to achieve the best possible shot.

Using his Canon EOS-1Ds Mark IIl, David shoots the images using lenses which range from his favoured 50mm to a 100mm and sometimes a good 300mm. By employing a range of panoramic techniques he can capture some images which he later weaves together in his digital darkroom.