Honorable Mention / 2019 / Nature / Landscape

• Photographer
  Jan Šmíd, MQEP, Czech Republic
• Studio
  smidphotography.com
• Website
  http://smidphotography.com/
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/jan_smidphotography/

Panorama taken at the photo expedition to Norwegian Lofoten last Autumn. Nearly a hundred photos of various exposures, focusing planes and antireflection frames – it was obvious from very beginning that this one won’t be easy to process. It took me almost a year to dig in and hope it worths the effort ? This photo is taken at my favorite spot discovered by myself.

Panorama compiled from total of 96 frames (3-level exposure bracketing of 20 frames in two rows, antireflection frames, 3-level focus bracketing).

Jan Šmíd is exclusively a landscape photographer with a special focus on panoramic photography, For his work, he uses modern photography methods like exposure bracketing, antireflex, focus bracketing, parallactic mount, etc. He has been organizing photography workshops for seven years; he organizes photo expeditions and runs an Individual Photography School.

He is the author of the Photography Wine Harvest concept, where he combines photography in South Moravia and Tuscany together with explaining and tasting great wines.

Jan got the MASTER QEP certification in summer 2018.

Awards Jan has received more than 200 medals/awards from international photography contests. He values medals from Tokyo, Paris, Los Angeles, Moscow, London, Melbourne, Budapest, Vienna...