My name is Clint Morris. I was born and raised on the tiny beautiful Caribbean island of St.Vincent & the Grenadines, and now live in Brooklyn, NY. I shoot mainly landscape and cityscape HDR images as well as some architecture and that fuels my passion for photography. Living in a vibrant city like NYC allows me to explore other genres like street photography which I also enjoy. I hope to inspire others who are beginning to explore HDR landscape photography with my passion, vision and love for the art.
My HDR landscape photography journey started when I received my first DSLR as a gift. It was a compact Sony NEX-3. I had always enjoyed photographic works, but I never thought of becoming a photographer. While thumbing through the menus, I came across three words that struck me: high dynamic range or HDR. I was so drawn that I had to learn more. After researching numerous websites I was captivated by the amazing images on display. From there on, I developed a strong passion for landscape and cityscape HDR photography. Day after day I visited websites craving the knowledge needed to create such vibrant images. I began by reading the tutorials and then studied multiple images on a daily basis.
With the knowledge gained, I began going out and taking images of everything possible to see the different results of different subjects. Even though I was passionate, it was very challenging not having a background in photography when navigating complex aspects of the craft. For example, I had to learn how ISO, shutter speed and aperture all work together and how to shoot in low light conditions, especially HDR, without a tripod. Daily practice and not giving up, even when the results of the images weren’t what I knew they should be, have helped me to significantly hone my skills as a photographer.
Attaining my goal of being a self-taught photographer is still a work in progress, but immersing myself in the process has helped me develop my own unique style and creativity in my photographs. Through my journey, I have discovered that photography isn’t just an art. It has helped me to find who I am deep within. I’ve developed patience and a new love for nature. It reminds me that the earth is living and breathes that same air that we do by changing and displaying breathtaking scenery. These ever-changing sights give me the drive to continue on my photographic journey by being able to capture those once-in-a-lifetime images.
Balancing photography with my daily schedule is a bit challenging, especially living in New York, congested with towering buildings and great coastal locations a few hours away. It can be difficult to get a great shot, but I do find the time to be on location for a sunrise or sunset. Witnessing the ever-changing golden hour unfold every second, waiting patiently for the right light, then leaving at the end of it all with the most amazing feeling knowing that I’m walking away with a once-in-a-lifetime image of the earth’s natural beauty makes it worthwhile.
Photography has become a part of my everyday life. There isn’t a day that goes by where I’m not thinking about photography, whether it may be composing scenes mentally while walking, taking random shots of little things that catch my eyes with my phone’s camera or reprocessing images stored on my hard drive. My camera has also become an extension of me. There isn’t a day that goes by when I’m not equipped with my photography equipment. The worst feeling in the world is for me to find myself at an unplanned location with an amazing sun display without my camera.
I’ve been doing photography for over 10 years and there were days when I thought about giving up but as I thought about the reasons to persevere I realized the good outweighed the bad. I realized that image after image that I sketched on my camera’s sensor, and then processed were great improvements one after the other. So giving up was not an option. I still don’t refer to myself as a photographer as yet because I’m not as good as I aspire to be, but then again maybe I never will because I work towards excelling at the art daily.