Wilderness Light is the book for all those who are fascinated with wilderness and have a desire to capture its many moods on film.The word photography, translated literally from its Greek origins, means to draw or write with light. With the simplicity and ease of use of modern day cameras it is, however, very easy to forget this. We tend to believe that the camera and the film medium hold the key to the potential quality of the photograph, in effect, that the technology of the computer age guarantees a superb picture every time. This is far from the truth. The essence of picture taking has changed little since the invention of the photographic process last century and no advance in photographic technology has substantially altered this.It is light and not the camera or film that is the photographer's true medium for expression. It is light which paints the landscape and we, as photographers, simply record its influence. The real skill in picture taking is learning to be perceptive to the nuances of light and how lighting can influence the appearance and mood of the landscape. As well, since the camera records only a small part of what our naked eye sees, we need to be able to select skilfully a limited but meaningful portion from within a large landscape and focus our attention on this portion only.Understanding these two facets of photography, lighting and composition, is the essence of good picture making. These are the central topics of Wilderness Light.