I Can't See the Wood for the Trees
Author: Eddie Hyde FRPS Format: Instant PDF Download (Digital Portfolio of Images)
Find order in the chaos. A masterclass in seeing the beauty of the woodland.
Woodland is notoriously one of the most difficult genres of landscape photography to master. To the untrained eye, a forest is a cluttered, chaotic mess of branches and distractions. To the artist, it is a canvas of light, texture, and atmosphere.
In this stunning digital collection, award-winning photographer Eddie Hyde (FRPS) takes you on a journey through the seasons of the English woodland. More than just a photo book, this is a lesson in Shinrin-Yoku (the Japanese art of Forest Bathing).
Through his lens, you will learn how to slow down, absorb the atmosphere, and find the quiet compositions hidden within the noise.
What You Will Discover Inside:
The Art of Forest Bathing: How to move beyond simply taking pictures to capturing the feeling of being among the trees.
Finding Order in Chaos: Visual examples of how to isolate subjects, use natural frames, and simplify complex scenes.
Atmosphere is Everything: A beautiful study on using mist, fog, snow, and golden light to transform a standard location into an ethereal landscape.
Seasonal Inspiration: From the skeletal structures of winter trees to the explosion of autumn colour, see how the same spaces change throughout the year.
About the Author: Eddie Hyde is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society (FRPS). His woodland work has been commended in the Landscape Photographer of the Year (twice), International Landscape Photographer of the Year, and the prestigious Siena Photographic Awards. He lives in Surrey, England’s most wooded county, visiting the forests almost daily to capture the magic.
Who is this for? This book is for any photographer who has ever walked into a wood, felt inspired, but struggled to capture an image that reflected that feeling. Let Eddie’s work inspire your next walk in the woods.
"And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul." — John Muir