The art of photography is made up of light and time
Emre Ceylan, as a photographer and director of photography based in Turkey, has been producing different visual marketing solutions for his domestic and foreign customers for 8 years with the brand “Emre Ceylan Photography”. In addition to his professional business life, Landscape Photography, especially Long Exposure Photography, is his indispensable passion. Emre is a new ambassador who joined our team in April of this year. In this interview, NiSi is glad to get some of his views on photography and show you the beautiful landscapes he has captured in Turkey.
Z for Zoe and E for Emre Ceylan
Z: Hi Emre, it’s nice to meet you! Firstly, could you share us a bit about yourself?
E: I’m a photographer and filmmaker living in Istanbul, Turkey. I was graduated from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. For the past 8 years, I have been running my own company, providing my clients with different marketing solutions for the digital world. My main goal is to create great content that brings people a variety of emotions and a sense of belonging through the artistic and cinematic medium. Long Exposure Photography is my greatest love and since I started my professional career, I have never lost my amateur passion and been working on long exposure photography all the time.
Taken in Istanbul, Turkey
With NiSi V6 + IR ND (10 Stops) + GND (3 Stops)
Z: What was the motivation to start your career in photography?
E: The art of photography is made up of light and time. From the time I started taking pictures, I was amazed by using light and time to tell stories. Long exposure photography, in particular, is all about “light and time”. Don’t you think so?
Taken in Istanbul, Turkey
With NiSi V6 + IR ND (15 Stops) + GND (3 Stops)
Z: Could you take us through your creative journey and tell us what it is that you look for in an image?
E: The journey to a photography destination, challenging nature, using the camera as a tool for creating art, and ultimately creating images that are vital to the people. And if there is a human figure in the photo, then I will feel satisfied and feel like I’ve found what I want.
Taken in Kumkoy, Turkey
With NiSi V6 + IR ND (10 Stops) + GND (3 Stops)
Z: Are there any challenges you face in making landscape photographs, and what are they?
E: As Landscape Photographers, the biggest challenges we face is weather conditions, as well as finding individual photo locations and racing against time to capture light.
Taken in Sahilkoy, Turkey
With NiSi V6 + GND (3 Stops)
Z: When did you start using NiSi filters and why?
E: Judy from NiSi reached me out in April this year. This is how I started using NiSi filters. At that time, NiSi filter is not yet officially available in our country. Best regards to Judy for contacting me out!
Taken in Kumkoy, Turkey
With NiSi V6 + IR ND (10 Stops) + GND (3 Stops)
Z: Which NiSi products do you usually use in your work?
E: I mainly work with a NiSi V6 holder and 100x100mm ND and GND filters. And NiSi’s Natural Night filter and variable ND are also essential to my photo and video workflow.
Taken in Kisirkaya, Turkey
With NiSi V6 + IR ND (10 Stops) + GND (3 Stops)
Z: Among all the photos you took with NiSi filters, which one is your favorite? What went into creating it?
E: To find a remote location and combine it with a human figure was my main goal in creating this image, which is my favorite photo created with NiSi system. I stacked 5 images and the final image was 61 sec exposure. I think the human figure creates a scaling effect and the viewer can feel the vastness of the scene more than ever before.
Taken in Kocaeli̇, Turkey
With NiSi V6 + IR ND (10 Stops) + GND (3 Stops)
Z: Do you have any tips for someone just starting out?
E: First of all I always say this: do what you love and love what you do! Besides, I always use the best equipment that I can support. I think new starters should invest in the best lenses and filters, because they are essential things in landscape photography. At a minimum, they need a good wide-angle lens, which can start with a 10 Stop circular or square filter. And I can’t emphasize more how important GND filters are to my work.
Taken in Kocaeli̇, Turkey
With NiSi V6 + IR ND (6 Stops) + GND (3 Stops)
Z: What’s your plan for the future, photographically?
E: I have a YouTube channel where I teach landscape photography and share my passion with my followers. My plan is to expand it globally and take my Landscape Adventure to the next level!
Taken in Kumkoy, Turkey
With NiSi V6 + IR ND (10 Stops) + GND (3 Stops)
