Comments on: Michael Poliza Photography

By: Dinks

Dinks — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:15:17 +0000

Those who can’t do “whine” Corey – YOU ARE AN ASS. If you have such a vivid and wild opinion, why were you looking at the photos in the first place? “NEXT TIME YOU THINK YOU ARE PERFECT, TRY WALKING ON WATER” Our world is disappearing due to OUR negligence. It is up to people like Michael and others to document what we have left for future generations by using their unique skills (Yes that includes equipment) and talents. To all photographers, artist, designers, sculptors etc .out there. You rock

By: Sara McVey

Sara McVey — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:51:11 +0000

Mr Poliza, your photos inspire me to want to create better and more original art, just as you have. They stimulate the imagination and nudge us out of complacency. Amazing! Thank you for sharing your work!!

By: allie

allie — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:36:48 +0000

I wish mediocre people would stop slamming genius! Just admit that this guy is AMAZINGLY TALENTED and appreciate his work! I’ve been to Zimbabwe and Botswana, and these pictures capture the feeling of the big, wide open space of Africa. Sit back and enjoy, and let your small minds appreciate something bigger than yourselves ~ i.e. TALENT, GENIUS and BEAUTY.

By: Barbara Williams

Barbara Williams — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:15:27 +0000

Photographs are unbelievable. Saw your latest book and couldn’t put it down. Live in SA and have visited all the surrounding countries except for Namibia. Your pics bring new life into photography. I remember flying over the Sahara and seeing the amazing colours of the desert and wishing I could capture the scene in a photograph. Well you have done it. congratulations.

By: Gerard

Gerard — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:20:08 +0000

Amazing shoots! Just what I need!

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:52:14 +0000

The photographer who took these pictures is not just some guy with a camera and a plane. He is one of the most famus photographers in the world, Michael Poliza. He has been featured in natures photographer as well as other photo mags. Check out his site his pictures are amazing.

By: Tim R

Tim R — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:21:56 +0000

How can we improve copyright infringement for photos on the Internet

By: boob

boob — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:53:00 +0000

hey peeps love the pics

By: Filly

Filly — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:53:23 +0000

That is so cool! I would love to go to all those places except maybe the crocs and the hippos places cos they’re dangerous. I wouldn’t mind watching them from far off though. I wish I could go to Africa!!!!

By: Subash Chandran

Subash Chandran — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 05:07:21 +0000

Very different way of seeing nature.. an offbeat but impressive change from normal landscape photography. Never thought variation in angles at a considerable altitude would produce stunning perspectives to the shots.
Excellent photographs.

By: Canadian devil

Canadian devil — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:21:56 +0000

Awesome pictures, I myself have been working on my photography. Corey, taking pictures does take a lot, because you start off and it’s less pay than minimum wage waiter/waitress! It takes talent to spot interesting photos. These cameras, many a time not digital by any means take much time and practice to learn to use, not just point-and-shoot. You need to think of composition, you need to get the focus right, you need to think of lighting and angles, and subject. Photography as a job is usually only worth seeing such exotic places, you usually don’t get paid much at all. “it must take extreme courage to sit up in that airplane and take pictures of wild animals 1000 ft below!” and for this statement corey; it would be a private hired plane, most probably a cessna or beach craft. Private hired aircraft require a lot of money, paying for: the pilot, fuel and any damage that the aircraft sustains. Okay I will stop my rant about you corey. Awesome photographs by the way. Love the angles, and lighting on the mountain picture adds a dramatic affect. -Cd

By: Ray

Ray — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 04:03:49 +0000

Seriously corey, get a life and stop whining about what others do for a living, and even if they had given you a good camera you wouldent have managed to take the same pictures even if you were lucky….

sorry for the bad grammar, i dont speak english as mothers tongue

By: Corey

Corey — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 20:15:08 +0000

Ex photographer? HA! No I believe in getting paid for Hard Work and/or Talent, not for circumstance (taking pictures) to get paid you should either do something that helps/relieves someone (hard work) or be able to do something that most can’t (talent) and I don’t think that taking pictures is hard work, and Im pretty sure most people can figure out how to take a picture, it’s not like its a complicated piece of machinery. Being paid to take a picture is the same thing as getting paid for being lucky or cirumstancial, because most of us rarely walk in our yard and see a plane fall from the sky. Photographers take good pictures because of location (sports event, wildlife, weddings) and they are put in that location because they are photographers. All I can say is if you can take pictures while enjoying life and make a more than decent living, go ahead we should all be so lucky! But don’t expect praise from me because I take pictures all the time and I have never been injured, and I have never gotten physicaly tired.

By: HA!

HA! — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:33:09 +0000

DOWN GOES FRAZIER!!!!!!

By: Boston, MA

Boston, MA — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 16:13:31 +0000

Corey, you sound like one bitter, discruntled ex-photographer who couldn’t make it. And if you so wish… Why not pony up the money for the equipment and a college education then start your own business. THAT is how you get the luxury of “enjoying nature or riding in a plane” and get paid for it.

By: Corey

Corey — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 04:48:56 +0000

well I don’t think there should be because of the fact that it is a stupid lazy way to earn a living, you don’t pay for talent you pay for their equipment, but there will always be so-called professionals doing things that anyone can do because they choose to spend outragous amounts of money on cameras that the rest of us cant afford because we actualy are WORKING to earn money instead of riding around in planes taking pictures of things….Taking pictures is to remember something special, or it is a hobby noone should be paid tons of money to take pictures of things…and on top of that they act like it is hard, like they have some special talent, the only thing involved is $$$cash$$$ and luck – being in the right place at the right time – nothing more, and i only wish that i could walk around enjoying nature or riding in a plan e and someone would pay me to do it

By: Nelson

Nelson — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 11:04:42 +0000

Hey Corey

If anyone can take spectacular pictures with today’s cameras, then I guess there wouldn’t be any more need for professional photographers, correct? I mean, newly wed couples could just ask any random guy off the streets to take their marriage photos with some random Olympus camera? No need for those pros out there, because we’re all pros, right?

If everyone can take photographs with this quality, then why don’t I see everyone doing it? Most of the people nowadays (normal civilians) take photos with very pro cameras (those that cost a fortune) and still get suck quality in return.

So, answer my question: Would there be anymore need for professional photographers, or not?

(Answer is required to be long and detailed)

Nelson, Hong Kong SAR, China, Asia.

By: Romina

Romina — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 03:06:52 +0000

Corey, you’re an ignorant idiot.
And, he’s obviously not just a guy with a camara, since you, mr. know-it-all, knows how much one of those camaras cost.

By the way, these pictures are very good.
They’re clear, balanced, and focused.
I like it.

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:49:59 +0000

Anyone who thinks any idiot with a plane and a camera can take those pi tures is an idiot himself. The 7th picture down, looks like a crop-cirlce or a ufo landing strip. These pictures are awesome and way better than any boring ground shot which we see all the time. These pictures show a part of Africa rarely ever seen and they are a beautiful work of art.

By: Corey

Corey — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:33:17 +0000

with todays cameras? yea, when you can take 3 pictures a second some of them are gonna be good