In traditional landscape photography, we’re taught to wait. For the perfect light. For the wind to still. For clouds to settle into harmony. Success is often measured in patience, precision, and clarity.

But what if movement wasn’t the flaw to avoid? What if it was the invitation?

Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) asks a different kind of question. Instead of holding the camera still to lock a scene in place, we move. A sweep, a pause, a drift. The subject remains, but the photograph becomes something more - a record not only of what was seen, but of how it was felt. A record of time passing.

The same settings, the same light, the same location - and yet each movement produces a different image. Motion becomes a brushstroke. A vertical line can echo the reach of trees. A slow arc can soften the weight of sky. A quick flick can fracture light into something unexpected. What clarity often hides, motion can reveal: mood, memory, resonance.

ICM doesn’t abandon the skills of traditional photography. It builds on them. Composition, light, balance - these are still essential. But movement adds a new layer, one that deepens what is possible. Blur isn’t an error; it’s another form of expression. It’s the difference between saying, “This is what I saw,” and asking, “This is how it moved me - how will it move you?”

Not every image will work. That’s part of the process. Some will feel unfinished, others will take you by surprise. Each one is a stepping stone, a way of training the eye to see differently and training yourself to trust intuition.

This is the power of ICM in landscape work: it restores mystery. It opens a path between what’s outside of us and what stirs within us.

If the idea excites you - if you’ve ever felt that your photographs show beauty but not what it awakened in you - then ICM may be the way forward. My books and workshops don’t offer formulas or recipes; they open doors. To subjects that come alive with motion. To choices of how to move. To ways of seeing in layers and discovering a visual language that is uniquely your own.

Once you’ve glimpsed the landscape inside - shifting, emotional, alive with meaning - it’s hard to unsee.