About Tony Sweet

Tony Sweet is an internationally acclaimed fine art nature photographer and photography coach. He is known for his stunning and surreal nature and landscape photography and for his expertise and artistry in infrared, long-exposure, panoramic, abstract, and flower photography. 

Tony is praised for his incredible range as a fine art nature photographer, shooting stark black-and-white and infrared landscapes as well as otherworldly, color-soaked, long-exposure and infrared nature scenes in his Surreal Landscape style. Tony’s long-exposure and infrared nature photographs seem to stretch time, crafting gorgeous scenes that contrast light and dark, fluid motion and static subjects. His newest project, The Color of Water, explores how this colorless fluid takes on the infinite colorations of nature. 

Tony Sweet is a Nikon Legend Behind the Lens with fine art photographs published internationally in dozens of outlets and in use by brands. He is represented by Getty Images. Tony is author of five books on fine art nature photography techniques and creative visualization and has served as instructor on four Master Photo Workshop instructional DVDs and an iPhone photography class series. He has contributed to Shutterbug, Rangefinder, Nikon World, New York Times, and other photography industry media. Tony’s images have been used in advertising campaigns for brands like Nikon,, Topaz, Lensbaby, and Singh Ray. 

Tony and his photography instruction partner Susan Milestone are known for their small-group Visual Artistry photography classes and photo workshops in coastal South Carolina, the Great Smoky Mountains, the White Mountains, the Badlands of South Dakota, and other locations in the United States and Canada, and Iceland. 

Tony is a lifelong visual artist and musician. Originally trained in the well-regarded Towson State University jazz music program, Tony was a professional jazz drummer for 20 years, playing with celebrated artists like Joe Henderson, Sonny Stitt, Johnny Coles, Bill Cunliffe, Art Farmer, and guitarist Cal Collins.. He says photography and jazz are the same; the equipment must become second nature so you can spontaneously react to the changing conditions around you, being in the moment. He says most photographers need a foundation; studying the work of others is how most get started before a personal path begins to emerge. Every shot is a self-portrait and the more shots we take, the more personal the work becomes. Tony admires celebrated contemporary photographers Pat O’Hara, John Shaw, and Freeman Patterson as well as Cole Thompson, Michael Kenna, Jeff Birnbaum, John Sexton, Art Wolfe, Jay Maisel, and many others.