February’s 365 challenge has sometimes needed a bit more effort to get out and about. The weather hasn’t been as ‘interesting’ for most of the month and it was very tempting just to stay inside. I did miss a couple of days and moved a couple of pictures around to fill the gaps. I think it’s important to be self-forgiving when you set yourself a challenge like this. It’s better to do most of it than give it up more
Critical in my growth as a photographer and artist has been educating myself on the work and philosophies of the giants on whose shoulders we stand. more
I had a sense of purpose, which was particularly helpful given the challenges I had been facing with my mental health due to the loss of my career and sight more
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Let creativity be the true driving force that transforms landscape and natural elements into art—not only for the photographer, but for each of us, rediscovering our personal ability to dream and interpret when confronted with such images. more
The last time Joe Cornish and I met up we were talking about Lightroom and how much it had changed since our original 'Creative Lightroom' series covering techniques and post processing creativity. more
I don’t know if anything can be worthy of summarising a life, but I know I can describe the small part where our spheres collided for a while and ask some friends for a few words. more
During my time with the Ciders, I often found myself deeply moved, sometimes to the point of tears, without understanding why. Later, after speaking with a Palawa elder, I gained a clearer understanding. more
Before we ever speak about technique, location, or even subject matter, there are quieter questions that deserve to be asked. What does it mean to really see, not just to look, but to feel a place as it drifts through memory and emotion? Where does perception end and imagination begin? And what happens when photography becomes less about recording the world and more about entering into a state of attention that feels closer to dreaming than documenting? more
A sense of mystery is a quality I strive to include in my imagery. In writing a rhetorical question provides interest and depth, in photography mystery is the rhetorical question. An unanswerable question is a powerful source of interest. Mystery in a photograph is the un-answerable question posed by some element or elements in the image. The answer to that question, however, is only what the imagination of the viewer suggests and then often only in a subliminal manner. more
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Considering these many layers of interpretations, it feels almost as if the image is a statement on time: the smooth water surface indicates a long exposure. more
I’ve restarted a practice I first tried about five years ago, taking one photograph a day for the whole of 2026. more
In this episode, Tim Parkin and Mark Littlejohn talk to Norman McCloskey about his journey from sports photography to becoming a renowned landscape photographer in Ireland. more
Resonance was described as a relationship based on action and intuition with a practical description of three modes: Iconic, Schematic, and Conceptual. This article looks beyond the surface for a deeper resonance in the spiritual domain and the role photography plays. more
After about three months, I had some initial images, but apart from the subject, I missed the coherence. The iceberg was one of them and triggered me. Not much later, the ice cave appeared, and that’s when the idea for the "Guilty Trashures" slowly took shape. more
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Would be interested to know if either of you have considered the adapative profiles for colour and mono. I realise from the video that Joe is using the landscape profile, but it would be interesting to see if anyone is using these new items in Lightroom's arsenal.
- andrewcooper, 21:26 26th Febon Trym Ivar Bergsmo
What a lovely epitaph for a lovely human who clearly had a connection to place. Wonderful work... which will sorely be missed.
- Matt Payne, 19:50 26th Febon Alberta’s Gold Beneath the Sky
Love this work, Joe - it's good to see a fellow Canadian on this site. (Mississauga, ON.)
- Bob Warren, 14:14 5th Feb