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Should landscape photography always please us?
I discovered that I am often more fascinated by pictures that I don’t immediately recognize or understand—no ‘celebration of recognition’. Or I wonder why the photographer made this picture, and I am caught by the question, ‘What is it?’ more
The Alternative ‘Movement’
Silver-based film and traditional darkroom printing are making a healthy comeback in art colleges and among amateurs. Whether silver-gelatin is really ‘alternative’ photography is a moot point. more
Convergent vs. Divergent Thinking in Photography
Even if you’ve shifted your creative process and focus, your past work doesn’t have to be left behind. Sometimes, the old and the new can converge in surprising ways—and that’s a pretty exciting thought for any photographer. more
Moving Back to Analog
After starting with film and moving to digital for its convenience, Przemyslaw has come full circle—now embracing both formats to harness the distinct mood, colour, and character each brings to an image. more
A New Found Love of the Landscape
It matters not a jot if your photography is representational or more creative, whether you take big pictures or little pictures. It doesn’t matter how we capture that love. The equipment we use is superfluous. It's what’s inside us that counts. more
Reading the Landscape
Choosing to follow an instinctive rather than intellectual pathway through an image and its supporting text does not necessarily weaken the veracity of the subject matter either. more
Alignments
I had long been a fan of early nineteenth-century black-and-white photos taken before and after the “inverse mountain” became a national park in 1919. more
Making the most of your photography with older equipment
Spending £1,600 on a compact camera with 40 megapixels or £6,000 on a 60 megapixel body is not something that the vast majority of amateur and professional photographers can justify. more
Love of a mountain
I reflect on the present and what seems to be the expected. Unfortunately, I think photography becomes a reflection of the society and culture around us. more
Photographing the Simple Beauty of Nature
It is a rewarding experience for me to interact with people in this way, and it goes a long way towards alleviating my early concerns that landscape photography is simply a self-indulgent activity. more
Cloud Allusions
In this series of three articles, my intention is to examine some ideas about the practise of landscape photography in the light of the teachings of Zen Buddhism. more
Into a Forest’s Breath
Most of my projects usually imply very long periods of waiting, and this one was no exception. I am lucky enough to live in a house with a magnificent view over the Portofino promontory. more
Solitude, Socialisation & Collaboration
I know that there will always be days when that feeling of isolation will visit me and will fill me with sadness, anxiety, and possibly temporary depression. That is simply the way it is, and the challenge is to manage and minimise those occasions in whatever way possible. more
Lake Geneva
I had seen a couple of great images from a Swiss photographer living close to the lake that I liked a lot. That was all the inspiration I needed to arrange a visit. I planned on a four-day visit, which would concentrate only on the Swiss side of the lake from Geneva up to Montreux, about 50 miles in total. more
Phenomenological Landscapes
There is, however, another side of this aspect of being a photographer that can have benefit in our interactions with the phenomenological landscape. A camera is a separating device but also a means of focusing our attention. more