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...species. I like to think my approach to floral studies is much the same as any portrait photographer, in that I aim to capture them looking at their finest, in their natural environment and with favourable lighting. For me, this usually entails shooting within a couple of hours of sunrise when the flowers are in prime condition and before the...
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It’s 2006 and I’m visiting my dear friend Mark Broadwith, who then lived in the Yorkshire Dales. Mark is trained and licensed by the RPS and he works as a portrait and wedding photographer. He has helped me take the initial steps to become a better photographer and then offered a suggestion that turned out to be life changing: “There’s...
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...be a really interesting physical phenomena that have impact in a wide range of domains from dark matter and gravitational lensing around stars, to sound (the “whispering gallery” effect), understanding the ionosphere, non-destructive testing, and the interpretation of remote sensing images. From a photographer’s point of view, they are also important in how we see the rainbow, mirages, and the...
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...to the residual tilt I couldn’t seem to rid myself of. Photographers began to gather, whispering, peering and speculating. I explained, demonstrated, justified and at times business carded to the crowds, using all the restraint I could manage not to mock the smart phoneys who follow the blossom-lined paths staring at nothing but the end of a selfie stick. I...
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...David and Joe gave me the confidence to think of myself as a photographer, rather than this vague concept of being an amateur photographer who took pictures as a leisure activity. From the conference speakers I concluded that to get any sustainable benefit or reward from all this soul searching and to avoid too many clichés or plagiarism I needed...
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...flowing. Now being a landscape photographer this is so easy to do, put the camera in a pack and take off. I find that after a while I start seeing the photographs, usually after I have relaxed enough to let go of all of my current issues and distracting thoughts. Create something / anything After discovering this for myself, I...
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...the locations for portraits and landscapes are mostly unconnected. However, taken as an aesthetic combination rather than a documentary commentary the portraits with their rich and contrasty feel do connect and the result doesn't jar like it sounds it should. The portraits provide a great juxtaposition of warmth in a book that could have ended up just a little too...
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On Landscape have helped the Rheged to put on an exhibition of Lake District photographers and also a talk by David and Angie Unsworth and a workshop by Mark Littlejohn to coincide with the launch of Terry Abraham's movie "Life of a Mountain", a full feature about Scafell. We talked to Terry about his project and asked him how he...
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...in a different light than that in which you are currently standing. This is why you should walk up to the subject and place the incident meter as close as possible to the subject with the meter pointing back at the camera. This is what you will typically see in most portrait photography - the photographer will walk up to...
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...photographer and hopefully by the audience as a reflection of the inner space of the photographers as well as the exterior reality. JW: As you started to develop these sequences have you moved away from having a standalone image or is there still a place in your repertoire for that? JB: Well there is a contradiction here because when you...
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