A Walk on the Wild Side. 8 August 2018 LLANGLOFFAN FEN NNR. One evening last week I was to be found lying flat-out in a bog, oblivious to everything but the small iridescent blue damselfly clinging to a wind-blown grass stem a metre in front of my lens. Patience was required as the breeze that […]Read Post ›
This week I visited Cilgerran Castle alongside the River Teifi in North Pembrokeshire with a group from the U3A Photography Group. The weather was variable, overcast with towering clouds and occasional bright spells. I decided early on to use a polaroid filter to bring contrast to the sky and the stoneware, and I also chose […]Read Post ›
PART 1 – THE ISLAND “What did you do over Easter this year?” “I spent it on an island painting a lighthouse!” SKOKHOLM ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE IN EVENING LIGHT How many people would be able to answer that, I wonder? Not many, I guess. The idea conjures up romantic visions of sunshine and blue seas, […]Read Post ›
PHOTOSHOOT AT CHESTER ZOO – MAY 2017
MOVING IN ANOTHER DIRECTION This Post is being typed over the space left by my half completed, but now deleted, C&N Assignment 3 which, as I have taken the decision to leave the course, is no longer relevant to me, hence the deletion. The decision comes as a result of personal year’s end reflections and Resolutions […]Read Post ›
Two interesting points have emerged from articles I have read this morning that I will quickly make a note of here for future reference and contemplation. The first entitled ‘Why is narrative such a difficult concept for young photographers to master?’ was written by Grant Scott and published on the United Nations of Photography website. In […]Read Post ›
RECREATING A CHILDHOOD MEMORY IN A PHOTOGRAPH This Exercise requires me to recreate a childhood memory in a photograph. I am asked to think carefully about the memory I choose and how I’ll recreate it. I am free to approach this task in any way I wish. The Exercise brief gives me considerable scope […]Read Post ›
While I was considering my approach to the Assignment in Part 3 of the C&N course, I revisited my two earlier C&N Assignments to see what I could learn from my approach to those and, more particularly, from my tutor’s formative feedback that would assist me. This made me realise that I had not revisited […]Read Post ›
NICK TURPIN http://nickturpin.com/ Particularly his ‘Street Photography’ and ‘Through a Glass Darkly’ series. From the series ‘Through a Glass Darkly’ Copyright Nick Turpin —– o0o —– SEBASTIAO SALGADO http://www.amazonasimages.com/sebastiao-salgado A […]Read Post ›
TWO PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITIONS – TWO RESPONSES I had an excellent opportunity to compare two styles of photographs last Tuesday and to be aware of my interesting responses to them. I have recently joined a U3A photography group in order to feel some connection with fellow local photographers and to open myself to the learning opportunities […]Read Post ›
DAVID GARDNER PHOTOGRAPHY 