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This is a post that’s all about people, but without people. Only empty spaces where they’ve been, and the evidence of their passing. One of the things that continually delights me in photography is the way you can plan, worry about, pursue, and compose the elements that will make the image you have in [...] One of the delights of having your photographic work ‘out there’, is having it seen. Unfortunately most of the time other people see it too. I say ‘unfortunately’ because sometimes ‘interesting’ things can happen as a consequence of it’s visibility. Such as the deluded “do you realise that little smudge in the bottom corner of [...] I like to travel. I’ve traveled a lot alone. Alone, you meet people. And the aspect of travel that continually amazes me is how the experience of travel lingers on with you, long long after you come home. So here is one story about travel. There are no images, save for the ones you [...] Kamra-e-faoree. Heard of them? They are about as far as you can get from an iPhone. No shutter, no electrics. And no film either. These are simply large boxes with lenses, inside which is a piece of photographic paper which is ‘developed’ internally and from this paper ‘negative’ a positive print is produced.
I think it’s time to post something a little more lighthearted! Looking back over my recent posts I’m struck by how serious the subject matter is in some of them: being mistaken for a child molester, being thrown out of pubs, challenged by security guards and so on. Anyone reading them would get the [...] I’ve been teaching photography in various ways for over 20 years, and embraced the digital revolution for all the reasons we all have, but also because of the ways it enabled me to show a novice photographer a technique in ‘real time’ and see the result on the lcd screen. Learning is quicker and [...] I’ve posted previously about ‘stuff’ that’s useful for those of you just starting to learn the craft of image making. So here’s something else you can file away until you need it. The gruff old professionals can ignore this one too, you lot already know this stuff inside out. I’m a committed sign spotter. [...] Duckrabbit’s recent post was timely, as I was thinking through the following ‘stuff’ and wondering whether it was worth the time to articulate it. And thanks to duck and Joel I will. This subject is central also to this post by Jenny Pollard which duckrabbit has just linked to, and it’s really important so [...] My dad suffered from mental illness for the latter part of his life, and this put a considerable strain on my family for over a decade, particularly my mother. One year was particularly bad and they required a lot of support, and after father had been taken off to hospital yet again, my mum [...] This post is not for all you hardened pros out there who most likely know all of this stuff already, and who’ve been there, done that, and have the well-thumbed polaroids to prove it. You can skip blithely by if you prefer. No, this is intended for anyone taking their first tentative steps on [...] I like whales and dolphins, and big fish. I’ve been very lucky to grow up in a coastal area, and undertake a lot of work on the coast, and on islands, and consequently have had the good fortune to see various of these incredible animals up close, whether its killer whales leaping clear of [...] Greetings fellow travellers. May the coming year be a good one for you and your families. Nature’s tree decorations in our community woodland! This lovely garland of snow happened after a very serious frost that followed a snowfall, culminating in a thaw that saw the snow drooping off the branches. Snow business. © [...] I am very moved by the fact that so many of you out there have been touched by my recent post. However it was only one half of the tale that I told. There’s another part to it that I think may be worth telling. I mulled over whether to mention it in my [...] Length of this post: long. Words: a lot. Pictures: more than a few. Apologies for that: none. Some years ago I undertook a photography project with two men with ‘learning disabilities’. Tommy, a man with Down Syndrome, was moving into community living after more than 20 years in an institution. The other man, Malcolm, [...] Here’s a wee something in celebration of International Mountain Day. I was born in the shadow of Ben Nevis, the UK’s highest mountain. My grandparents used to take tourists to the summit of ‘the Ben’ on ponies for 1 Guinea (including lunch) back in the late 1800′s. My own dad was a pioneer skiier [...] Recent post by duckrabbit on trust, and responses from Ciara about getting close to people, struck a chord. I was working on a book project to photograph a bunch of widely scattered Hebridean islands, mostly within a few miles of the Scottish coast, but a few of them pretty remote and awkward to get [...] You can’t take a photographer seriously if they dont use a big imposing DSLR, and a really big long zoom lens. Aye right. If you believe that you’ll probably also believe I can sell you a really nice big bridge in San Francisco for $100. I stumbled into kigaliwire, the blog of Graham Holliday [...] |
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