Bayhurst Woods In preparation for an upcoming exhibition, I’m reviewing images I took back in November 2017 of Bayhurst Woods in Ruislip, UK. I used the technique of smearing Vaseline on to a lens filter, using a paint brush with brush strokes in one direction. This works, I think, quite Read more…
My second real outing since surgery. I’m still exploring deliberate image distortion in rural settings. Currently I’m experimenting with Vaseline smeared filters. So far I like the obvious distortion but the almost haphazard overlay of detailed elements.
This is a quick snapshot of my installation at the Ruislip LIP Exhibition, Cow Byre Gallery, Ruislip. It’s a new approach – all the images are back-lit to provide an added dimension or degree of depth for added interpretation. I’ll be posting the images separately, but the idea of printing Read more…
Still going through images trying to get down to a selection for the 2016 Uncertain States Exhibition.
So here’s the third I’ve been working on. Not sure if this one will make the final selection … but abandoned piles of cut heather caught my eye …
So here is the second in this potential new series: When taking these images, my mind kept recalling the folklore that holds that this is the place where the Devil keeps his earthly throne …
So I revisited the Long Mynd to try a different interpretation from the approach that I took in the first series. This features a return to monochrome and no camera movement! Here’s the first of hopefully a new series:
So this is my entry into the Greenwich LIP’s Annual Exhibition – more details here. This follows my current work – a move away from street photography into seascapes and landscapes. The work is driven by the perspective that both landscapes and seascapes are real, living and dynamic environments – Read more…
Mitchell’s Fold Stone Circle dates back to the Bronze Age and I wonder how much this view, taken near the circle, has changed (with exception of the recent addition of rape seed fields) over the millennia. This is a wind swept place seemingly in perpetual motion. The corrugated land near Read more…