Photography
My photography
I use photography to show something about where I’ve been or people whom I’ve met. As well as trying to see the beauty in a scene or situation, I’m also trying to convey ideas and feelings. My photography is about me and what I do, who I meet and where I go. All my photography tries to be contemporary and creative. I’m resistant to being fitted in to a taxonomy by categorisation such as “travel” or “conceptual” or “nature”. All image-making is political simply by the act of selection and hence exclusion but I am not campaigning for any particular point of view, except to try to see the positives and to live life to the full.
I use 645, 35mm and DX formats plus a handy little digital compact that shoots RAW files. I’ve experimented with non-lens photography - do ask!
I first worked in a monochrome/silver wet darkroom at age 7, helping my Father with scientific prints; I’ve used colour negative materials since age 21 and digital since 2005. I use Photoshop (Adobe) and Photopaint (Corel).
Crags and pines at the Col de Bavella (Foci di Bavedda), the pass is at 1218 m. so above the coastal cloud layer. The GR20 long-distance path crosses the paved road here.
The rock is described as an Ortho-gneiss, a classification of meta-igneous rock so a layered metamorphic rock but not a granite.
More photos: Col de Bavella (1218 m.) - Parc naturel régional de Corse
The revolution is coming: teddies are massing, waiting the call in their barracks disguised as toy shops. Don’t be misled by their cute faces and appealing eyes, these teddies are ruthless and will control the minds of humans. Their slogan: “Bears United...will never be defeated”.
Last sunrise on Skiddaw before the clocks change. The sunrise colours contrast with the cool of the cloud, evoking the end of summer and the coming winter.
The moment of colour didn’t last long. and the winter chill has certainly arrived.
The glacial valley national park of Valsavarenche retains some unique architecture high up the valley. The valley was long reserved a retreat for the kings of Savoy and then Italy. Development was limited and wildlife protected with hunting permitted only with the King’s assent, which usually meant his participation.
More photos: The architecture of Valsavrenche - Parco nazionale del Gran Paradiso
