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).
My treatment of a photo of biker Jon on his BMW motorbike in London. The original was his phone photo dating from 2011, which initially didn't look all that promising. Basically Photoshop work with quite a lot of manual intervention.
Dawn view from over Falmouth Bay and featuring the deck cargo ship Black Marlin at anchor just East of Lizard Point. A fine view for breakfast of our last day The ship is 218m length and registered in Curacao. Gardens on the south coast of Cornwall benefit from the warmth of the Gulf Stream... as well as plenty of moisture from clouds arriving from over the Atlantic Ocean.
Spiral of suspended lights in one of the stairwells of The Falmouth Hotel, Cornwall.
I'm in Cornwall for the RPS Travel group weekend. The weather keeps changing as does the light, which varies from grey and difficult to work with to fantastic. Here's a quick photo of a yacht in Carrick Roads, Falmouth Bay, Cornwall in the clear Cornish light and evening sunshine.
