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).
Discovering the lush subtropical plantings of the Logan Botanic Garden warmed by the Gulf Stream in the Rhins of Galloway of south-western Scotland. Immaculately tended beds and woodland (with labels) as you would expect at a Royal Botanic Garden, but with sympathetic layouts and vistas that are aesthetically satisfying as well as botanically informative. The show glasshouse is heated by an air source heat pump and solar energy.
Impressions and textures seen during our hike up the River Glenderamackin to Mungrisdale Common and Bowscale Fell with views over Sharp Edge of Blencathra towards other Cumbrian Fells.
More photos: Sharp Edge & Mungrisdale - Lake District National Park
Fresh paint on the beach huts at Seaford, Sussex. Not many being used though.
We arrived as a summer storm was building on Mont Blanc, the waterfalls gathered volume as we sheltered from the torrential rain. The cloud lingered next morning.
Roses and the people enjoying them in Regent’s Park rose gardens. I’ve tried to feature roses in the old style, which Chris tells me are more fragrant and resilient than modern classes.
More photos: Roses in Queen Mary’s gardens, The Regent’s Park
