There comes a time when we all resort to an auction of some kind, be that to buy something or sell something. I am minded of the time when Mrs O’s mother had been incarcerated into a secure dementia care home and it was up to Mrs O and her brother to dispose of her […]
After the Lord Mayor’s Show
It hardly seems like a week has passed since the closing view of Edgelands at the Museum of East Anglian Life. I was there from 1400 to meet and greet the last visitors from the public until 1630 and then there was another closing view to shows guests of the High Sheriff of Suffolk around […]
Last chance to see Edgelands but first chance to buy a book of the show
On Thursday 31st March the first solo Edgelands show at the Museum of East Anglian Life comes to an end. I have been asked to be in attendance from 1400 on Thursday to greet the last visitors to the show as part of a closing view. Later on I shall be showing guests of the […]
A last dawn
I have said many times in my conversations with people that I never tire of a new dawn or seeing the sun rise. This morning as I went through my ablutions in the penumbra of the pre-dawn the sound of the dawn chorus was truly uplifting and magical. Even in the dark the birds were […]
Blue on blue
Yes, more new Edgelands images, although the first is an opportunistic shot at the tail end of the shoot for the day. Everything on this site is re-cycled or processed to the point of limiting what goes off site. On each visit in the afternoon or early evening I have witnessed the sights and ominous […]
Generating new Edgelands images
I’ve been busy this week on all sorts of fronts, Ipswich, Ashford and London and burning the candle processing 5 more rolls of Kodak Portra 400 developed by Peak Imaging. When I first got access to Muntons site I was drawn to this emergency generator. I loved the faded blue paint, and doesn’t blue fade. […]
Gary Player & Kingfisher statistics
I’m often asked how I manage to capture images of Kingfishers. Most often, I respond by saying that I understand their behaviour and likely habitat and therefore I can anticipate likely sightings. Sightings are always, or nearly always preceded by an aural observation. Then, Golf comes into play, inasmuch as the famous statement attributed to […]
The female of the species is more reliable
My quest this week for Kingfisher images has not been as fruitful as in other years. I admit I might be two weeks earlier than last year but there is a definite drop in numbers and this was a mild if not warm winter. I don’t know if this is a common statistic across the […]
Other feathered things
Some days just sighting a Kingfisher is enough and somehow I know if the number is likely to be up with capturing one with the camera. Today was one such day with a sighting 30 minutes into an 8 hour trek then no more. The constant status of ‘Blue Alert’ that I immerse myself in […]
I like to see connections
Whenever I photograph subjects there is always a reason why. The initial draw is one thing but as I look more at what drew me into the picture I begin to see differently and more often than not I see connections no matter how tenuous they may seem. With this image, it was the red […]