Regular readers of this blog will know that I have been trying to put together a successful Grants for the Arts application. My first attempt was rejected in late October and today I submitted my second attempt for funding to shoot the extended Edgelands project, so 6 weeks from now I should know the second […]
I thought of Ian Moss
As I was cycling around this morning make pictorial notes of research sites for more in-depth studies I discovered this relic and immediately thought of Ian Moss, not that he is in any way a relic, but rather I think, this is something he might be drawn (sic) to. These are just pictorial notes. […]
A thing of beauty
The Taylor Wessing 2014 catalogue dropped through my letterbox on Saturday. In it, there is an article on Beauty written by Eamonn McCabe. It is a well written article and I believe I have seen some of the images before at one of Eamonn’s talks. I had certainly heard the stories before in small group […]
Today I saw the Princes Street Kingfisher
It has been weeks now since I sighted the regular Kingfisher near the Princes Street Bridge on the Gipping. I had wondered whether it had moved to open waters and a saltier environment rather than this mixed tidal and freshwater section. These delightful small predators raise my vibrations no matter what else is going on […]
Black and White challenge – day 5
I agonised over what to post for this final image but finally settled on the Rural Idyll image. This was made at sunrise in June 2013 near Waldringfield. I had spotted this contraption during a winter’s drive when I decided to take a different route home from Woodbridge. After that I could not remember where […]
A taste for heights
In a recent meeting with partners discussing a forthcoming exhibition I showed a few test prints from my series Edgelands. These were 1×1.25m inkjet prints and I pointed out that the camera was about eight feet off the ground for these images. I often shoot my large format images of landscape features this way but […]
November – RPS Photobook Exhibition time
November already and I am thrilled to see these images sent out today by Brian Steptoe FRPS co-organiser of this exhibition with Rod Fry ARPS. The Edgelands book was made specifically for this competition from my degree project series. It includes medium and large format images. An earlier publication I made for the Ipswich and […]
Edgelands RPS Photobook shortlisted entry
This is the link to my book that you can preview on-line http://www.photobox.co.uk/creation/2678167792 I would be over the moon if some of you bought it but I would not advise buying from this site as production quality cannot be guaranteed. Please note that the actual printed copy has razor sharp images. The rendering of the […]
Sunshine esserts
People of a certain age might remember Leonard Rossiter in ‘The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin’. This image reminded me of those episodes and seemed to fit in with a dilemma I currently find myself in. In those episodes there was always a sketch in CJ’s office where the delivery of management speak was […]
Yorkshireman made environment
Apart from the forces of nature, most of this island presents itself as adapted by mankind to suit its needs of the times. I studied the aspects of our intervention and shaping of the landscape for my degree but on a short trip up to North Yorkshire to the spawning grounds of the great industrial […]