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 […]
RPS Book Exhibition 2014 – Edgelands shortlisted
Making photo books was a big thing at university. Tutors were pushing all the time for books to be made and several were. I ventured into the realms of a handmade, albeit bound by a proper book binder, book at considerable cost but with individually hinged pages, pages that I had printed myself. I also […]
Autumn. I think it is here
It seems like aeons ago that we were in Harrogate, but it is only a week since we got back. An elongated summer has helped the paint dry quickly this week and my mind is turning towards re-starting the Edgelands shoot. Just a few too many leaves on the trees at present for my […]
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 […]
Monument?
Over the long weekend in Harrogate, I took off to explore the Valley Gardens and the thick woodland towards the upper reaches of this jewel of a green lung right in the middle of the town. Mrs O was not at her best and had decided to stay indoors knitting. She does not like scary […]
Flighty female gives me the run around
Weather conditions this morning suggested large format but no, I am on a mission. I need to get to know this female a tad better. All in all , I spent 4 hours loitering with intent this morning. I was presented with two fleeting visits early on, then I went home to ablute and breakfast […]
Zenza Bronica – Kodak Portra 400
I paid a visit to the framing gallery this week to drop off some of my ‘Pictures from an exhibition’ series for mounting. They are going into the forthcoming Freudian Sheep exhibition ‘Small World’. Whilst I was at it, I decided to get this image taken at Felixstowe in early winter 2013 as an end […]
Edgelands – Collaboration – the way forward
Out of adversity comes opportunity. Recently, a gallery I was after securing to include in my ACE application got knocked back. I decided to ask for the help of the arts liaison officer from Suffolk County Council for galleries that were big enough to hang my work. I got a very good reply with several […]