Archive for the ‘Practice’ Category

7th Febuary 2008

Thursday, February 7th, 2008


Fungi Still Life #2. This is the same subject as the first image on this blog, although in much warmer light.

6th Febuary 2008

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008


Stanlow Oil Refinery


Inside a disused mill, Helsby. There seems to be a confinement theme today…

5th Febuary 2008

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008


I am really not sure which of these I like the best today. I will sit on it for a while. Spraying water on to little things before shooting them is properly cheating, but I quite like the effect.

5th Febuary 2008

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008


My dream machine

4th Febuary 2008

Monday, February 4th, 2008


Alexandra Park, Chester. The first of many new locations, albeit just down the road, searching out photography opportunities…

3rd Febuary 2008

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008


Elidir Fawr and Marchlyn Mawr from the summit of Trefan. This was taken in the last 10 minutes of clear weather before a severe blizzard came down for the day.

12th Febuary

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008


Francis Black (x-singer with band The Pixies), Manchester Academy 2.

Stranger watching the band. These shots are my first attempt at low-light indoor photographapy. There is no flash used here, allowing less invasive shots.

A photo a day – end of month one

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

Findings so far. A photo a day project tends to force one to react to the environment and not have time to scope out new locations and go back at the right time/light. Its more just a case of picking a loose idea/area and getting usable every day.

This is fine for now, I am learning all the time, already finding courage to ask people if I can take their picture, which is rewarding, and certainly, from my perspective at least is leading to more interesting shots that still-life and portrait shots.

I did set out with this thinking it would be a pure nature/landscape/environment project, but I am seeing already that limiting the subject matter to one theme is too limiting when shooting every day.

I can see to make a pleasing fine art project though, a project needs to be more focused on a specific concept, be it the subject matter, photographic style or the artistic treatment of the images in post processing, with more time to consider themes and ideas. These images become disjointed as a whole when shooting over a wide subject matter, and every day.

2nd Febuary 2008

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008


I thought I would introduce young Hamish early on. I have a feeling he will be featuring again…

1st Febuary 2008

Friday, February 1st, 2008


Fungi Still Life. Shot in sunshine just after rain. Shot number one, three hundred and sixty four left to shoot!