Delighted to have been asked to make an exibition of some of my photographs. Here are some images I have printed for the exhibition in Clitheroe.
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I began this post a while ago and then other work took over and I didn’t return. A couple of months ago I spent some time photographing the sculptor Tony Bentley as he went about his work. Sculpting in stone or any other medium seems a great distance from photography. Thinking that a sculpture may be standing in a museum or on display hundreds of years from now re-orients your perspective. An eloquent writer about his own work, follow the link to find out more about Tony.
Not quite on my doorstep, but not far away on the bird feeder, hungry with the cold. Although I listened very carefully not one of them mentioned the General Election or Brexit.
We like Hydrangeas in our house. A couple of shots …
On Sunday evening as I went into our kitchen I disturbed a moth - it surprised me by flying repeatedly at my head and face before landing on the surface nearby. If it had been in conversation with other visitors to our house it would know that being photographed is obligatory. It has evolved to look like a leaf and folds its wings along its body. A friendly looking moth - Angle Shades. Some other portraits can be found here.
Saturday evening saw me photographing the stage exploits of the Dave Strider Band. Originally formed to release an album they now perform for charitable purposes such as for ex-forces members suffering from PTSD. An impressive performance led to two encores!
This photograph was the first one that I felt was a proper photograph. I had returned alone to the location and found that I needed to go out further from dry land and cross a completely empty beach. The sense of isolation was intense. Plover Scar Lighthouse was unnerving in the growing dusk and quiet. Overhead the clouds were rapidly changing and the sun was suddenly hidden by a ribbon of cloud. I was uncomfortably aware that where I was setting up my tripod was many feet below the surface at high tide.
Many months later I have returned to this photograph to edit it to try to get it feeling right - it had always been too dark before. So this latest edition has found its place in the latest gallery.
Of course the jpeg file here on the website or on Instagram is not as rich or detailed as the original, but I keep looking at this photograph, in either form. Even after all the time since I took it, the atmosphere is very expectant.
Easter Sunday, not so very early in the morning, we headed towards Milnthorpe and then west to Arnside, with a diversion to see the force higher up the Kent. Nearby we saw a pig, a sow in fact, enjoying lying in the warm shade, keeping an eye on the world. I made a panorama of the viaduct - it does not quite fit on the view in the Latest page. The view in the other direction I posted on Instagram. Happy Easter!
Sometimes as I have been wondering who or what I should turn my photographic attention to next I have pointed my lens at my own face. This has also served as a useful bit of practice before meeting someone else for a shot. In the shot I have shown below I am wearing my hat, useful for all sorts of reasons, not least to keep the glare of bright skies or the sun from my eyes. My glasses have been put aside, although I almost always wear them, except when asleep in bed.
When Naomi Philp contacted me to ask me about posting her work “Wait” I was amazed because she had drawn inspiration from my work. I had photographed from Silverdale Cove just after sunset, and Naomi has used colours for the inks from my photography in her own process to produce her work. Follow through and like her work on Instagram. Naomi is an artist living and working in Somerset, UK. Check out her really great work on her website.
