End Frame: Convergence, Iceland by Rafael Rojas
There is just enough space between the receding wave which mirrors the cliff exactly and the cliff to draw you through to explore the rest of the picture but always pulls you back to that point to start again..... Genius. more
Why I am a Tourist
I am currently doing research into why photographers (and other tourists) find human constructions to be attractive focal points in remote and otherwise “natural” environments. In particular derelict structures appear to be favoured. more
Successful Definitions
True creative fulfilment is found in the process, not the prize, however shiny that might seem. more
End Frame: The flight of the Örn by Nils Strindberg
The image was taken by Nils Strindberg, a member of the Swedish 1897 An-drée Arctic expedition. more
End Frame: The Pond Moonrise by Edward Steichen
It was my "Marmite picture" in my teens. I had cut out a copy (obviously) from an article in Amateur Photographer, about Edward Steichen; part of a series on the history of Photography. more
Bornholm
Bornholm offers a lot for landscape photographers in a small area. Situated in the Baltic Sea, forty kilometres south of Sweden. more
Masters of Landscape Photography – Book Review
One of the core concepts of the book is that each photographer therein represents a master of some arena of landscape photography. more
On self-reliance, solitude and landscape photography
I instantly paused the interview and started thinking of some adventures of my own in order to embrace landscape photography thoroughly, like he did in that journey. more
Bottom Moor
For most people, the drive to work in the cold dark mornings during autumn and winter provides an indifferent start to their day. For me, as I pull off the driveway I'm full of hope and optimism. more
End Frame: Souvenir d’un Futur #4 by Laurent Kronental
As with many people who write articles of this ilk, I don't think I can reduce the world of photography down to a single image. For a start outside the context of photo-journalism, I am not sure of the power of the single image. more
End Frame: Day 10 Wilderness Loons by Jim Brandenburg
My idea of a local project might mean the local park or even pond, but Brandenburg had the scope of the Boundary Waters, stretching to over a million acres!! more
Porth Meudwy
Back in October 2016, I decided to retrace steps into my childhood, to revisit the Llŷn Peninsula and the furthest reaches of North Wales, a region so familiar to me from annual family holidays 30 years and more ago. more
End Frame: Chopped Tree, Nr Bradbourne, Derbyshire by Fay Godwin
Fay's image is a straight representation of the scene but the artistry is in how it's been composed and framed, it seems self contained as if there isn't anything outside that frame. more
The Impact of Photography on Impressionism
Many artists, including the Impressionists, also explored the use of photography, and many of the now celebrated photographers of the time had trained and often worked as artists. more
End Frame: Dune before Sunrise, Egypt (2010) by Stephan Furnrohr
The image iIt’s taken around dawn; the photographer is facing north, the warm light from the east catches the right- hand side of the dunes, the west-facing slopes reflect the cool blue from the sky. more