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Orkney and the Simmer Dim
It is as if during the day the sea absorbs and stores sunlight, then during the twilight hours it gifts it back to the sky with a luminescence and inner radiance more
End frame: Cedars and rock circle, Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California, 1986 by William Neill
It hints at something out of the natural order. Peaceful but somehow slightly unsettling. There are many of the usual components of a landscape photograph, trees and rocks and water but no foliage. more
Tales of Abruzzo
I started photographing years ago, as it was just a passion that would allow me to bring home memories of what I was living. more
End frame: Boreray, St Kilda by Scott Robertson
I have never been to the St Kilda archipelago, but thanks to Scott's enormous efforts I feel like I have. more
Reflective photography and the essence of place
The idea that things and places have an essence is an ancient one, dating back at least to the Greeks and Romans. more
End frame: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska (2009) ~ Sebastiao Salgado
You can feel the depth and breadth of the valley, its old age as if it were from time immemorial as if we were looking at the moment of the birth of our planet. more
From Realism to Abstraction
Once we’ve got to grips with some techniques we might start to look for own individual style. Many photographers are content to hone their skills and search for the elusive moments of light and conditions that will produce a new interpretation of a classic location. more
End Frame: Hans Strand, Late Autumn mist, Lake Trekanten, Sweden, November 2009
Lars-Åke Nygren chooses one Hans Strand's images, "Late Autumn mist, Lake Trekanten, Sweden" as our End Frame more
Exploring the Suffolk Coastline
David & Alan happened to be visiting the same area on the Suffolk coastline this February. David's images are intended to show the ‘moodiness’ of Walberswick and the coastline of Covehithe beach. Alan has chosen to show the results of mono conversions of some classic Suffolk landscapes. more
End frame: Kärrmark by Jan Tove
The chaos has become cosmos, order. But there is something unpleasant about the picture, the branches stick to me and the moody colour scale and the messy bushes force the viewer to choose whether it's beautiful or just scary. more
On Bredon Hill
Bredon Hill is a gentle dome rising to just shy of 1,000 feet at an iron age hill fort on its northwestern ‘corner’ overlooking the more or less flat River Avon and River Severn valleys more
Luinneagan
I knew the haiku would be the route back to the poetry of the landscape. Being a Gaelic speaker I decided to write them in that language to accompany my photographs and the ‘Gaiku’ was born. more
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