Motivations in Landscape Photography
I urge each of you reading to articulate if only to yourself, what motivates you and why, and what you do to drive your own motivation. more
Portrait of a Photographer- Jimmy Gekas
He approaches every trip and scene with the same lack of expectation and embodies what the Buddhists call “Shoshin,” which roughly translates as “beginner’s mind.” more
The Illusion of Reality
A fundamental fallacy here is that post-processing is viewed with suspicion and is always accused of being manipulative, while the creative decisions made before triggering that button on the camera are completely free of it. more
Jack of All Trades
It’s good to be a butterfly from time to time and land upon a different way of seeing, but the only way to do this is letting go of what you think you should be making photographs of. more
Lockdown Podcast #6
Another instalment of the lockdown podcast where Tim Parkin, Joe Cornish and David Ward discuss a few questions around photography. more
The Sublime Landscape
At its best, sublime landscape photography reminds us of the (literally) awesome power, and beauty, of nature. more
Frederic Demeuse
I felt an irrepressible call for this mythical forest, which resounded in me as the last refuge of a certain nature which no longer exists elsewhere. more
The Way We Were
Over-walked paths are growing with fresh wildflowers, ferns trampled in river gorges are bursting upwards towards the light; joyful in their isolation. more
The Value of Things
I am trying to say something about fragility and vulnerability too. Not just my own, but that of the landscape itself, which is threatened by development and habitat destruction, and all the more so because most assume there is nothing of value here. more
Lockdown Podcast #5
Joe Cornish, Tim Parkin and David Ward talk about learning and teaching composition more
The Path Towards Expression – part 3
In this article, I will analyse a case study, using one of my personal projects: “Septentrio”. For once, the importance here will shift from the photographs (the end result) to the process and its coherence. more
Lockdown Podcast #4
Finishing off the reader submitted questions and a reminder of the lockdown photo challenge more
Kyle McDougall
The majority of my portfolio focuses on the American southwest - Arizona, Nevada, Southern California, and New Mexico. Obviously, every area has its own unique history, but one of the more interesting ones, for me, would be the locations surrounding Route 66. more
Photographing Rocks
As visual artists, we are as trained as anyone in the power of perspective: the multi-dimensional relationship between “the world” and one’s point of view. more
Lockdown Podcast #3
We are looking at having a mini 'in your house' photography challenge. All three of us are going to give this a go and we invite anybody else who wishes to take part to submit some work. more