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Living Lightly in a Consumerist Industry
In today's global photography community, the temptation of an extra few megapixels here, and a slightly sharper lens there, or any modicum of additional functionality is hard to avoid with gear chat being one of the core currencies of conversation among fellow 'togs more
The Path Towards Expression
It is then that we start to interpret the world around us, making it visible to others under an appearance strongly tinted by our own perception. When this happens, we stop being mere performers and we become composers. more
A Different Viewpoint
To celebrate Mark's exhibition, we asked Mark to revisit his work with the Steamers and talk about how working in this way has affected his photography. more
Fotospeed Fine Art Paper Review
What most people will want to know is: What’s the practical difference between these papers and will the resultant prints be the best they could possibly be? more
Why Monochrome?
By working without the distraction of emotional colours I am freer to abstract the raw elements of the photograph and to steer them into my own framework of the emotions that I wish to communicate and share. more
7 Principles to Reduce the Individual & Collective Impact of Nature Photography on Wild Places
Being part of the team that created the 7 Principles encouraged me to rethink my own behaviours and I have made some changes in response. more
Looking for Landscape Photography
At its best landscape photography may give an insight into the landscape photographed, and also into the life and perspective of the photographer. As in all areas of photography, landscape is a theme of infinite potential. more
Behind the Photograph
As well as being frozen by the beauty of what you're looking at or the magnificence of what you're looking at. So you've got that to deal with as well, you've got to convey something of your sense of wonder. more
Art and Flow in Photography
There is no doubt in my mind that practising photography with the attitudes and conditions conducive to flow—making it deliberately difficult, challenging, stretching one’s abilities and imagination, requiring prolonged focused engagement and consuming as much attention as one can muster—can make photography as rewarding to an artist as any other pursuit practiced with the same mindset. more
I never expected that
It is this process of going back to Yew Tree Tarn many times and allowing myself to see the same trees, the same grasslands and experience the transition of the seasons, that firmly placed seeds in my mind that gradually germinated and flourished into latent photographs. more
Quest for Calm
The content of the image i.e. the arrangement of the visual elements could be compared to the words chosen to form sentences, while the tone in which they are uttered similar to the tones we select for rendering our images. more
Interview with Greg Stewart of Kozu Books
We work very closely with the photographers in order to create a photo book that totally reflects their identity, this is crucial to the finished book and its success. more
An exploration of Brian Eno’s ‘Ambient 4 : On Land’
The album includes tracks titled, ‘Lizard Point’, ‘Lantern Marsh’ and ‘Dunwich Beach, Autumn 1960’. My interest was piqued. Where were these places, and what did they have to do with the music? more
Monochromatic Lens
Monochromatic Lens is the system I use and teach photographers wishing to explore monochrome photography. more
Creation by Passing Ducks and The Representation of Reality
I suggest only that if an image is to have any deeper meaning in the realist sense, then keeping a strong link between image and the real landscape is important. more