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I am Camera
In actual fact, I am not, and therein lies the theme of this article. As human beings we all have command and control of a computer that far exceeds in sophistication and integration anything built by NASA, and yes, that is our brain. (If only it felt that way when I reach my afternoon 'dip' around 16.13 each day!). A great deal of the brain's performance is devoted to vision. more
Brockwell Park
Autumn in the walled garden I first wandered into Brockwell Park with a camera about five years ago, the park entrance being only a few metres from my front door. Before this it had been nothing more than a pleasant green space to cross on the way to the station at Herne Hill, or the venue for occasional summer picnics. When I could, I traveled to my more
Anthropomorphism in Landscape Photography
Seeing Ghosts? I keep seeing human behaviours and emotional states in photographic subjects which I know full well are not human and don't have such characteristics; trees, rocks, clouds, that sort of thing. In other words, I've recently been anthropomorphising images wildly. Obviously, I know I'm merely projecting these human characteristics, and I'll assert my confidence up-front that it's not just me sliding into early dementia here: Flickr and the like are awash, judging by the comments, with 'malevolent' weather more
Escaping the Rut
It’s inevitable that we all reach a point in our photographic journey when we begin to draw nothing but blanks. After downloading the contents of your memory card or getting your freshly processed images back from the lab, you realise that there isn’t even a single image amongst them of any worth. Weeks, or even months, without an image of note can begin to chip away at your creative more
Chelsea Flower Show – An Outdoor Gallery
David Anthony Hall is an Irish landscape photographer specialising in very large prints, mostly panoramas, of groups of trees (although this is not all he does). He has recently worked with a garden designer to produce an outdoor garden exhibition for the Chelsea Flower show... You've recently had your photographs used as part of an exhibit at the Chelsea Flower show. Can you let us know a little about how more
Light, Composition or Subject?
I’ve read a few times in the past months that ‘light’ is always the most important thing in photography. Every time I read this I’ve felt a little more uncomfortable. This week a colleague pointed out another occurence in the popular press and as I was in the process of writing a couple more articles I thought I had to respond. The only way to really address this is to look at potential permutations of these three aspects of photography more
Landscape Photography and Book Publishing
The purpose of this article is to consider some aspects of working with a book publisher as it pertains to landscape photography. The themes of the article will be based around a recent publication of my own called ‘Mull, Iona, and Staffa’, which is my third book of landscape photography. I will also comment on books produced by other well known photographers. Publishing a book of photographs, on a specific theme is a very satisfying enterprise and an essential part more
Wilderness and the Mind of the Photographer
But does wilderness really exist or is it just in the mind of the photographer, who goes all starry eyed at the mention of the word?This article is written in response to that by Julian Barkway on Beauty, which had a wilderness connection, and as a result of Joe Cornish’s report from the great wilderness trek in NW Scotland. His book Scotland’s Mountains could be regarded as a homage more
The Psychology of Saturation
There has been some interesting discussion on the history of saturation boosting in photography in recent days, notably David Hyde on the excellent Landscape Photography Blogger website talks about "Did Velvia Film Change Landscape Photography". His topic was about how the use of hyperreal film such as Fuji Velvia and whether it fundamentally changed the look of landscape photography. Well the first question I'd ask is 'could you get saturated colour before Velvia came out?' and I think the more
From Hobby to Career
When I bought my first digital camera seven years ago, I hadn’t remotely considered that it might one day provide a career for me to follow. more
Photography and Music
In terms of music structure, the classic progression of dissonance to resolution has it’s potential in photography too. more
Beyond Beauty
What is 'beauty' in landscape photography? On the face of it, it's almost a question that doesn't even need to be asked. more
In Defence of ‘Wow!’
There has been a fair bit of sunset/rise bashing goes on in LandscapeGB and there's been a good few debates about the virtues of flat light, contemplative compositions and all that goes with it. I myself am a fully signed up member of the wowless club, the more I journey into the my world of photography, the more demure my images get – so getting me to sing the praises of Wow(!) photos is a bit like getting Wayne Rooney more
The Skirrid Hill Project
For many landscape photographers it is the project, either based around a specific area, subject or theme. I’m a big advocate for working on projects they add not just breadth, but depth. more
Give some Praise where Praise is Due
I've read a couple of blog posts recently that asked photographers to give a bit of praise and I thought I'd pass this request on. Next time you see a website or a photograph that moves you, spend a few moments to send the photographer an email or use the contact form on their website. Most photographers don't make much money out of their work an the boost that the praise from another photographer can give is so much more