Behind The Photograph: Little Folk
And perhaps that's what I enjoy most about photography. A seemingly ordinary encounter can reveal something beyond its immediate subject.
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This isn't a list of the mechanics of photography - but touches more upon the process, the use of light and my experiences with the camera. I've found that it's the experience that counts - and there's over 30 years of experience diluted into these posts.
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Behind The Photograph: Four Watering Cans Hanging Against An Ancient Wall
I thought of gravity, of quantum entanglement, of the mysterious relationships between things.
Behind The Photograph: The rescue helicopter and the wounded hill.
That contradiction is what interests me. We look fragile here - a tiny machine suspended against an immense wall of stone - and yet collectively we have the capacity to reshape whole landscapes.
Behind The Photograph: The Absent Oak Leaf
What might be considered an imperfection is, to my eye, the most beautiful part of the line. Its absence carries more presence than the unbroken stretches on either side.
Behind The Photograph: Cheesden Lumb Mill
I've often argued that surviving structures like Cheesden Lumb Mill are rarer than a medieval cathedral..
Behind The Photograph: C7th Wall, All Saints Brixworth.
This photograph pulls together several disparate forces: Roman material, medieval making, natural pattern, human touch and the psychological pull of a doorway.
Behind The Photograph: Awakening at St. Denis, Paris
The photograph not only captures a view of architecture that is significant, but also the moment the photographer inhabits it.
Behind The Photograph: Fingers of Light at Ripon Cathedral
I was so focused on getting the shot that I didn't feel the red hot radiator pipe beneath my shin until after the exposure.
Behind The Photograph: The Minstrels at Selby Abbey
The minstrel appears to gaze out across the city while we stand beside it. For a moment we share its viewpoint. We are no longer simply looking at the abbey; we are heavenly minstrels too.