Photographs #10

In Photograph #7 I said that I enjoy taking photographs of flowers in monochrome but of course, that doesn’t mean that I don’t also process flower photographs in colour. The following two images show two different approaches to flower photography. The first is a single bloom with the lens opened to an aperture of f/1.8. … Continue reading Photographs #10 →

Out and About: Black Country Living Museum

Today was a visit to the Black Country Living Museum. The last time I was there nearly a year ago, it had snowed and I got some very nice images. Today however there wasn't any of the white stuff although it was very cold and as the day went on it got even colder. The BCLM … Continue reading Out and About: Black Country Living Museum →

Out and About – Avoncroft Museum

Today I was in Worcestershire just outside Bromsgrove visiting the Avoncroft Museum. The museum is home to over 30 different historic buildings that have been rescued, dismantled and debuilt in 19 acres of countryside. I took the D800 and the 50mm f/1.8 standard lens with me today, as I thought that I would need the … Continue reading Out and About – Avoncroft Museum →

12 January

This was a tough one. I had a couple of ideas which revolved around movement which didn't work out in practice and also some things that I was eager to get done. Carol kind of pre-empted with the latter but I went ahead and took some images of the brochures we have been looking at … Continue reading 12 January →

9 January

I set up a cafetiere with a packet of coffee behind it and took several images at different exposures and focus settings. I liked the almost sculptural feel of the curves on the coffee pot and the hazy reflections off the glass. I eventually, after testing a few times, decided on having the packet in … Continue reading 9 January →

8 January

A lens is a piece of transparent substance having two opposite surfaces that are both either curved or one curved and one plane. In this image, I decided to substitute the normal lens for a crude form of the apparatus - a glass brick. I set up the camera in front of the brick and … Continue reading 8 January →

New Vivian Maier website

Although not a street photographer myself, I am a huge fan of Vivian Maier’s work and the people who have gathered and correlated most of her amazing output, have launched a new website featuring some her best pictures. Maier has been gaining importance as one of the great 20th century street photographers and rightly so. … Continue reading New Vivian Maier website →

5 January

The weather once again was atrocious and another trip to the outside world became just a figment of my cabin-fever imagination. So, I again looked around the house for a subject which I could use as a square crop. This is a form of frame that I use quite a lot and can be seen … Continue reading 5 January →

Draycote Water – 23 November

I'm ashamed to say, that despite living in the area for my whole life, this day was the first time I had ever been to Draycote Water. A Severn Trent Water reservoir, it is a popular place with those people who have a penchant for 'messing about in boats'. There are also a lot of … Continue reading Draycote Water – 23 November →

OUt and About – Chatsworth House

Today saw us driving up the M1 to Chatsworth House. It had been a couple of years since we have been there and if I remember correctly we didn't actually go in the house. The weather was very sunny, but very cold. There was supposed to have been a large bonfire party on the 2nd … Continue reading OUt and About – Chatsworth House →