the art of the image

Strapped in over Seneca Lake
Strapped in over Seneca Lake
I once traded photographs for flying lessons with the National Warplane Museum in Elmira.I went up as a passenger in a PT19, which is a monoplane. A commercial flight on... Read more...
Where it started
Where it started
This year we stayed in a little bungalow villa in Portugal. There was a quite ornate cabinet with a bunch of cameras and other bits in it. Inside was a... Read more...
The Eight-Second Cheat
The Eight-Second Cheat
I am an early riser. At home the dog sees to that (Mila has no concept of a lie-in), and the habit follows me on holiday, dog or no dog.... Read more...
Bears beyond this point
A couple of years ago we did a fly-drive in the western USA. Flew into Vegas, drove up through central California to Sequoia National Park, then came back up towards San Francisco by way of Kings Canyon. If you have never done that drive, do. The scale of the place does something to you. It was on that last leg, through Kings Canyon, that the vista appeared. The valley simply dropped away from the roadside into forest, with snow on the ground. There was no question of driving on. This... Read more...
Panoramic view across the Grand Canyon at sunset, with layered pink and red rock formations beneath a pale blue sky.
When the Grand Canyon looked almost too colourful
We arrived at the Grand Canyon late in the day. It was autumn, the sun was going down, and there wasn't much time to think about setting anything up. I... Read more...
Finally Finding the Hay Bales at The Stiperstones
Finally Finding the Hay Bales at The Stiperstones
The photograph captures more than a collection of hay bales. It reflects the patience often required in landscape photography and serves as a reminder that some images cannot be forced.... Read more...
That view !!
That view !!
That first visit sparked an idea. Low clouds were drifting across the landscape, and I imagined how incredible the scene would look if the cloud layer sat below the cliff... Read more...
Emotography and the Art of the Image
Emotography and the Art of the Image
That's the art part. Anyone can point a camera at something. The work — the actual craft — is in noticing what's worth pointing it at, and then getting out... Read more...