Sinnington Barn
A Sunday afternoon stroll around the village, along the river and then up onto the hill. Returning back down I took some quick shots of a barn and some farm machinery which caught my eye in the final rays of sunshine.
A Sunday afternoon stroll around the village, along the river and then up onto the hill. Returning back down I took some quick shots of a barn and some farm machinery which caught my eye in the final rays of sunshine.
Finally the day came, my first photographic exhibition. Setting it up at the Moorside Rooms last week took a lot longer than we thought, some 4 hours, but with my sister’s help we managed to get the photographs (printed on fibreboard) lined up and looking good. Libby and Maggie created a lovely display of art
I watched the video below, created by the excellent and thoughtful Justin Jones, and it inspired me to document the walk I was about to go on later in the day. John Gossage’s The Pond is a photobook published in 1985. The project is a landscape narrative, shot around a derelict pond on the edge
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A friend asked me to take her son to basketball at York College so, whilst I was waiting, I explored the building and the underground car park. There was a bitingly cold wind so I didn’t hang around too long but here are the results. Probably my favourite is this one – I like the
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Quite by chance I came across a lengthy appreciation of the photographer Ernst Haas on YouTube which I found inspiring. Part of the Masters of Photography series it looks at his colour work. He was a pioneer – exhibiting at MoMA, even before Eggleston. The video critically reviews many of his most famous images. As
I do struggle with Helmsley. It’s very pretty. The tourists love it. And there are obvious photographic opportunities. But I find it less interesting than other places because it is so picturesque. So that’s what drove me to go yesterday. To challenge myself, to dig a little deeper. Much of what I shot I’m not
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Been pouring with rain most of the day but by the time I got out, around 4pm, it was just starting to clear up. Walked the big loop with Polly’s labrador and just got these couple.
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