Landscapes · 050
A boat through the branches
A small boat is discovered through a busy natural frame, making the act of looking part of the picture.
Explore the photographMy photographs. My learning journey.
Behind
the Frame.
There is room to keep learning.
These are not necessarily the best photographs I have taken. I’m sharing them because they give me something to learn from: what works, what doesn’t, and what I would try differently.
It’s easy to show only the beautiful, striking images and leave the hundreds that felt “not good enough” out of sight. But those photographs belong to the journey too. Seeing only the highlights can make your own attempts feel like you’re falling short, especially when you’re starting out.
If you come home with one photograph you like out of a hundred attempts, that’s absolutely fine. The others can help you see what to try next. Here I share what I’m learning about technique and the message I want to convey.
I’m still on this journey too.
50 photographs · 5 categories · always something to learn
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Landscapes · 044
Letting the mist keep something
A familiar landscape becomes unfamiliar when mist opens a narrow gap through the trees. Returning to a place can mean discovering it again.
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Landscapes · 032
Finding order in the forest
A dense woodland offers more detail than the eye can take in at once. I am looking for a route through it, not a reason to remove its complexity.
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Landscapes · 031
Moon above a dark ridge
A bright disc and an uneven ridge are enough to build a landscape. The work is in deciding how little else the picture needs.
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Landscapes · 030
A small figure between two skies
A dark human-shaped figure interrupts a narrow strip of shore. Above and below it, clouds make the picture feel much larger than its subject.
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Landscapes · 024
A landscape written in water
Seen from above, branching waterways turn a broad landscape into a network of dark shapes and pale lines.
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Landscapes · 023
When the reflection becomes the picture
Golden foliage continues into the water, making the boundary between subject and reflection part of the story.
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Landscapes · 009
Room for the mist
A few trees and a quiet grey sky ask how little a landscape needs to say.
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Landscapes · 002
Between ice and cloud
A glacier offers a route through a landscape that refuses to reveal everything.
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Landscapes · 001
An invitation to pause
A wooden jetty takes us towards the water. What happens when the strongest part of a photograph is the space it leaves open?
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