Places · 049
The Colors family visits Liverpool
Four pencils become a family on a day out: the children discover the wheel while their parents give them room to explore.
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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Places · 047
The stone around the light
The window glows, but the surrounding arches explain what it feels like to stand before it.
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Places · 042
Lines that meet a stop
Converging roofs and rails promise a journey; the red buffers give that promise an unexpected full stop.
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Places · 040
A gesture against the sky
A silhouetted statue shows how much a pose can communicate before surface detail enters the picture.
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Places · 039
A view held by ironwork
An ornate grille gives an open landscape a repeated, tightly drawn boundary.
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Places · 037
A platform between stillness and motion
Waiting for a train becomes time to experiment: a photograph can be worth making before it matches the picture in your head.
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Places · 036
Colour held in darkness
A stained-glass window becomes a field of luminous fragments. The dark spaces are doing as much compositional work as the colours.
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Places · 019
Passing through the arches
A vaulted corridor holds its shape while the people within it become traces of a visit.
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Places · 018
A wheel written in light
Pale arcs turn a night-time attraction into a drawing behind solid buildings.
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Places · 017
A road through a small opening
A rough wall limits the view, making the road beyond feel like a possibility rather than a destination.
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Places · 007
Order and traces
Repeating arches offer a clear route through a room filled with competing details.
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Places · 006
A corner after dark
Violet light gives a street corner its own stage, with everyday life continuing around it.
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