People · 038
A small figure, a wide landscape
A person and a flowing line of animals bring a vast, dry landscape down to a human scale.
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 · 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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Nature up close · 035
Two shapes side by side
Two pigs lying close together make a study of contrast, curves and proximity. Their shared outline becomes a subject of its own.
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Nature up close · 034
A small bird and a big perch
A robin's orange breast provides the spark, but the weathered post gives the picture much of its character.
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Nature up close · 033
A face among the leaves
A snake's patterned head emerges from a softer tangle of green. I want closeness without losing the sense of an animal within its surroundings.
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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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Still life · 029
Before the coffee settles
Falling coffee grounds turn an everyday ingredient into a small event. The interesting moment lives between the heap and the empty air.
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Still life · 028
A carousel made of colour
Painted horses and shining poles fill the frame. The challenge is to keep the exuberance while giving the eye somewhere to settle.
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Still life · 027
The smallest point of balance
A narrow column of stones turns a shoreline into a study of weight, gaps and visual tension.
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