Photos
Black & white photography
I am neither an Ansel Adams 1 nor a Bob Carlos Clarke 2, if only, but I developed a passion for photography, especially black & white. Over twenty years ago I dumped being a fulltime computer geek (a mistake) and dove into photography, converting a room into a full chemical based dark room.
The magic of not knowing how a picture turned out and then in the gloomy darkness lit only by a dim red light watching it slowly materialise before your eyes seemed and still seems magical to me. Ultimately I followed the herd and switched to digital, for me the switch was because the ever present call of computing still serenaded me & promised a match up of photography and computers. It was another mistake. Photography lost its magic.
Colour photography gallery
I never really liked colour photography, always thought it became dated too quickly but i know it can have impact and power. So these a are few of my colour images, nothing special but ones i’m prepared to share. Below the gallery i’ve picked out and titled ones’s i thought deserved more detail
A visit to Ladybower
Crossing the Artic Circle
A resting place, where i scattered the ashes
Life and Death
A year or two ago i was sat in the kitchen when i heard an awful sound from the front garden, I raced to open the door and intervene unsure of what it was and there right in front of me were the two combatants literally right on the doorstep.
At my appearance they momentarily paused combat and both sets of eyes fixed on mine, gingerly I backed away and shut the door leaving them to their struggle. Thinking it was a waste as i had disturbed them mid-fight i raced for my camera, knowing the whole thing could be over in seconds with the escape of one and I was keen to get at least one semi blurry photo its not often you can get that close to nature whilst still being at home, so i swapped lenses and leant out the upstairs window.