The Best Camera Is The One That’s With You
The Best Camera Is The One That’s With You is a phrase I have heard and seen written down quite a few times, there is even a book with the same title by photographer Chase Jarvis which contains some stunning pictures taken on an Apple iphone. For the most part I tend to agree with [...]
Landscape photographs of Ennerdale Lake
In early July I visited and took photographs of Ennerdale Water which is the most westerly lake in the Lake District national park in Cumbria, northern England. It is a glacial lake, with a maximum depth of only 45 metres (150 ft), and measures between 700 and 1,500 metres (1/2 mile to a mile) wide and [...]
No football here!
A result of always trying to have some sort of camera close to hand, be it a DSLR, compact or even a mobile phone, I found myself taking quite a few photographs while taking the family dogs on walks. One of my usual routes includes sports fields close to my home. Initially I intended these [...]
Venice: The People and the place
The historical Italian City of Venice stretches across 117 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. The photographs from my fourth visit to this magical city are not necessarily of all the usual landmarks but capture the essence of this place.
Winter wonderland
Nothing to do with the OCA course. These photographs were take in woodland near my home in South Oxfordshire.
Light and Land (part 2)
Fabulous locations, interesting people and fantastic tutors – shame about the weather. I learned a great deal on the course, though that killer landscape still eludes me.
Light and Land
I am lucky to be attending a light and land photographic course in the next couple of weeks in the lake district. These are some of the photographs I am going to take with me to be assessed by the course tutor, the legendary Charlie Waite.