What’s new
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Level horizons and constructive criticism
Level horizons are really just the tip of a critical iceberg. Here’s why you should consider going straight.
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Artist or Photographer?
Artist or photographer? A question after a talk I gave stumped me for a while, and here’s why. But is it either / or or can I be both?
Backstories
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Manchester Art Gallery, 2004
As soon as I saw the negative emerge from the developer I knew I’d got something worthwhile.
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A Longing for Distant Shores, 2015
It does seem I get inspired by bad weather. I just needed 50 seconds between squalls to get the long exposure shot, and I wasn’t getting them.
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Chad! No! Manchester, 2012
“But it’s just a picture of a wall!” It’s also a picture of ambition moderated by pragmatism, of nostalgia, of seeing how things were, how things are now and how they got there.
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Lower Gilmore Bank, Edinburgh, 2019
It’s the sort of picture I’ve always longed to be able to make – technically and compositionally appealing.
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The Serpents’ View, 2015
Has something just happened? Or is something about to happen? Or perhaps nothing ever happens up here in the waiting room on the roof of the known world.
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Bamburgh, 2016
Bamburgh, 2016: bringing myths to life – the story behind the image.
On Seeing
The latest in a collection of writings about seeing in photography
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Level horizons and constructive criticism
Level horizons are really just the tip of a critical iceberg. Here’s why you should consider going straight.
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Expectations of Pictures
I got thinking about how we each bring our own expectations of how images work. What really interested me was how we deal with when that expectation is not met.
On Motivation
The latest in a collection of writings about motivation in photography
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Artist or Photographer?
Artist or photographer? A question after a talk I gave stumped me for a while, and here’s why. But is it either / or or can I be both?
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How a small edit changes a snapshot to fine art
How can one photo work as both a snapshot and as fine art with just one small edit?
On Landscapes
The latest in a collection of writings about photographing landscapes
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Artist or Photographer?
Artist or photographer? A question after a talk I gave stumped me for a while, and here’s why. But is it either / or or can I be both?
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How a small edit changes a snapshot to fine art
How can one photo work as both a snapshot and as fine art with just one small edit?