Still Not a Photographer
My photographic pursuits have developed – or sneaked in a side door – from my career and background in graphic design, and much of the imagery I produce leverages this. Colour, composition, balance, symmetry, texture, proportion and scale are all elements that I assess when I plan a photograph, just as they are if I’m working on a piece of graphic design. As an escape from the hurly-burly day to day much of my photography takes place in the local environment, in the quiet spaces where nature inspires. Very selfishly photographing for me I guess. The press of the shutter is only the starting point and I take great creative satisfaction from coaxing an image from one captured to one fully realised.
But I’m still not a photographer.
Cover Image - view from South Alloa on the River Forth, over Alloa Inch and taking in the westerly views down the Forth Valley towards Stirling and the mountains of the Trossachs beyond. The Ochil Hills and distinctive outline of 'Dumyat' flank the scene to the right.
Some of those photographic pursuits shared elsewhere...