From Stu’s Tuesday Challenge: Take a bunch of photos without using any kind of viewfinder or checking the images on the rear screen afterwards. Post your best one of the week! I had a barbecue with Hana and a couple of friends on Bristol Downs today. Seemed an ideal time to take photos, and whenContinue reading “Viewfinder optional”
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A refreshing drink
What with the sunny weather this bank holiday, this glass of orange juice was most welcome.
Childhood memories
Bank holiday weekend finds me mooching around in my parents’ garden in the evening. This old goal net has seen better days, but I loved playing with it as a kid.
Sunset
For anyone who also reads my photo blog, you might have seen that I went out around sunset last night to see if there were any interesting photos to be taken. Before I left the house, I checked the official time of sunset on the BBC Weather website, and found it to be 9:04pm. IContinue reading “Sunset”
Sunset over Avon Gorge
Last night I went for a walk around the Clifton downs and suspension bridge around sunset. The BBC forecast sunset at 9:04pm, and here’s what I came up with. In the first picture, the sun was above the horizon but the light was lovely and golden, and allowed me to take this picture of theContinue reading “Sunset over Avon Gorge”
Clouds
… over Barton Fields… … and over Brandon Hill
A powerful photograph
From Syl Arena’s Lessons I Didn’t Learn In Photo School… 3. Powerful photographs touch people at a depth they don’t anticipate. If you want to be a strong photographer… strive to create images that touch people’s lives. The most challenging part of this has nothing to do with the details of creating a photograph andContinue reading “A powerful photograph”
Memories of Korea
I recently inherited a box of slides from my late grandfather. To my delight, I found that they include photographs he took in Korea in 1955 that paint a unique picture of post-war civilian life.I was so fascinated that I built a website to showcase them: http://www.memoriesofkorea.com
My brother’s birthday in Cambridge
Water at Cribbs Causeway
You might not imagine that the Cribbs Causeway retail park in Bristol would be the most romantic or picturesque venue for photography. But using the same filters and settings as I described in my previous post, I managed these shots.
Jonathan Gazeley 