This journal contains notes to myself and my friends, about where I went, what I did, what I photographed; anything that relates to my interests in photography. The photographs used to illustrate the journal are not all likely to appear in a portfolio; they might not be a match for subject, theme, quality (after all, some of the notes are about what went wrong!). But I hope you find something interesting here, something that encourages you to explore further. Thank you.
Sketches from my photographic life
Maybe it was because I haven’t been making so many photographs locally, but we drove down to visit friends in south-east Ohio, just as fall color was in full swing, and we did not stop, I did not make any photographs, even when we drove through the Hocking Hill »
There are actually lots of woodlands and especially parks in Ann Arbor, but not so many in walking distance. This month I’ve been trying to visit more of them, walking when easy, cycling when possible and reluctantly driving when necessary.
We were actually there to attend a concert in the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck, but it meant we were able to stay with our friends outside Benton Harbor, and on the way north stop in Van Buren Park.
I don’t mean that these photographs were made with a wide-angle lens; more likely some degree of telephoto.
Final stop on my quick visit to the UK was to stay with an old friend from our days at HP who now lives just outside Bristol. I was able to travel directly from York to Bristol by train.
My two oldest (longstanding) friends now both live in York, just a short drive apart, so it was easy to co-ordinate movements for trips and events.
After visiting Whidbey Island, I was able to fly directly from Seattle (ok, via Amsterdam) to Manchester – my first visit to the UK since 2019. First stop was on the Lancashire-Yorkshire boundary with my brother.
My host from the Charlie Waite workshop last year was going to be away for a couple of months, and so Jill and I arranged to look after her house, and garden, for a couple of weeks in May.
I actually like making architectural photographs, exploring the lines and curves.And it can be interesting to question how things are normally seen. Anyone can tilt their head and gain a different perspective on a structure, but only the camera will really remember it.
It’s a while since we’ve done any traveling and the weather’s been much of a muchness so it’s been difficult to get into exploring any of my usual scenes around town.
And then I had the thought, on my normal daily walk into downtown, take my camera with me, set »