Archive of journal entries by colin

Shortlisted for Legacy in Flow

Colin OBrien

FLOW Photofest is a biennial international photography festival with exhibitions across the Scottish Highlands & Islands. 2021 is the third time it has been held, this time with the theme of “Legacy”.

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The importance of light

Colin OBrien

Here are two photos that show that getting the conditions right, particularly the light and also the timing, deeply affects the impact of a photo.

In this first example, the light is actually OK. I suspect though that the composition would work so much better if there had been absolutely »

Oh right, I said I was blogging again

Colin OBrien

The thought struck me today, like a lightning bolt, that if I am back to blogging again, then I really need to be writing some blog posts!

I have been out a few times this month with the camera; just locally, short walks. This first photo is of the Argo »

Time to get moving

Colin OBrien

I originally wrote this in January, 2021. Now it is August and almost two years since I had my annual check up with my doctor and he thought I should get the heart murmur he could hear checked out.

So it was exactly a year since my surgeon declared that »

“Fleur” exhibition at Gutman Gallery

Colin OBrien
Hydrangea leaf

Very pleased that this photograph has been selected by the jury for “Fleur”, the second exhibition at the new Gutman Gallery at The Guild of Artists and Artisans office on 4th Street in Ann Arbor, MI. It’s one of the images in my new portfolio gallery »

A Walk in the Woods, Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe

Colin OBrien
Path in fall vaguely remembered

As of this writing, it’s clear to say I have not been keeping this journal up-to-date with my hikes in the West Bloomfield Nature Preserve. It all got started just over a year ago and since I’ve probably averaged maybe a little more than once a month, but »

SNPA print goes on tour

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The print of my SNPA runner-up joined the rest of the exhibition this week as it started its tour around Scotland at Moray Art Centre. To celebrate this, and to get going on redoing all the portfolios, etc on my websites, I have started a new project gallery, Forestry, Woodland, Trees and also redone all of the galleries on my UK site. I won’t be able to make it to this exhibition, so I’m hoping they will send me some photos soon and I can update this entry.

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Runner-up SNPA 2018 Environmental

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Delighted, honoured, grateful for this recognition of this sample from my series looking at forestry management & woodlands & their effects on »

One day on Sutton Bank

Colin OBrien

I didn’t have enough local knowledge, or at least, preferences, so I asked Martin & Peter to select a good place to hike near to York, and they chose Sutton Bank. We discovered the trail from the visitor centre led to what a few years back was voted by »