Heavy snow has been around for a while, offering an opportunity to look at my local environment in a different way.
Creative possibilities: snow
Tag: Methods and Meaning
Creative possibilities: strategies and methods
With the arrival of plenty of snow, this week I decided to grab my flash which has not been used in a while and experiment with bursts of harsh flash light – embracing Victor Burgin’s words: “Shoot now, ask questions later.”
The elements were a little trying but it was so good to be out and trying new things. I wasn’t exactly sure what I was looking for or how it would turn out but isn’t that part of the joy of making images?
Pyschogeography playground: reflections and limbs
While on my walk in the second of two locations I visited, I became obsessed with the pools of water that had formed in amongst the trees of the ancient woodland. They weren’t lakes, or ponds or rivers but bodies of still water as a result of the heavy rainfall. I used 35mm colour film in my vintage Yashica rangefinder to capture these almost mystical reflections, often featuring ‘limbs’ of trees submerged just below the surface.
Psychogeography playground: footage for footage
Methods and Meaning webinar week 2
For this week’s webinar with Georgia Metaxas, I presented some images I was inspired to go out and experiment with following the reading about psychogeography. Taking inspiration from this week’s topic to impose a strategy or method on myself to expand the creative possibilities of my work.
Very much a work in progress but in one day I walked a circular route in two different locations a few miles apart. Stepping from one environment into the next, the aim was to try and find connections between the two.
