Heavy rain during the night and a couple of heavy showers this morning gave way to just about the perfect weather for photography for the ‘walks with a camera’ day.
Ashes Again
Some more images from the Ashes series in Cardiff.
Ashes at Cardiff
A really enjoyable day at the cricket even if Australia had the best of it.
Cheddar 3: The People
Heritage Coast Course
Once again the weather provided the main point of focus for this course as it had done so for the Brecon Beacons. This time it provided us with the full spectrum of a typically unsettled period.
Cheddar: 2 Colour or B&W ?
Here are the two images that Meg wanted to see (previous post comment)
Cheddar: 1
It’s been a while since the last post. We’ve been away at Cheddar Gorge. The weather was with us and lots of images were taken.
Lizard Point – Cornwall
After visiting the hugely impressive photography department at Falmouth, Nia and I went on to Lizard Point, the most southerly place on the British mainland.
Videocast #1: Graduated Neutral Density Filters
Quick Tip 8: Graduated Neutral Density Filters – An Essential
One of the most difficult things in photography is dealing with the wide exposure range that exists in many scenes.
Image Overload – A Short Review
It’s difficult to keep looking at contemporary images all day, everyday, year in year out and remain fresh all the time with the looking. Just recently I’ve been to a good number of exhibitions and at universities it’s now final show time.
Bert Hardy at St. Donats Art Centre
There’s a good exhibition on at the moment, it’s in St. Donats Art Centre that showcases the work of Bert Hardy and the time he spent for Picture Post in Tiger Bay, Cardiff, in the early 1950’s.
Brecon Beacons Course
Review of UK weather on 06/06/09
‘Through the morning and afternoon the wettest weather became focused across Wales and southwest England, where torrential rain and thunderstorms occurred across South Wales, east Cornwall and Devon. Across South Wales, the very heavy rain and thunderstorms occurred during the afternoon, particularly across the valleys.’
Source: BBC weather – review of UK
National Media Museum – Bradford
We took a group of students to the National Media Museum last week.
Industrial Landscapes of South Wales: 3
The third area we’ve taken students to recently is Trefil Quarry, on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Industrial Landscapes of South Wales: 2
The second set of images come from the Ironworks at Blaenavon.
Industrial Landscapes of South Wales: 1
We are really fortunate in South Wales to have such a variety of topographical features within a really small area. Continue reading
Laycock
We took a group of students to Laycock Abbey today, an essential for anyone interested in the history of photography.
Waterfall Course
A really committed group worked the falls today and produced some fine results. We visited two locations around Ystradfellte and thoroughly explored many possible ways to photograph water.
Quick Tip 7: Think in Series of Images
All too often we are searching for the ultimate shot, singular, instead of working with a series of photographs.