Is photography Art? Posted on 10th December 201412th April 2020 by Laurence art ɑːt/ noun 1. the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be app On The Guardian’s website today, I read an article, obviously by a regular columnist, talking about the most expensive photograph ever to be sold, at $6.5m (somewhere north of £4million). The columnist states: Continue reading “Is photography Art?” →
West Horsham Railway Station Posted on 10th October 201312th April 2020 by Laurence The old railway station at Christ’s Hospital, known as ‘West Horsham Christ’s Hospital’, was opened at the start of the 20th Century, at the time the Christ’s Hospital school relocated from London because they wanted more rural surroundings. The school contributed to the cost of constructing the station, which consisted of seven platforms when it originally opened. Continue reading “West Horsham Railway Station” →
WWII Tank Traps Posted on 15th August 201312th April 2020 by Laurence Yesterday I went exploring near Horsham, and discovered further World War II defences on the Arun-Ouse Stop Line; a small bridge crossing the river Arun west of Horsham was defended by two tank traps or ‘coffins’, designed to stop tanks from getting through and crossing the bridge. Another little experiment with off-camera flash, although I wasn’t well equipped with tripods and diffusers so I was a bit limited with what I could do. Continue reading “WWII Tank Traps” →
Try This: Light Painting Posted on 23rd July 201312th April 2020 by Laurence So I’ve created a new category for my blog: “Try This“. Here I’m going to post occasional articles about projects for you to try, with tips and ideas. Make it a weekend project, or a day project, whatever you like. Tonight I’m going to suggest you try Light Painting. There are a number of different interpretations to this, but the easiest thing to do is essentially to get a torch, put the camera on a tripod with a long exposure, and move the torch around in front of the camera. How easy is it? Continue reading “Try This: Light Painting” →
Nuclear Bunker visit Posted on 24th June 201312th April 2020 by Laurence I’ve already posted about a couple of trips that I made this week, now I’m getting round to my third trip; to a derelict nuclear bunker. Continue reading “Nuclear Bunker visit” →
World War II Pillbox, Horsham, West Sussex Posted on 20th June 201312th April 2020 by Laurence It didn’t rain, so I went out with my camera today. I actually went out exploring twice, so the included photos are actually from two separate visits. Continue reading “World War II Pillbox, Horsham, West Sussex” →
Out with the camera, finally Posted on 20th June 201317th December 2020 by Laurence I moved house at the beginning of March this year, and most things are still packed away in boxes. I kept my digital camera equipment out so I could use it, and obviously, I haven’t. In fact excepting a few iPhone imports to be done, my most recent folder in my Lightroom catalogue is from way back in January. Continue reading “Out with the camera, finally” →
Getting into HDR Posted on 1st May 201312th April 2020 by Laurence I thought I’d experiment a little with some HDR images. I have again been inspired by browsing 500px.com, as there are many HDR images on this site that seem to become popular. I looked into some HDR apps and downloaded a trial for Photomatix Pro, then loaded one of my favourite images into it, and here is the result of a little experimentation with the presets available within it. Continue reading “Getting into HDR” →
Café Terrace at Night – Lost in Translation? Posted on 27th March 201317th April 2020 by Laurence I was looking for the original title of Vincent Van Gogh’s painting Café Terrace at Night (above right), because I wanted to upload my photo (above left) of the same scene to my profile on the 500px.com website. I try not to leave the ‘description’ field completely empty when I publish an image there, so I thought I’d check out the name of the café, the original name of the painting, and the English name of the painting. The way I see it, there is something of a distortion in the translation. The French name is Terrasse du Café le Soir, and by the time it’s in English, Café Terrace at Night, it’s a generic café terrace in the evening. Continue reading “Café Terrace at Night – Lost in Translation?” →
Portland Storm Posted on 22nd January 201312th April 2020 by Laurence This week I was sorting out some old files for deletion to clear some space in my laptop, and I discovered a whole batch of photos that I hadn’t loaded into my photo catalogue, of a storm in November 2009. I took a trip over to Portland Bill to see what the sea was like. Here are a few of the photos. Note the size of the breaking waves compared to the people on the beach in the sixth image. Continue reading “Portland Storm” →
