A Very Warm Welcome...
...to my website. The work here is my personal project which itself is about the Wye Valley, the Forest-of-Dean and my infrequent trips through Wales. It's about the life and objects all around us.
My studio is located in the beautiful lower Wye Valley near Chepstow.
Philosophy
Photography has many aspects, and this is my visualisation. No arty-farty psycho babble. No lying digital manipulations, No digital fakery, just my camera, my film, my chemistry, my alchemy, my RAW honesty.
This is where I live and work, this is my life, my travel, my breath, my sight, my love, my hate, my despair, my glory.
The vast majority of my work is monochrome. I love it. Its inexplicable, ineffable, something that is so expressive, pure and raw.
The Negative is the absolute essence of purity of image, the absolute truth. It is so physical. I prefer keeping image manipulation to an absolute minimum even when shooting digital.
News: 10-06-2009.
I have a beta version of the Wye Photography blog on line, just follow the link on the right. I hope to post some pix soon and have an opportunity to chat a little about the subject as often some of them have interesting local history. Perhaps I will have the inclination to pose some rather polemic questions about photography past, present and future. I do hope you will find it of interest.
Good to see some of the big blue and that bright shiny yellow thing in it. What's it called? I took the opportunity to take a trip down to the Old Station in TINTERN. I've been several times but I have not managed to take any satisfying pictures. I feel much happier with the ones I have added to the 'RECENT WORK' gallery. Let me know what you think. Please visit the Old Station, its a nice place for relaxing afternoon. A few old coaches, a cafe in the station house, a small shop in one of the coaches and a play area for the wee bairns.
If you encounter any problems with the site please let me know. Comments are always appreciated.
Prints
If you would like a print, please click on the 'PURCHASE A PRINT' link on the right. This will take you to my PHOTOBOX PRO GALLERY where you can securely and safely purchase a high quality print of any size at a very reasonable price. I chose PHOTOBOX because of their excellent service, high print quality and low cost despite their use of high-end Fuji processors. They also print on Fuji Crystal Archive photographic paper. Delivery is FAST and quality is SUPERB. You DON'T have to sign-up for a Photobox account.
THANK YOU for visiting, it's a privilege to be able to share my work with you. I hope you do like it.
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