Landscapes. I dabble, I will be honest, I don't spend the time on them that I should. Commercially they are quite hard to make any profit from them, unless you happen to be called Peter Lik (Google him). Worst of all, though, is that as the summer gets closer, the mornings get even earlier.
So every once in a while, when work allows, I will get out there and capture a landscape or two, or just go and look for a possible future image for when the light is better.
I know I should do more, I know I should, but that is where we must try to balance our lives. There are times that I wonder how some photographers manage to make their photography the sole purpose (or certainly give the impression). Life does not seem to be in the way for some.
I contemplate offering framed landscapes to clients who book a particular wedding package, but struggle with this too. Who would want one of my Landscapes on their wall? Lets face it, I don't even have any of my own hanging up.
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Back again. You remember me?
I think it is almost a year since I was here. Certainly it has been a long time, too long. So I will keep this short. I have saved drafts of new posts that will be more in depth that will attempt to bridge the gap of the last 12 months or so.
You know the worst thing? As a 42 year old man, I got a telling off for not posting for so long. Dad was not amused. 😉
Let me be honest though. I have not dropped off the edge of the planet, things have still been busy. I seem to spend a lot of my time wandering across Germany from location to location, and sometimes even outside Germany too.
I won’t go on too much now.
The job remains as active and interesting as it always has, and no matter what goes on, I still get to visit new places experience new things and get the chance to photograph them.
On one day this week we were sent out to capture the Royal Engineer reserves training on the M3 rig (for some that will mean nothing), it is essentially a bridge that you can drive to a river or waterway, open it up and voilà, as if by magic you have a bridge.
The reserves were being taught how to crew and pilot the huge machine.
I promise there will be more to come soon. I have still got so much to catch up on.
A change of perspective and the cold light of day.
At times the life of a photographer can send you to some stunning locations. I recently found myself working (yes, you heard me, working) in the French Alps to cover a skiing competition.
So rather than show you images of skiers, I thought I would share something else.
I don’t really do many landscapes, although I enjoy them, I find them frustrating most of the time because I am either there in the wrong time or I am simply unable to stop and take the photo. Comes with rushing around doing other things I suppose.
Not typical landscapes and not the same as I have done in the past (I do have some examples on my website http://www.LIMEfotographic.com). This time I was interested in the fast flowing water, the fresh snow and ice sitting on the rocks and the at times abstract nature.
Specifically looking for long exposures, a good tripod was a must and the help of a local (well kind of a local, an American, or Texan, if he had his way), we went exploring a small stream looking for interesting shots.
I have experimented with some different post production ideas and was inspired to be bold by this same ‘local’ who showed me some of his own work.
Like always, like it or loathe it, the work should speak for itself. You decide.













