Composed Images
Football lovers usually have a specific personal place where, for them, football belongs. This place is often where it first kicked in, that football obsession, or where it was steadily nurtured over a childhood. You often see highly produced television features where players are taken back to their roots, illustrating ‘rags to riches’ stories, and […]
Welcome to the second part of this 2017 photo review of images uploaded to this site over the year. It takes the not very imaginative form of covering the 6 month period from July to December. If you missed the first part, you might want to pop back there before continuing. Or you might not. […]
As we creak to the end of another year, it’s time for a photo review of 2017 using pictures uploaded to this Composed Images website over the last 12 months. (This is not at all because I am too lazy to find and upload any more). If you’re interested in viewing more pictures of any […]
Late November is a time of the year where good natural light is at a premium in Britain. There’s not much of it because there’s not much daylight as we hurtle down the bleak hill to the winter solstice on December 21st. When there is sunlight, the low position of the sun in the sky […]
Welcome to the latest post in an occasional series about features of the Cardiff skyline. Perhaps Wenvoe Transmitting Station isn’t the most obvious subject. It is clearly not as iconic as a Cardiff Castle, the Pierhead Building, the Senedd or Wales Millennium Centre. Nor does it have the modest natural wonder of Garth Hill. But for […]
Followers of Irish sport are no strangers to Cardiff, but this final World Cup European Qualification Group match between the two national football teams promised to be a special occasion. The Six Nations Rugby calendar brings thousands across the Irish Sea on a regular basis, while more come for club rugby matches and occasional friendlies. […]
As a photographer I started cutting my teeth on Cardiff street photography. It was the first creative subject that inspired me on a regular basis and it’s something I return to fleetingly when the mood takes me, or if a commission requires. In recent years I’ve taken street photography for student guides in Cardiff and […]
When we take a photograph there’s usually a dim awareness that the result might last forever. On the flipside we might immediately delete it, if we decide it is no good. If we’re happy enough with it, we hope the passing of time will look kindly on an image. Photographs tend to get more interesting […]
Just as the idea of physical distance has a certain romance, distant shapes can acquire an enchanting mystery. That is, until you eventually go and explore them. Across any town or city there are features of the skyline: good, bad or indifferent. You will instantly know what some of them are and have little interest in […]
Professional Event Photographer – Mental Discipline and Boringness Required
Being a professional event photographer requires a specialised mental discipline and a certain boringness. Many photographers, and I’d wager a lot of people generally, consider themselves to be outsiders. We all understand life and other people in our own unique ways from the perspective of our own isolated consciousness, based on our own personal experiences. […]