Amaryllis 2026
The annual ritual of photographing my amaryllis blooms continues. I’ve been recording them – with a few gap years – for over twenty years now.
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Still Life – 2026
New Year, new image. I really must try and post here more often! I had the Sinar camera set up to photograph this year’s amaryllis and thought I’d play around with a low-key still life of some of the quirky … Continue reading →
Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera)
Sinar P – Fomapan 8 x 10 Sheet Film developed in ID11 Exposed for 2 minutes at f32 (Scan of negative}
Continue reading →Salt Print – Made by the sun
A long hiatus, but posting once more. This, the latest image, made this afternoon.I have been experimenting with the salt process over the last year or so, off and on, without great success until now. The 8×10 negative from which … Continue reading →
Old Roses
A contact print of an 8×10 film negative made a month or more ago but only processed this week – the wonders of the latent image! And it proves that my dark slide film holders are light-tight… The variation in tone … Continue reading →
Amaryllis-Bleach/Lith
Spathiphyllum (‘Peace Lily’)
Lying on my bed, looking at this piece of exotica in my room and thinking ‘that could work’. It’s been done a thousand times or more, but not by me.
Continue reading →Amaryllis 2015
Since 2007, I’ve tried to photograph one of the annual amaryllis flowers grown at Weeping Ash. Each year I’ve tried to take a different approach and this year it was the faded, wilted blooms that struck me as worthy of … Continue reading →
Memoria Vitae – The Underwood
I originally started the Memoria Vitae series five years ago, with this image. The purpose being to record those things that have special meaning to me, though various connections, but which may seem insignificant to others.
Continue reading →Nautilus – 2
Below, the original 1927 image, by Edward Weston.
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