There is a strong trend within modern landscape photography to embellish, to fortify and to dramatize what is seen. It is the contemporary paradigm, a modern form of romanticism. Perhaps digital photography and post processing naturally leads to this. Heavily burnt clouds, infinite depth of field, HDR dynamics, wide gamut colour, long exposure: all compete … Continue reading Photographing the British countryside
Tag: Clwydian Hills
A diary note: Some say that you should stick to one film/developer combination for a few years to get to know their intricacies. I'm not in that camp, as I like to play. Most of the time I use Ilford FP4, HP5 or XP2 Super. I'm not too fussy because most of the work in … Continue reading Adox Silvermax with Rodinal 1:50
Leica M-A; Old Elmar 35mm; Ilford HP5 in HC110 Walking the Clwydian Hills with my old lens. stock image