So just what photographs do I want to make when I am in Northumbria next week? This is an interesting question as I usually am trying to capture birds and nature when I visit. This time it is different - whilst there will be opportunities for wildlife photography I am more interested in landscape and wild places rather than wildlife. To start the process I put together the above gallery of really interesting photographs of Northumbria on Flickr. They are stunning.
But what do I want to do? Well the Flickr collection would suggest that the range is between Joe Cornish or Michael Kenna with the sample skewed towards Cornish. Is this what I want to do? Well as part of the preparation I have been going through last summer's photographs and the following give a good guide as to what I am thinking.
This is hardly Kenna's style, in fact it is nothing like his photographs, however I have been influenced by him whilst making this photograph. At the moment this is the type of landscape photography I am producing.
This is more in the Cornish style - long exposure, super saturated colours - usually at dawn or dusk with an emphasis on on a flowing form throughout the picture leading from one element to the next. So which style to follow? well it is not that simple. Both of these photographs were made months after they were taken and had a significant post production element. I guess what I am saying is that I am trying to find inspiration for the initial capture phase - after that I will let my imagination and and other influences fly. Really rather exciting.
One final thought. The castle at Lindisfarne has been captured in countless photographs. However, very few are very good (the link is a notable exception) and this will be an interesting challenge to try and produce something new and interesting - will mine be derivative or fresh and new? Only time will tell.
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