Monthly Archives: February 2010

Creative flux. Erwin Christis

All photos in this post © Erwin Christis 2010 As a photographer, as a creative being in general, it is sometimes good – even necessary – to poke the Muses so they don’t fall asleep. A good method for this … Continue reading

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Blackbirds again. AP

It never ceases to amaze and surprise me just how much the play of light can affect how we perceive things. On Sunday I awakened again to the delightful site of a landscape covered in snow, most pleasing because it … Continue reading

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To everything turn, turn, turn, PHD

As a teenager in the sixties, for whom rock was a religion, I was astonished to discover that the words to the Byrd’s song “Turn, Turn, Turn” were neither theirs nor Bob Dylan’s. “To every thing (turn, turn, turn) there … Continue reading

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Seeing a way through (2005) NB

Sometimes we need to move back a little from the screen to see the picture more clearly.

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That’s not an otter! AP

Another week and I’m still scratching around in the ‘cold spell’ drawer, this time it is a friendly neighbourhood song thrush (with a limp!), that dropped in for a bit of free food. My excuse however for this barely topical … Continue reading

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The Joy of discoveries: trying not to grow up. PHD

Tradition has it that on Saint Valentine’s day birds cavort and form their trysts for the coming season. The morning of February 14th I awoke to songs of robin, blackcap and irascible wren with a flurry of goldfinches and bramblings … Continue reading

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Originality and courtesy. NB.

I think all of us wish for our photographs to be admired and the ability to get ourselves into the right place praised. This is perhaps why time after time I see pictures in print from well-known locations where the … Continue reading

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Living in the past. NB.

No, not Jethro Tull’s 1972 “Living in the Past“ but rather my own growing tendency to shift the look of my pictures from the here and now to somewhere at a distance from the actual experience. And it may be an … Continue reading

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Nature’s curves. AP.

There are so many inspiring shapes and patterns in nature but one that I am frequently drawn back to again and again is the occasionally curvaceous sweep of a swan’s neck. Though I had tried diligently to frame this accurately out … Continue reading

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Biodiversity begins at home: a call for field studio photographers. NB

I’m excited to announce the launch of a new project I’m running in conjunction with American conservation photographer and designer, Clay Bolt, called Meet Your Neighbours. Please read on as you might become part of it too!   Common neighbourhood plants … Continue reading

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