Avoiding the bank holiday traffic, I set out from home early and decided to squander a (rather exorbitant) £1.70 for 30 minutes parking at West Bay for a quick walk before I hit the supermarket. Here are some of the little things I noticed whilst mooching around. No…
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Today I joined a small group of fellow enthusiasts for dilapidation and rust. Part of the Talk-Walk-Talk project run by the Digital Imaging and Landscape Groups of the Royal Photographic Society, we visited the St Michael’s Trading Estate in Bridport with their kind permission. A damp overcast day…
I am always on the lookout for “accidental paintings” – usually old wooden or metal surfaces showing the effects of age or decay. This is a metal barn door in North Chideock, which recalled the abstracts of Lyme Regis artist Chelsea Davine but with considerably less effort on…
It must be the time of year and the recent Biblical weather, but drips have been a recent theme of my photos. Drips on early morning boats, drips on the paint skip at the recycling centre, and drips of wet silt along the concrete walls Church Cliff Walk.
I’ve often been amused by the pretentiousness of paint colour names, so coming across this blog article by Janelle Shane about training a neural net to invent names really tickled my fancy: http://aiweirdness.com/post/160985569682/paint-colors-designed-by-neural-network-part-2 I am planning to paint the downstairs loo in Farty Red with accents of Rose…
The winter is a good time to find boats out of the water – I find they make excellent subjects for abstract studies of colour and texture. Layers of peeling or sanded paint, drips, marine growth and light and shade can all contribute to “accidental paintings”. These images…
I have a great fondness for old ramshackle buildings, and Southwold Harbour in Suffolk is a fertile hunting ground, with its abundant fishermen’s and boat sheds in various, glorious, states of dishevelment. Tarred wood, corrugated iron, paint and dusty glass combine to make lots of little cameos for…