Roddy's thoughts and pictures at the close of the day
I'm so pleased with the reception of the Hogsback Symphony that I've decided to use my very first set of PlantWave recordings for another. I recorded the fruit trees in and around two of Dalarna's beautiful baroque orchards: at Gamla Staberg and Källslätten. They were all burgeoning with fruit in the glorious autumn weather: mostly... Continue Reading →
This is something different. In July 2014 I had my first experience of plant sound - it was Dan Fox’s installation ‘Harmonica Botanica’ at the Cragside gardens in Northumberland. I just loved the concept and sensation of hearing a laurel plant grow. Eight years have passed since then but I recently discovered - to my... Continue Reading →
There's a zen to nature photography and haiku that I've wanted to work with for quite a while. So here's something from me which is rather new. Three snow scenes intended as small dialogues between classic winter haiku and my own photographs. The pictures were taken during last week's snowy weather and they are of... Continue Reading →
This past few weeks in Sweden I've been using my Fujifilm X100F exclusively. It always takes me a while to adjust to new light and compositions and the switch from late winter in South Africa to late summer in Sweden is quite drastic. That's one reason why I've been using monochrome - it's helped me to... Continue Reading →
Think of rural Sweden and forests, lakes, fields and fells spring to mind - wonderfully green in summer and white in winter. The houses, farms and barns will almost all be painted in Sweden's favourite colour - Falu Red or Falu Rödfärg - that comes from the 1000 year old copper mine in Falun, Dalarna.... Continue Reading →
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