Roddy's thoughts and pictures at the close of the day
Iceland has such a big dramatic landscape that you struggle to fit it into a regular sized photograph. I tried a number of panoramic shots when we were there in the summer of 2013 and I've recently come across them again whilst reorganising my photo files - so I've done some touching up on them. My camera... Continue Reading →
The cost of framed and print only copies are given below. All images are available in digital format at R250/image. Trees (costs do not include postage and packaging) Äsperöd Gnarly (900 x 754) R2200 framed (sold); R1350 print Äsperöd Gnarly Creature (900 x 800) R2300 framed; R1350 print Aurajoki Runic (643 x 900) R1900 framed (sold);... Continue Reading →
The pictures are framed, the labeling's done, digital images uploaded for distribution, picture hooks, string and the rest of the exhibition paraphernalia are all just about ready to go. So I'm almost there! I'll be hanging the pictures on Tuesday 28th, with Harry Owen's assistance, and the finishing touches should be done on Wednesday. Thursday... Continue Reading →
The National Arts Festival sets up the Arena Exhibition as an opportunity to showcase your artwork. My problem was which piece to decide on. I settled on this dreamy looking landscape taken late last September at Stendörren Nature Reserve in Sweden. It's looking west into the sun (which all camera makers tell you never to... Continue Reading →
Nearly all of the Portals exhibition pictures are of trees. So I think a word of two of explanation is needed. Why trees and what is their significance to me? The great woodworker George Nakashima says in his book The Soul of a Tree: 'Then, when I am there, feeling at one with the trees... Continue Reading →
Once I'd decided to have an exhibition I was faced with some really difficult decisions. What would I call it? What works would I put in it? What is it trying to show? Over the weeks and months I've made a lot of progress, and naming things - letting them go, making a space to... Continue Reading →
One of the unusual things about taking the portals pictures is that I am often looking for an image to complete. So I look for quirky shapes that can be combined into something intriguing, different and provocative. Fortunately for me there are plenty of trees in and around Grahamstown with strange forms which provide me with great material... Continue Reading →
I stayed in a delightful, and tiny, cottage at Lindesnäs on a steep hillside above Byfjorden for a number of autumns. It was a long way from my work in Uddevalla, Sweden, but the tranquility and beautiful landscapes made it a great place for photography. September mornings often brought a thick mist before sunrise and... Continue Reading →
Without doubt the Karoo is cold in the winter months. We are just back from field work based at Ganora Guest Farm, New Bethesda and it was gray and cloudy and cold. I managed to capture the grainy chill in these pictures: particularly in the skies towering over the gravel roads twisting through the big... Continue Reading →
iPhoneography is what happens when, for some silly reason, I haven't bothered to take a camera out with me. Then, of course, I immediately see a composition I want to photograph and have to rely on my phone to do the job. Here's five pictures from the past few months taken in this way. The... Continue Reading →
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