Roddy's thoughts and pictures at the close of the day
Last weekend's trip to Hogsback was a good time for photography: the light was excellent, landscape compositions were everywhere and, of course, there's my daughters and grandchildren. I've already posted my antique picture panorama but here's a selection of the other pictures I took. This composition was right outside Helen's house: the building poles were stacked above... Continue Reading →
We've spent plenty of time outside in Northumberland this past week. It's been rather cold and windy but with plenty of sunshine, showers and one big storm. The wind's been a problem for photography but when you get into the shade of the farm garden or when you are walking on sheltered paths then there's... Continue Reading →
We made a return trip to the Karoo last week. It was dramatic. As we drove in on the Nieu Bethesda road the whole sky was dark and the weather very unsettled but as we crested the rise at the end of Rubidge Kloof the Kompassberg appeared, rising some 1200 metres above the plains. That... Continue Reading →
Last week I was fortunate to be out working with students in the mountains of the Eastern Cape. With misty dawns and late afternoon summer storms wrapping around you there was plenty of incentive to be out taking photos as the light was superb. I hope these landscapes transmit what it feels like to be... Continue Reading →
Uddevalla is where I live when I stay in Sweden, a former industrial town set in lovely natural surroundings. That is the mix I am trying to show in these two pictures. The mid-October sunset is taken from above Skalbanksmuseet - the Shell Bed Museum - on the eastern side of town looking west over... Continue Reading →
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