Roddy's thoughts and pictures at the close of the day
In a couple of month's time Grahamstown's Festival Gallery hosts its annual end-of.year exhibition. This year the theme is Summer in Miniatures - artworks have to be no bigger than 30 cms. I've decided to try out a submission with the idea of 'Summer Nights' and use a selection of four night pictures taken this... Continue Reading →
The dead eucalyptus trees on Mountain Drive were my earliest interest: their stark branches against a clear winter sky for example. This old tree is right next to the gravel road and I've photographed it a number of times. As you pass by it rears up against the skyline. The interlocking branches remind me of a cat's cradle... 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 →
It's taken a few days for me to realise that there's been a change to our skyline. I went to Scandinavia seven weeks ago and meanwhile the turbines for the new wind farm on Highlands Road have started going up. I didn't see them until I went for a walk on Mountain Drive a couple... Continue Reading →
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