Roddy's thoughts and pictures at the close of the day
One of the most delightful pieces of Målerås Glass is Mats Jonasson's Otters Playing - two twisting otters chasing a fish, all embedded within a matrix of sheer lead crystal glass. I wanted to see if I could use light painting to add the effect of a flow of liquid to his creation so I... Continue Reading →
These pictures go along paths and over bridges, through forests and beside rivers. This isn't so much a walk as a hop, skip and jump. So we'll start with the short hop beside the Faluån. It's not exactly a forest but it's well wooded with a lovely range of colours and the hint of a... Continue Reading →
It's hard not to be drawn to the sublime autumn colours here in Sweden. Then there's the rivers tumbling downstream full of waterfall foam and loaded with leaves. This set of pictures tries to capture the tranquillity of the waters as they twist and turn, curve and weave on their way through the forests and... Continue Reading →
Ever since I was a teenager I've admired the Impressionists and lately I've taken photographs of riverscapes that look very impressionistic. Here's an example. The rushes in the foreground are blurred in motion whilst the river, full of autumn leaves, flows smoothly around the curve behind. The sky overhead is reflected in it and the... Continue Reading →
In August 2006 Andy and I had a memorable trip hiking and camping in the Swedish arctic. We flew to Kiruna and then got the bus to Nikkaluokta and hiked up and along Vistasvaggi. We had plenty of sunshine! I've made a photo-book of the trip that you can access with this link. Source: Arctic... Continue Reading →
These are my best set of pictures from our autumn visit to Sweden. It was a day of clear blue skies and cold weather but beautiful colours. Sundborn is only 20 minutes from Falun and a location full of photographic opportunities - especially reflections in the river. After taking the tour of the beautiful and... 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 →
I always like to make a mosaic of the images I'm going to show. So this first picture's your overview of the 14 images that'll be up for sale at Space Creative and Culinary, 14 Fitzroy Street, Grahamstown on 28th October. They're almost all pictures of trees: Balanites, Baobab, Birch, Cabbage, Fig, Fever, Hornbeam, Oak,... Continue Reading →
This post's about the Dryad series. They are the seven images that make up almost a quarter of my exhibition - Symmetry - which is at the Carinus Arts Centre for the National Arts Festival from 29 June to 9 July 2017. I wanted to explore what happened when I placed a person into my images... Continue Reading →
My solo exhibition - Symmetry - is at the Carinus Arts Centre for the National Arts Festival from 29 June to 9 July 2017. I've decided to write a series of posts about the images that are in it so that you can see what it is about. When you walk into the exhibition you'll immediately... Continue Reading →
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