Series of Four #10 – Creatures in Motion

Series of Four

This is the tenth Blog in the “Series of Four” series. Each blog focuses on a different aspect of photography, either technical or creative.  To see the full set of “Series of Four” blogs, click here.

Creatures in motion

Generally the aim is to freeze motion and to avoid motion blur but that is what rules are there for – to be broken.  I have a few images in my collection where the sense of motion makes the image.  The instant is prolonged – a butterfly takes off, a baboon leaps with its baby, a thief escapes and a puppy runs for the pure joy of it.  To be different (and to add one to the Series of Four) a fly is frozen in flight…. 

An extra image – a fly frozen in motion as it flies.

•  A chipmunk escapes from the bird feeder in Vienna, Virginia, USA
• A Queen Butterfly, Leu Gardens, Orlando, Florida, USA
  
• Toffee dog, Caterham in Surrey, England
• Monkey and child, Kakamega rain forest, Western Kenya
• A  syrphid fly, Caterham in Surrey, England

Series of Four #9 – On the streets of Europe – Number 1

Series of Four

This is the ninth Blog in the “Series of Four” series. Each blog focuses on a different aspect of photography, either technical or creative.  To see the full set of “Series of Four” blogs, click here.

On the streets of Europe

Urban street photography is a favourite of many photographers.  Catching a passing moment, finding a space which expresses and exposes a city’s sole, seeing the unseen and the mundane.  Street photography needs to be approached with care, sensitivity and not a little boldness.

 Clockwise:

• A dog in Stockholm
• A man and a dog in Brussels
• A girl in Moledo, Portugal
• Horses in Geneva

Series of Four #8 – English Landscapes in black and white

Series of Four

This is the eighth Blog in the “Series of Four” series. Each blog focuses on a different aspect of photography, either technical or creative.  To see the full set of “Series of Four” blogs, click here.

English Landscapes

These are four English landscapes taken in the ‘Home Counties’ – Surrey and Kent – within a 20 minute drive or so from my home.  You can see where the English masters such as Turner and Constable got their skies and clouds from.  Using black and white emphasises the contrast and drama of the images, as does using different portrait and landscape formats.

• The top two images are from Penshurst in Kent, England.  They were taken in September 2011. 
• The third was taken near Shere in Surrey, England shortly before a storm in September 2008.
• The fourth shot is of a Post Office in Kent, England, taken in May 2009.