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Movement in light and grass

January 30, 2013 by settleandchase

. . . . Such a joy to pass by these today – I see them all the time, but today they were dancing.. . © C. Rennie, 2013

Categories: Nature, Photography • Tags: grasses, light, photography, Powderham

We keep on growing

January 23, 2013 by settleandchase

. . . . . No matter what, their urge is to grow, to reach for the sky. Wherever I put them, they would bend to the light. It’s always an inspiring lesson. .

Categories: Nature, Photography • Tags: light, nature, photography, plants

. . . I’ve burbled on a bit about my love for light in many a post since I started here. It has amazed me just the difference that light makes to a photograph. This may seem obvious, but I truly didn’t quite understand its importance and significance in the mood or feel of an image before I started taking this time to learn. I have an absolute favourite corner in our house for taking the kinds of shots above. […]

Categories: Home, Nature, Photography • Tags: light, nature, photography, plants

Play

July 20, 2012 by settleandchase

. If you’ve been following my blog for a while now, you might remember this experiment. I was playing with light, shining objects in darkness and capturing them. I was mainly interested in the black and white ones, like this, but now I’m wondering if they work in colour too. In the black and white images, I added extra layers, but these are just as they were captured..I may work into them more..really you need to see these big, but this […]

Categories: Artwork - Digital and Handmade, Collage and Abstract, Photography • Tags: colour, experiments, exposure, light, photography