The Heavy Snow, December 2010

December 2010 here in the UK we were hit by heavy snowfall, having been eager for weeks for snow having watched the news seeing that everyone else had it except for us. When the snow finally hit I was prepared,  my camera, tripod and empty memory card were patiantly awaiting the snows arrival.
I live near a graveyard and I find the dark gravestones which represent death and the delicate pure tangiable white snow to be a very interesting contrast. Here is a collection of what I believe to be some of the best photographs i took during this period of time.

Nature photos

To be perfectly honest I am not a person who is totally at eease with nature, however coming from a family who enjoys walking, visiting the countryside and exploring I make the best of the situation by photographing the experience making it allot more bearable and interesting for myself. These photos are a collection I have taken over the past two years in France, Greece and here in Wales. What I like about photographing nature is that it is a subject that is unpredictable you have to capture the moment instantly time is of the essence and it can be a challenge to get a good shot.

My Shadow

Whilst I am out taking photos if  the weather permits me I take photographs of my shadow in different locations trying to make interesting different photos. These photographs were taken in a number of locations in both North Wales and Edinburgh

France

Here are some of the photographs that I took whilst on holiday in France over the past few years.

The photo above is a photograph of a collection of grave plaques which were lying in a pile on the floor of a graveyard in the mountains in the South of France. I found the plaques truly beautiful they are artistic they stand out they are very different from the graves/grave stones you find here in the UK. It is in my opinion one of the most emotive images I have taken, it is truly heartbreaking knowing that the graves haven't been cared for and that there are graves without their plaques.

First Graphics Brief

In college as part of the diagnostic block during the graphics block we were set the challence of creating a piece/pieces which go with the sayings......

• You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
• A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
• Nid aur yw pobeth melyn (which translates to English to be "All that glitters isn't gold")
• Nid da lle gellir gwell ( which translates to English as "It's not your best if you can do better")

These are the pieces that I created, there was no particular medium or format to which had to be followed to successfuly answer the brief, it was up to the individual to decide which direction to take the work. I for obvious reasons decided to answer the brief through photography, keeping the text simple, bold and readable. The photographs are all my own photos, photos that I found to fit the appropriate saying and that conveyd the written words through images.

This last photograph of my cousin is my favourite design, simply because the photo speaks for itself I didn't feel that it was neccessary to use type.

Bonfire night 2010

Bonfire Night my favourite day of the year for photography. I very much enjoy getting out the tripod and setting the slow shutter release, the whole process is unpredictable and exciting. I find it thrilling trying to get the timing of the slow shutter release to the right speed to get the images you want. I love the mystery of taking shot after shot not knowing until the fireworks have finished whether or not I have a single good shot. Thankfully the past two years I have produced a few images that I really like. I very much enjoy the challenge of setting the slow shutter release speed perfectly along with composition to get succesful images.