When You Get That Feeling.........Act On It!

As a photographer i'm not one to wait for hours in one place trying to get the perfect conditions,i like to cover alot of ground and make the most of the conditions that are present at that moment.Dont get me wrong,if i think something is about to break then ill stop for a few minutes or take note of interesting spots to return to later too.This approach is very much the same when i do my photography.By that i mean i'm not one of these 24/7 snap shooters,i have times when i'm inspired to do it but also take time away to refill my passion for it.For me,i find your quality of work suffers if you feel obliged to take photos daily to warrant the 'status' of a serious photographer.Its easy to fall into a routine and almost set yourself on autopilot when your taking pictures all the time.I personally follow my gut instincts,feelings and urges to break out the camera.It allows me to act on impulse and make the most of my creative side.I know each person is different with there approach and i'm in no way knocking the more regular snappers.For me tho,you take a small break from photography and when you return,its like you fall back in love with it all over again.The pictures above were taken 'on a feeling' and it provided such a diverse selection starting with the sheep to then be presented with the farming of the land with the end results so much more then i could have expected when i first stepped out the door that day.  

Ground Control!

I've written my distaste about the airfield near to my house before so i thought i'd make it work in my favour for once.The weather for the day had been gorgeous and after eating an amount of food that could of fitted in a dump truck,i thought it best to get some exercise and so take the trusted camera with me.In fairness i hadnt thought about going to the airfield as id spotted a oil seed field earlier on the day that had intrigued me.It was on the way back that i thought id pop by and see what i could snap some pictures of and i was pleasantly surprised.It was later in the afternoon and so the light was softer with a slight haze across which added to it all.There are some similar pictures in this set but i was trying out a few different styles on the edits.At least now when i hear that infernal buzzing noise above my head in the sky,i know exactly what it is causing it!

What Have You Been Feeding It???

These sets of pictures were taken over 2 days and shows how the weather can change so quickly from a blanket of grey cloud to the sunshine breaking through with blue skies.Both days started off very uninviting but developed into beautiful afternoons.At this time of year you get a lovely golden light across everything and it just makes your pictures feel warm even tho in reality its bloody cold! Its always a treat when your out walking and you get some animals to photograph as there such characters,there always intrigued to know what your doing (or in reality there thinking you've come to feed them) The bulls you see in a couple of the pictures was taken with care.What is hard to show in the photo is scale and one of the beasts was huge,as in id wondered if it had been genetically modified using dinosaur D.N.A! Even more worrying was the small flimsy wooden fence separating me from them.I'm just glad i wasn't wearing any red as i had visions of a horror film,being chased across a field by this monstrous beast! They seemed quite happy to have there photo taken but i was still ready to run the quickest mile of my life!