Photography

Thoughts and idea about photography, some of which is teaching oriented.

I Ching Photography Writing 
Komorebi Dreaming
16 May 2024 by James 


  I’ve been for a walk (I’ve been for a walk) On a winter’s day (On a winter’s day) –...


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Photography Writing 
Nostos Photography
26 March 2024 by James 


We have formed a firm decision that Odysseus has waited long enough. He must go home – The Odyssey...


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I Ching Photography Teaching 
Outdoors Aesthetic
16 March 2023 by James 


Does the outer space into which we dissolve taste of us at all? – Rilke There are shadows because...


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I Ching Photography Teaching 
The Tao of Photography
19 January 2023 by James 


Creative work needs solitude. It needs concentration, without interruptions. It needs the whole sky to fly in –...


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Photography Teaching 
Mountain Layers
20 June 2022 by James 


The word for this effect is landskein. Over the years I’ve made numerous similar shots but not quite...


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Photography 
Wild Flower Photography
14 April 2022 by James 


You’d be so lean, that blasts of January Would blow you through and through. Now, my fair’st...


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Photography Writing 
Peak District Book
6 March 2022 by James 


Edale was the first Peak District area I knew. Initially with a post card, then for my first trip. The picture...


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Photography Teaching 
Best Camera Advice
3 March 2022 by James 


Which camera is best is a good question to ask. Although there is no such thing, but rather a series...


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Photography Teaching 
Minimalist Photography
23 February 2022 by James 


As a teenager I read The Amateur Photographer at the library. It was a weekly magazine, and I liked going...


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Photography Teaching 
Photography History, Teaching, Tripods
10 February 2022 by James 


As a walking photographer, you find shots where a tripod isn’t needed and which are not achievable...


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Photography Teaching 
Photography Vocabulary
1 February 2022 by James 


When you teach photography in college there’s a background plan. Students don’t see it but it’s...


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