Shape, form, and colour is often key to my minimalist images. Here is one I took recently while on holiday in Verona, Italy. More can be found, and even bought as prints etc. here
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Tag Archives: yellow
Autumnal cliché
I can’t believe it is October already, and that the last time I posted was in July! For one reason or another, things have been very busy hence the lack of posting, despite the fact I have many images waiting in the wing. Anyway, things should get easier in a few weeks and I can get back to posting regularly.
Composition is King
Well, certainly in minimal photography it is anyway. This wall was otherwise a random mix of shapes, colours and textures, but some close cropping brings the composition, for me, to life.
Shadowy Existence
This is one of those rare images where I have re-visited a location to take further photographs. I was not happy with the first attempt. Thankfully was back in the city a year later, and actually remembered where the building was!
The little things matter
I tried various crops of this photo, including with and without the ‘circle’ in the bottom left corner. Normally I would have cropped it out, but somehow the remaining image didn’t seem as balanced as when I left it in.
I’ll come back later
I am assuming the decorator was painting grey over the yellow. My first question is why? My second question is why did they stop? I am not the greatest decorator in the world, in fact my wife does all that sort of stuff in the house, but once I’ve started a job I will finish it!
Tree Sundial
In the late afternoon it is amazing just how quickly shadows move and develop. I had spent most of the day out taking photographs in San Luis Obispo, California, and this was one of the last shots. As I stood composing the image, Continue reading
Change your perspective
Much of my minimal and abstract photography is looking straight on at a wall or object, because that style appeals to me. However, sometimes it is just not possible to get far enough away from the subject due to the proximity of other buildings, Continue reading
This is a straight shot
I often get asked how I create a particular effect. When I answer ‘it is a straight shot’ I get a puzzled look. As with this image, all my photographs are straight shots with no layering and no special effects. I will tweak colour and contrast in Photoshop, Continue reading
Don’t fence me in
When I first stumbled upon this view, my intention was to just take a photo of the bright yellow wall. The fence was in the way however, and as there was only about 3 metres between it and the wall, it was not possible to shoot through the fence Continue reading
Alien Landing
In order to escape from an approaching alien during a recent visit to California I hid under this canopy. Despite the obvious risk to my safety I didn’t think twice to reach for my camera and snap away as its silhouette Continue reading
Alien language?
I was fascinated by the peeling paint, because it disturbs what is otherwise a plain and boring industrial shutter into a bizarre abstract. Unlike most of my ‘Colours of Industry’ photography which is about clean lines and regular geometric shapes, Continue reading
Look closely, now you see it
One of the wonders of photography is that it can pick up detail that could otherwise go unnoticed by the human eye. It was my fascination for grids and lines that inspired me to take this photograph, and I still like that feature in the image.
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