Nature Photography & Fine Art, card & print making
Throwback to the beginning of 2022 with pictures from 2016-2021. I hope you have enjoyed the videos through the year?
In 2023 I will be creating some more videos but I may put them on YouTube because of the amount of storage they take up on here.
Have a great day, it is cold and miserable in North Yorkshire today. Not really great photography weather!
Wow! How did we get get to September (nearly) so quickly? This year has flown by so fast. Maybe because it has been such a lovely Summer with lots of lovely sunshine and (too) hot weather.
This year I have not travelled very much with my camera, hopefully will get out and about in the Autumn months (my favourite season).
Another photograph to water colour style image for this lovely Friday evening. Hope you like this one.
If any of you are interested in creating your own drop me a message on here and I’ll add a link to the tutorial that I use on YouTube.
I’m back! Sorry for the silence for the past few weeks which have been so busy and hot, that I’ve neglected a journal post! But, I’m here with some time to write one, I’m also in the process of maybe changing domain name as I’ve gone back to wordpress.com for now.
As it has been too hot and bright for me to focus on photography I’ve been working on creating some effects using Photoshop. It isn’t just a button that you press to create these, you have to have many layers and change the filters etc. Each one can create up to 30-60 minutes to create.
If any of you are interested in creating your own drop me a message on here and I’ll add a link to the tutorial that I use on YouTube.
The weather over the weekend was glorious, so instead of visiting the Open Studios I decided to create some new Cyanotypes. This time I used Grape Hyacinths (Muscari), I will pop a picture of the finish images later on this week.
It was such a lovely sunny day that I created by first Cyanotype of 2022. Using ivy, ferns and…
It was such a lovely sunny day that I created by first Cyanotype of 2022. Using ivy, ferns and…
A big thank you to all who have purchased andy cards or prints from me – Thank you once…
It was such a lovely sunny day that I created by first Cyanotype of 2022. Using ivy, ferns and dried seed heads I created one fern image (which is drying at the moment) and a few (experimental) circular ones as well. Using my camera I created a time lapse video of the process.
The whole process from start to finish takes about 12 – 24 hours which includes drying. The time lapse is just 40 minutes condensed into 40 seconds. Let me know what you think. Notice how it changes from yellow to dark blue as the sun slowly develops the image.
I will add the final Cyanotypes in a few days time when they have dried.
Wow! How did we get get to September (nearly) so quickly? This year has flown by so fast. Maybe…
I’m back! Sorry for the silence for the past few weeks which have been so busy and hot, that…
A bit of seed Yoga I thought I would show you a little time lapse of my sunflower slowly…
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Another play at Droste this evening, this time it’s the beautiful Wood Sorrell from the fields near me. It was when it was ice cold with thick fog that never cleared all day.
The Droste effect describes a specific type of recursive picture in which a smaller version of the larger image is featured within the larger image. Another term for this surreal photography effect is mise en abyme, which refers to the practice of inserting a replica of an image within itself. This creates a repetition that could continue forever, as the smaller version of the picture would contain an even smaller replica and so on.
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During lockdown last year I started reading and creating new photographic techniques. One of them was the ‘Droste’ effect. I hope you like the few that…
During lockdown last year I started reading and creating new photographic techniques. One of them was the ‘Droste’ effect. I hope you like the few that…
It was such a lovely sunny day that I created by first Cyanotype of 2022. Using ivy, ferns and dried seed heads I created one fern image (which is drying at the moment) and a few (experimental) circular ones as well. Using my camera I created a time lapse video of the process.
The whole process from start to finish takes about 12 – 24 hours which includes drying. The time lapse is just 40 minutes condensed into 40 seconds. Let me know what you think. Notice how it changes from yellow to dark blue as the sun slowly develops the image.
I will add the final Cyanotypes in a few days time when they have dried.
The weather over the weekend was glorious, so instead of visiting the Open Studios I decided to create some new Cyanotypes. This time I used Grape…
Well I hoped you all survived Christmas?Let me know how you spent it and what was your best & worst present? This image popped up on…
It seems as though I missed World Cyanotype Day which takes place on the last Saturday in September. I didn’t even know it was a thing…
For the past three days I have been isolating as I am having an operation today. My right arm. I am right handed. So, I have…
What may you ask, is a Cyanotype? Well put simply they are images developed by the sun. Cyanotype is an early photographic process creating images without…
A bit of Daisy time-lapse Thought I would show you another time lapse of Daisies going to ‘sleep’ after a long day just growing! This took…
2021 2022 Alternative Photography april archive Autumn birds blossom blue botanical busy butterfly cards cats Christmas cumbria cyanotypes february Flowers gardening Gardens lakes Landscapes leaves macro march may memories months national trust nature Photography quote quotes SJ Butler Spring summer sunrise sunset time travels trees video winter Yorkshire
Remember I went to Beningbrough Hall on 01/01/22? Well here are a few of the images but I thought you might like to see them in both colour & black and white.
I wrote an article last year on the differences between B&W and Monochrome which you will find here.
Black and white photography has unique qualities that are as strong today as they always were. Timeless, gritty, truthful and classic are all common ways of describing black-and-white photography … even after nearly 200 years since Joseph Nicéphore Niépce made the first black-and-white photograph, mono remains as popular as ever.
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Well I hoped you all survived Christmas?
Let me know how you spent it and what was your best & worst present?
This image popped up on my timeline the other day so I thought I would share it on here. I created this with several of my photographs layered over each other. They can be very time consuming to make so I have not created many in 2021 but hopefully will have more time to create a few more in 2022.
Did you know that Boxing Day got its name when Queen Victoria was on the throne in the 1800s and has nothing to do with the sport of boxing.
The name comes from a time when the rich used to box up gifts to give to the poor.
Boxing Day was traditionally a day off for servants, and the day when they received a special Christmas box from their masters.
The servants would also go home on Boxing Day to give Christmas boxes to their families.
Nowadays shops are all open on Boxing Day and it’s like Christmas has been forgotten already!
Throwback to the beginning of 2022 with pictures from 2016-2021.…
Remember I went to Beningbrough Hall on 01/01/22? Well here…
2021 2022 Alternative Photography april archive Autumn birds blossom blue botanical busy butterfly cards cats Christmas cumbria cyanotypes february Flowers gardening Gardens lakes Landscapes leaves macro march may memories months national trust nature Photography quote quotes SJ Butler Spring summer sunrise sunset time travels trees video winter Yorkshire
Droste Cacti
The Droste effect describes a specific type of recursive picture in which a smaller version of the larger image is featured within the larger image. Another term for this surreal photography effect is mise en abyme, which refers to the practice of inserting a replica of an image within itself. This creates a repetition that could continue forever, as the smaller version of the picture would contain an even smaller replica and so on.
Artist & photographer Josh Sommers is an expert on the Droste effect. “A real-world example would be if you held two mirrors up to each other,” he explains. “You’d look into the mirror and see an infinite tunnel of reflections of the two mirrors going back and forth. That’s somewhat of a Droste effect.”
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Part 2 What may you ask, is a Cyanotype? Well put simply they are images developed by the sun. If you want to know more about the process see New Cyanotypes (part 1) On the left image I have laid out the flowers/leaves on the paper after the chemicals have dried. The middle image is…
What may you ask, is a Cyanotype? Well put simply they are images developed by the sun. Cyanotype is an early photographic process creating images without a camera.Two chemicals, ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide are mixed together to create a photosensitive solution which is painted onto the surface of water colour paper and left to…
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