My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

bamroberts — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:37:21 GMT

The counter on my camera just ticked over, meaning I’ve taken 10,000 photos. It’s taken a few years and I’ve learnt many skills, but have yet to learn the art of clear story telling, shooting to order, and importantly how to turn this into a sustainable income. This opportunity would hopefully give me the missing tools I need and a real outlet to share my work and influence others.

Photography for me is a freeze frame of an event, much more that just the visual element, a good photo should be able to take the viewer to a place as if it was their own memory, with the sounds, smells and emotions that only the photographer really experienced. This is the essence if what I strive to for.

It was a hard decision to pick this set; I live in a county full of bright colours, breathtaking landscapes and plethora of unique flora and fauna. Forests are notorious for tricky lighting, bad contrast and limited colour pallet. I decided that these factors add an extra challenge, both for me and the judges to experience vision I set out to capture. Something that starts by parting from the easy and obvious roads in life and exploring the unexpected delights you often find there.

Off the beaten track

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited