John Richardson
I’m a eager novice photographer based mostly in Assynt within the north west Highlands of Scotland. I’ve a ardour for the outside and when not working, I get pleasure from spending as a lot time as potential exploring the wild landscapes and seascapes of my native space and past. I work in each color and monochrome and I’ve lately returned to taking pictures with a movie digital camera.
I’m impressed by the work of many photographers, together with Paul Wakefield, Bruce Percy, David Ward and Paul Sanders. I can get pleasure from and fortunately transfer between the pictures of all of those photographers regardless of their particular person approaches and magnificence being so completely different. For me, the frequent issue linking all of them is the sense of calm and tranquility that they create into their images in their very own distinctive approach.
From this group of photographers, there’s one I’ve returned to many occasions over time and that’s Paul Wakefield. As a younger photographer, it was Paul Wakefield’s early books, particularly “Scotland The Place Of Visions” (with Jan Morris 1986) which impressed me. I might spend hours wanting by this e-book time and again, spellbound by the images. The photographs of Buachaille Etive Mor, the Cuillins and Loch Scavaig have been amongst my favourites. As I explored additional it was the intimate compositions of bracken rising out from the rocks on the River Findhorn, or lichen on the Storr on the Isle of Skye, which drew my consideration. The extent of element, color and texture in these photos is wonderful and all are made in subdued gentle. Actually, there’s nearly no direct daylight in any of Paul’s images.
Pictures for me lay dormant for a few years as a consequence of household, work and sporting commitments. Then as soon as once more it was the work of Paul Wakefield which I rediscovered and his new e-book, “The Panorama” (2014). That is an unimaginable assortment of lovely images, any considered one of which I might fortunately have hanging on my wall. A short while after rediscovering Paul’s work I purchased a brand new digital camera, digital this time, and felt impressed to discover the Scottish panorama as soon as once more.
