The Photograph That Doesn’t Exist

The Photograph That Doesn’t Exist

There is a wood near Hertford that I had only just begun to know. Nothing about it announces itself. It is the kind of place people walk their dogs through without looking up. That is exactly why I go to woods like it. I have spent years drawn to the places nobody...
Farming Compositions

Farming Compositions

I have compositions I visit over and over. When I find a new one, it joins the rest. Another place that becomes part of the practice for years, perhaps the rest of my working life. A composition where I think I have said everything may still be revisited. It might not...
What Self-Doubt Becomes

What Self-Doubt Becomes

There is a photograph on my website that embarrasses me. It has been there for some time. It is technically accomplished. The light is doing something interesting. Several people have told me they like it. I know, with reasonable certainty, that it is not good enough,...
The Jar

The Jar

There are two pieces of received wisdom in photography that circulate endlessly, repeated by educators, YouTubers, and workshop leaders with the confidence of settled truth. The first: F8 and be there. The second: just go and make work. Both are right, as far as they...