{"id":1210,"date":"2021-03-31T22:09:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T21:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andycraigphotography.co.uk\/?p=1210"},"modified":"2021-03-31T22:09:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T21:09:10","slug":"about-my-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/andycraigphotography.co.uk\/?p=1210","title":{"rendered":"About My Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"EmbletonThe Northumberland Coast has been home to me for over 10 years and I have wandered up and down the beaches and rocky shores many times walking the dog and looking for photographs.<\/p>\n

In 2008 I started gathering my photographs and my thoughts into a blog www.northumberland360.com<\/a> \u201cThe Photographic Diary of a Dog-Walker on The Northumberland Coast\u201d. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This is an archive for me as much as it is for sharing to the world and I love to return to the archive to re-visit days I\u2019ve forgotten and other days I\u2019ll never forget.\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s the memorable days that make it all worthwhile.\u00a0 <\/span>Days when the weather and atmosphere combine to beautiful effect and I find myself lingering (weather permitting) for much longer than I had intended.\u00a0 <\/span>These are the occasions when there are photographs all around me and it makes it nearly impossible to tear myself away and leave the scene unwitnessed by any other eye.\u00a0 <\/span>(So it is with nature; the glories unseen deny the conceit that a human witness is somehow required).<\/p>\n

\"whatMost days though, photography is more challenging and there is a process to go through of seeing a view, then observing closely, until I see a composition emerging that I want to make into a photograph.<\/p>\n

Sometimes it takes a while to get into the mood of a place and time.\u00a0 <\/span>This is where mindfulness comes into photography for me.\u00a0 <\/span>It means a deliberate slowness that allows the atmosphere to permeate and to alert all the senses.\u00a0 <\/span>Photography is obviously a visual medium but it is informed by a conversation between all the senses as well as emotions and maybe even knowledge of the natural world.\u00a0 <\/span>Observation and awareness of the movement of clouds and the changes to the wind and simply how a day \u2018feels\u2019 can all feed into photography.<\/p>\n

So it is that the cycles of years, seasons, tides, sunrises and moments go by.\u00a0 <\/span>Each day there is another unique combination of conditions that sets up a photograph somewhere if only it can be found among the clouds, the waves, the rocks and the sand.<\/p>\n

\"Pinks<\/p>\n

So maybe you\u2019ll see me (and Daisy) when you visit Northumberland and if you do then please say hello.\u00a0 <\/span>Or you can book a photography training session with me and I\u2019ll try to inspire your photography as nature inspires mine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

www.northumberlandphototraining.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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