Podcast Recording wherever I go

I’m on the Isle of Harris right now, and whenever I have a some free time, and can set up to record some audio for a future podcast, that’s what I do :-)

I’ve been self employed now for fifteen years. I absolutely believe that if one wishes to remain self employed, then you have to keep working. Truth being told: when you are running your own business, you can’t ‘not’ do it. The idea that you may be working more than in a regular job may be a deterrent from giving self-employment a go. But the truth is that although you WILL definitely work more than you do at a regular job, you’re more willing and it feels less of a burden because it’s your baby.

I’m enjoying recording, writing, and editing my little photographic vignettes. They allow me to relive my experiences, to gather my thoughts into something more coherent than just random memories, and also for me to gain further insight into what it is that I do.

Landscape as Teacher (Podcast Episode 7)

Sandstorm, central highlands, Iceland

Just busy processing films films from the past year right now.

This image was shot during a sandstorm would you believe. I was actually perched right next to the sand wall you see in the central part of the frame, trying to avoid sand being blown into my eyes (I failed), and trying to avoid the serious high contrast light poking in from the far left side of the frame.

Funnily enough, I don’t recall the colours present in the frame. It was a middle of the day shot, but it was an odd mixture of very harsh light and the sky filled with a lot of sand. I think that caused some kind of diffusion, and perhaps the colours are just courtesy of Velvia, because when there is no colour for Velvia, it just tends to default to blues and magentas ;-)

I’ve had to do quite a bit in post to recover the ground, as I deliberately underexposed the frame to control the highlights in the sky, despite also having a three-stop hard grad on the lens.

I have images from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and a new place to edit over December. I’ve got quite a backlog :-)

Imperceptible Horizons (podcast Episode 5)

Episode 5 of my podcast series is now online.
I hope you enjoy it, and if so, please subscribe - it helps with the algorithm on YouTube to get it out there to others.