Woodland stroll

Early last month I went for my daily brisk walk in the countryside around our village, and decided to include a jaunt through Alsa Woods before the paths get too wet and boggy for an enjoyable experience. I took my camera along, armed with just one small prime lens and used it to capture anything that caught my eye as I walked. While none of the resulting photos are ground breaking, I do enjoy the process of limiting my options with a single focal length lens and it was a joy to spend some time looking for interesting light, patterns and textures.

Photos taken 2 September 2024

A walk in the woods

One hot summer’s afternoon I decided that if I was going to have my daily walk it would need to be somewhere shady, so I headed for Alsa Woods.

Naturally I took a camera along and on this occasion I decided on some slow photography. I had no fixed ideas about what I wanted to photograph, but just kept an open mind and looked for interesting subjects and views through the woods.

There was barely a breath of wind but I wanted some movement in this photo, so I created my own by blowing across the leaves during the 45 seconds the shutter was open!

A ghostly self portrait on the footbridge crossing the M11 motorway.

I intended to take another ethereal self portrait sitting on the tyre swing, but I found a teenage boy sitting on it next to his bike. It struck me this might be even better than my planned photo and fortunately he didn’t mind me including him in the photo!

Photos taken 24 June 2023