After last year's graduation exhibit was cancelled due to covid we are finally being given the chance to showcase some of our work at the IOP exhibition space at Falmouth University. My 3rd-year major project was all digital-based, and whilst I do have images I could share from the project, I felt I would rather show what I have done since finishing university.
This selection of images showcases the past year of my photographic life since finishing my degree. Upon completing my degree, I had plans to shoot a vast project documenting all the wildlife in my home city of Bath. The project quickly unravelled as I felt burnt out. What came after this unravelling was great. Many months of photographing whatever I felt like, shooting random concepts and events, and going on short trips with no purposeful aim of a photographic project. I am proud of the following six images as individual images, and they each have a good memory attached to them.
Headstone Hunter. Finding foxes in Bath isn’t hard. Just like any city, you merely must know where to look. Graveyards were first on my list of places to search, and after visiting a few, I decided to head to St James’ Cemetery. Low and behold, a man called Bob turned up and fed a skulk of foxes. Bob goes down every day but is very protective of the foxes, so I have been limited in my visits to be sure not to annoy Bob.
Arc de Triumf, Barcelona. I took a short trip to Barcelona in late January as I had never been to Spain, and Barcelona was a great introduction to the country. I shot a variation of this image on my first morning of exploring the city. There was a lot of traffic and people in the foreground, so I went back on my final morning to capture it without the busyness and with the sun catching the wintery air through the archway.
Under the Helvellyn Sun. Celyn, Jay, Jacob, and I took a short trip to the Lake District in March. We weren't looking to get any specific shots out of the journey as we were more catching up and exploring the Lakes, somewhere none of us knew. I shot this looking up at the others, using the sun to backlight them, creating a beautiful silhouette as we climbed up Helvellyn.
The Woods. I shot this image on New Year’s Eve at St Alfred’s Tower. We went on a wander through the woods with my younger cousins. It was an atmospheric morning with mist amongst the trees. We saw buzzards swooping over the damp grassland whilst we shared our leftover Christmas chocolates and cake, washed down by steaming coffee.
The Sligachan Braids I had pre-planned this image after searching for braided channels on google maps. We had stopped at the Sligachan Hotel after a long day exploring northern Skye to have a whiskey when the sky started to go golden. Just as the sun dipped towards the horizon, I sent the drone up and got this beautiful view of the River Sligachan winding up towards the mountains. I was certainly 'channelling' (pun intended) my inner Chris Burkard whilst shooting this image!
