Just Add Water Gallery

This Series is based around the image panel I put forward to the Royal Photographic Society for my Associateship assessment.

Otherwise ordinary objects can be visually enhanced or lifted by surrounding them with bodies of water - and vice versa - a body of water can be visually enhanced simply by placing an object in it.

I wanted to demonstrate that a completed image when brought together in this way can exceed the sum of its constituent parts. 

Taken on the Dorset coast in England, UK.  The water and sky colour that preceded the incoming storm was magical, so all I needed was, say, a bright red post to add a focal point.

Oh, there’s one!

The Red Post

 
Taken from the promenade in Blyth, England, UK, however the location is not important. I made this a long exposure image to simplify the sea and allow all the focus to be on the apparently abandoned pram.

Taken from the promenade in Blyth, England, UK, however the location is not important. I made this a long exposure image to simplify the sea and allow all the focus to be on the apparently abandoned pram.

The Red Pram

 

A misty morning at Ashness Jetty on Derwentwater in the English Lake District, UK.

Derwentwater

 

Ullswater in the English Lakes, UK, adjacent to Howtown. Alas this pier has since been replaced, and no longer offers the same photo opportunity to capture the pier when the lake swells to its capacity and the water level rises dramatically. A long exposure was important here to smooth the water.

High Water

 

Sometimes (ok, often) when you want to take photographs, the weather doesn’t play nicely. This was the case one morning when on the Caledonian Canal which threads its way through the Great Glen in Scotland. However with a relatively still canal surface to play with, and plenty of interesting reflections from the sky, it was just a matter of patience, waiting for the magic drop of water.

A Small Splash

 

 The shot is taken from Hallin Fell adjacent to lake Ullswater, in the English Lake District, and captures the incredible patterns that can be caused by the tourist "steamer" boats on the water, when the surface is otherwise flat calm.

Ullswater Ripples