Too late for Poppit...

I usually try to kill two birds with one stone when I shoot at Poppit. I often take the dogs in the car with me and walk them before I start work - however the sunset times are changing and walking the dogs left me far too late for any good light. So I was left in that horrible position where you know that the light is not good but you just have to do some shooting. Only a few shots taken - next time I'll get the times right.

Some new developing tests

I am always testing new ideas - most of which come to me in the middle of the night - so I have been trying out a few things with the negatives. Most of these tests come to nothing and I never visit them again - but sometimes a little bit of them rubs off and my work changes.

For example - I have been playing around with split toning, and although it isn't for me I have a sudden urge to see what Poppit looks like in colour - so I have ordered some colour film and developing chemicals to give it a shot. The weather is awful for the next few days and this is when the tide is right for Poppit, so it looks like another frustrating wait before I can get out there again.

More trips to Cardigan...

I have been taking a few more trips to Cardigan while I wait for the Poppit tides to come right (later this week). I am having to squeeze these trips in between my Poppit work so I am not getting much time there - I'm really just testing the waters to see if I get excited by the streets - if I do then I'll start visiting there in the evening with all my gear to see what happens.

I have done this a number of times before - getting interested in certain aspects of a place and building up a head of steam to go out there and record it - only to find that either my expectations were too high or I just couldn't get what I wanted. In the end I suppose that if you want to do something new you have to spend a long time looking for it.

Split toning tests

I often feel that my Poppit Sands work it getting more and more exciting for me - but also less and less accessible for others to enjoy. I am in two minds what to do about this - to just go with my gut feeling or to always keep a check on what I do so that it just doesn't get out of hand and end up with me studying a single grain of sand for a month....or something like that.



Anyway, to try something new I am experimenting with split toning - a long way to go with this but I am enjoying it anyway. It only seems to work on certain images - it raises them somehow.

Shots of Cardigan

As I am waiting for the tides to be right at Poppit I am working on shots for clients. These two were taken a couple of days ago for a possible customer.

Results from Poppit shoot

Two keepers from my last Poppit shoot. These were taken as a requested scene - we'll see if one of them hits the mark with the customer...

Poppit Sands

A good hour or so at Poppit last night. I was trying out a few new ideas which I hope will move me forward. 1 roll of film taken - I am developing it today.

Here are a couple of shots recently taken at Poppit. They were requested by a gallery - we'll see which format they prefer...