Hi – Welcome to Shooting The Void. In the words of Proust: “The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” However, there is a lot of gumph talked about landscape photography and dependent on who you are, different parts of the internet will appear to be gumph to you. For those new to the photography and landscapes you will find, on your journey, a broad mix of the artistic, the altruistic, the practical, the logical, the verbose, the pretentious, the amazing, the fantastic, the creative, the inspiring, the technically gifted, the constantly critical, the petty, the generous, the helpful, the kind and the self-styled intelligentsia…. but enough about me! Now all we have to do is wade our way through this congealed morass of opinions and learn something on the road to enrich our lives and those of the people (or virtual people) around us and if you are lucky you might just also meet some pretty cool people and witness some awe-inspiring moments along the way.

What do I bring to the table… not a lot really. just one more small piece of a very large puzzle.

For me photography is a creative journey and a way to explore different sides of life, vision and to overcome new and varied challenges. I think it is probably also a way for me to vent a different side of my creativity than I do professionally. It is also a bloody good excuse to witness some of the most gentle, dramatic or just plain amazing sites that this beautiful planet has to offer. Would I like photography to be a full time job? Would I like to make a living full time be paid to get up and watch the sunrise through the mist or to watch the sunset through wooded bluebells as spring time pollen drifts on a warm gentle breeze?

Hell yeah! So maybe someday, but for now though the family also like to eat and be clothed on a regular basis so it is a good thing that for some ingrained masochistic reason I also really enjoy the ongoing and regular challenges presented by my day job. So I take my hat off to the small but dedicated branch of Pro’s who have the vision, creativity and nouse to keep afloat in the landscape photography game. It is one thing to take a few decent shots now and again and waffle on about them on the internet but to do this for a living is a completely different ball game.

On this site, I hope to share & showcase my most recent work and share some of the processes, methods, ramblings and ideas related to photography that I have picked up along the way.

Thanks for stopping by.

Ade