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  • Apr4

    Sprung

    So here we are again, we can put our snowshoes back in the loft and start looking to warmer days and earlier starts. Yes it is that time of year when colour and warmth starts to return to the landscape, the time when we can start to head out without our sub-zero gloves and thermal layers. The life-giving spring is back in town.

    If you are slightly cynical about the joys of spring, I can understand this. It is the time of year when photography forums and stock libraries tend to become overrun with certain white then blue flowers and marauding hordes of photographers twitch round the country to catch the next batch of blooms. We then lie shoulder to shoulder in lines of 10 – 20 waiting for the exact viewpoint that another photographer has just taken. Is there really any point in this? Is there another way? Surely, we have all seen enough bluebell photos by now haven’t we? Surely, there cannot be any new ways to look at bluebells left?

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  • Nov7

    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.
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