under another sun

Up early and tidying up the house in a two hour frenzy before the photographer arrived. The house photographer seemed quite professional. I pestered him with questions to understand some of the tricks of his trade, saturating the shots and taking many of the same scene at different exposures to overlay them. Camera height is important too, low for gardens, high for kitchens. Pulling out one chair invitingly from a table. He also left me with a good story about the son of a famous photographer who discovered that his recently deceased father had loads of property. The photographer was hired to photograph the properties and accompany the son going happily about town gloating over the huge fortune he had suddenly come into. The son went into the final property and after some time emerged white faced, saying he needed to see his solicitor. The final flat had contained a Thai lady the father had married two weeks before his death. This all somewhat disruptive to my work schedule though,...

Adrian Turner's photography of the sea Went to see Adrian Turner's pictures which he was showing at the launch of his new website. The pictures were of seascapes and were genuinely fab. I wanted to take a photo of Adrian for this blog, but he refused. I was granted, however, a snap of his hand clad in a white glove to protect the huge glicee prints of his photos. Really interesting to talk to him about his photographs. He doesn't use digital cameras, and much of the film he is using is becoming hard to find. On show were many of his seascapes, and often he stands in the water wearing waders to get the feeling of being part of the sea. And he usually takes shots first thing in the morning, when the light is beautiful and the beaches are empty. I really envy Adrian's ability, his photos are brilliant - capturing all kinds of moods of the sea, sometimes mysterious and ghostly, and one or two with waves that look set like glass. You can see some of his work for yourself at ...