Matt's Blog
2nd September 2010 - A Good Walk Spoiled?
Mark Twain once described golf as a good walk spoiled and while I may beg to differ with that particular quote I am beginning to wonder if photography can often spoil a walk.
Today I completed a 14 mile walk in the Brecon Beacons covering 4 of the highest summits with fellow photographer Dan Santillo (www.dansantillo.com) [...]
2nd August 2010 - A Good View Spoiled
I haven’t yet got around to disposing of my late uncle’s outrageous “creative” filters that he left me as part of his camera gear (see HERE for a view of the filters) and as I had at least one tongue-in-cheek request to see what pictures looked like taken with them I though I would stick [...]
11th July 2010 - Verdict on the Exhibition
So the exhibition is over and everything is packed away back in my studio, but how did it go?
Well first of all it was great to see so much of my work framed and on the wall – which becomes more and more unusual in this digital age – and I managed to cover most [...]
29th June 2010 - Photography vs Art
Where does photography stop and art begin? Now I’m not being faecetious here – I know that a lot of photography IS art – what I’m asking is when an image ceases to be a photograph because it has been manipulated too much. The distinction used to be clear because manipulation of an image was [...]
12th May 2010 - Right to Roam?
With the right to roam (Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000) that was introduced in 2005 you would be forgiven for thinking that pretty much any open land in our National Parks would be open to all. However look at a land access map of the Brecon Beacons and you will see several areas [...]