I prefer black and white, as it allows the photograph to be purely of and because of the subject; whether that be the whole frame or only part of it, it will not be masked by or distracted from by un-necessary colour. My landscape photography leans toward 'candid' subjective documentary, rather than making calendar views. I am a reactive photographer; the twitch has to spot something - I am not the sort to 'make' photographs if I have not 'seen' one. In scope this can range from small objects and features up to 'views', but these will always be 'as found'; if what I see before me has positive attributes, so be it - I may be openly subjective, but I'm not only negative!

As for people, they do creep in occasionally, and they get the same rules - photographs of the human as found in the wild. No smile-for-the-camera, no standing-in-a-row. I cannot/do not 'make' people shots either. I'm taking a photo of what they are doing in that moment - subjective judgement may be involved or implied if due - but if what they are doing is focusing on me, they're not doing what they were doing anymore and the photo is gone.

Photographer-centric info:

I mainly use Nikon DSLRs, often with aged M42 lenses. I aim for natural contrast to show what I saw as I saw it. By habit I try to compose in-camera rather than via cropping - as much as possible, anyway. Many people would probably see this aspect as an affectation or affliction, but actual intention at the start never hurt anything. I mainly hope that along the way I've taken some decent shots, and that the 'landscape' shots say something about my thoughts on wherever I am. My favourite photographer is H.C-B, and if it shows, in any way, I may finally have learnt something!

I Iive in Norfolk, UK.