Perhaps Autum is my favorite time of the year; it is still warm, but not to warm in which to walk. The sun is lower in the sky, now that helps in taking photographs and added to this, the autumnal colours are subline. Yesterday we drove to Polsden Lacey  and went for an exciting walk.  Occasionally it is right to change media, so although I did do a sketch, my main aim was with the camera.

In my opinion the best time to take photographic images is usually early in the morning or during the evening light at the end of the day; not a solid rule, but the light is usually more photogenic at those times. One way round that and take decent midday photographs is to avoid the great vista and get close in. Look for a leaf, or a toadstool, or some other detail. Normally the success of the image depends on waiting for the right light. The light might be there only for a brief second or two, so be ready. The above is prime example, my camera was set upbefore I began walking, Iso capture, aperture, exposure, appropiate focusing mode, as it happened in this case the light lasted about seven or eight seconds. but I antisipated the light coming onto that leaf and waited. The wait was only a moment or two, I was lucky. Shooting of three shots quickly; on all three shots the light was so different, this one I think worked best. Hope you like it. 

The experts say that the prime secret of landscape photography is waiting for the right light.

When I had finnished taking my photos, a couple of ladies passed, paused and then and asked me what I had taken a photograph of, as I was leaning into a bush. So I showed them, they liked it, we then chatted a while and then giving them my card; at which they began titering with quiet laughter. It turned out that they were highly amused that an artist called Twigg was studing trees. 

Don't take yourself to seriously.

 

Life is still manic, whilst at the same time being rewarding and exciting.

Having an exhibition coming up, the above painting is in it, the details of which you will recieve shortly. The big job of framing and mounting is finnished, most of the writing on the back of the pictures is done. So now the work on advertising, posters and all that sort of things starts; so there is lots still to do.

When in the studio I am using a new pen; a MUJI. It has a very fine ink line, and gives a lighter shade of dark grey, so in theary I should be able to create a greater range of tones.  Lets see what happens!

At the cinema the opera and ballet direct relays from the Opera House are getting better all the time. The other night with Liz, I saw Verdi's Aida, it was astounding; what a night out. Over the next few months the program looks so exciting.

We also attend a local cinema club, which shows arty and forign films, some are fantastic, others, awful, but thats what the arts are about. 

Art in all its forms is trully amazing and enriching: get involved.

Must go as work at St Peters Hospital calls, see you all soon.