(scroll down if you just want the video)
Colour often becomes the subject.
It was colour that caught my eye—the light behind the trees. With the 55–200 mm lens on, the tree was some way off, which is good; I love being able to isolate just one tree from a crowd. Behind that particular tree was not much, just some greenery and then the main pathway through the gardens—excellent, because that meant there was light flooding in behind the tree and coming down from the left and behind.
It was one of those days where the sun kept sliding in and out. Between the odd burst of sunshine it would rain, a gentle breeze rustling at the treetops.
I experiment with nature.
My passion is our human interaction with—well—everything.
So why not pause here at this tree and do just that?
If you watch me wander through the images on the video, you’ll see the movements painted onto the imagery.
Camera movement for me is more than a pan or a flick—it’s an interaction.
I didn’t plan to do it that morning; it just started to happen.
I ended up exploring synchronicity.
The weather was odd and changeable. One minute the light was too harsh, the next flat and grey. Both offered something—different.
It rained, then it stopped. And before the rain, have you noticed how a little burst of breeze often comes?
That set me exploring the interaction between my body movement, the camera, and the movement of the tree canopy.
The tree was not a subject; she was a living part of my imagery, contributing, collaborating.
Watch the video below where I talk through some of my thinking as I stood there and how I was moving.
For me there is something utterly magical about exploring this connection and interaction.
