This week I finally completed the HNC in Photography and handed in my portfolio. I’ve been studying part time for the last two years or so. Overall, it’s been an enjoyable course and I’ve learned a lot. It always feels a little strange when you complete something you’ve been immersed in for a couple of years. On the one hand, I felt relieved to finally finish it, but on the other I felt a little sad that it’s over too.
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Patience.
It doesn’t always pay off, but sometimes it does, and today was one of those days. I’d waited patiently outside Bluebell Wood for about fifteen minutes, just listening to the birds with my camera. I could hear common chiffchaffs, song thrushes and even the occasional bullfinch, but none of them were in view to take a good photograph.
Then, as if by magic, a goldcrest landed on a branch a few feet away. It was almost as if it were chirping: “I know you’ve been waiting patiently for a good shot, so here’s your chance!”
Love this shot for the framing and the way the bird is looking at me. Did it really pop down just to reward my patience?
I thought I’d try my hand at a pencil sketch, rather than the usual inks.
Pencil is a lot more forgiving of mistakes, after all. it also gives you better control over shading – something I struggle with a little in inks.
The style is very much old school fantasy, but I couldn’t resist throwing in an Easter Egg for those of you that love Ancient Greece.
Can you spot it?
Winter sunrises are the best 👌 (taken over Dinnington Pit Top this morning).
One of my favourite things about working away is having the opportunity to explore places I’d never visit otherwise.
This ruined Scottish tower along the Ayrshire coast was within running distance of the hotel – too good an opportunity to miss to get the trainers on for a jog along the coast before the trip back home.
It felt like something out of a Gothic horror movie 🦇🏰
As Halloween approaches I thought I’d (re)share one of my spooky images from the past.
The shattered glass overlay was achieved in Photoshop. I cover this in a previous post (along with many other spooky effects).
Scott's Unfinished Pictures 