Brillant miss Trawsfynydd lived for about 15 years there enjoyed everyday, but had to go back to london as my wife got cancer ,. One day will go back there KEEP IT UP “
What a beautiful part of North Wales, i've visited a few times over the years. So sorry to hear that, life can certainly pull us in unexpected directions, that was definitely the case for our move to this area - very unexpected to say the least! Hoping you get back to Trawsfynydd and thanks so much for watching Barry!
Perfect timing, so relatable. I’m thinking about doing my first project. All these pointers are fantastic 🎉thanks. Looking forward to the rest of the Borderlands project.
Great video man! Love that fleece 🤩. This is something I’ve been thinking about but it’s always resulting in me asking the question ‘why’. And I think that’s something I need to think deeper about. Thanks for inspiring and helping me 🙌🏼
Thanks man, not going to lie, i've been wearing constantly since I got it 😅. Totally understand that feeling mate, I think the 'why' can come later. It's so important to give things time to develop and I think the more you photograph and the more you review your images, the more you'll learn about how you feel about the subject matter etc! Keep at it mate! 📸👌🏻😊
Another great video Chris, this sounds like a brilliant project, with a very personal connection which I think will really enhance the pictures you take, as I believe that you have to have an affinity and emotional connection to your images to produce better photographs. Looking forward to seeing the progress of your project.
Thanks for watching this first instalment Jim, I know it's not my usual video format but i'm hoping it will be a regular feature on the channel this year! That personal connection you mention, is one of my main motivators at the moment, i've uncovered a lot of old family photos this year and it's made me reminisce and reflect on my childhood with my grandparents. We lost my grandad over 10 years ago now, and my grandmother in 2021 so the last few years have made me rely on memories and I discovering these landscapes and scenes just further enhance that feeling of nostalgia.
Pensive video that should help viewers build their own photo projects. My take-always: project basis should have deep meaning; project content can morph and grow organically over time. In sum: let the project come to you - don’t over-think. Notes and map pins good tips. A current, longer term project of mine is to photograph those automotive “vanity” plates on vehicles. Some are quite clever and can suggest the owner’s work, hobby, sports preference, etc. Some are difficult to interpret. Have to photograph them on the fly as I find them - they disappear fast. Great fun. You sound kind of nasal in this one, Chris. Hope your cold doesn’t linger. Cheers!
Thanks so much Paul! That is certainly one of my main motivations for creating this series, I hope by watching me go through my process, it might help photographers reflect on their own. I love your project idea! That's super interesting and very unique! You should maybe try and get some photos of the owners too - would be interesting to see those photos side-by-side!
Absolutely. I think making notes regularly help with developing a clear vision of what you are looking for in the long run. But the downside can be a distraction, if there are too many ideas floating around in your head. Keeping ideas as simple and concise as possible is key I think. I live in Northwest Florida. Last year I went on a roadtrip to Texas, Arizona and New Mexico. And had so many ideas that honestly it was a distraction. Driving too much and not smelling the fresh air or so to speak. Missing the little but significant things. But alas, we learn as both people and photographers.
This is totally valid and a great point - I think it echoes the sentiments I was trying to make about getting stuck in the planning phase and not dedicating enough time to just photographing. Many of the ideas I jot down don't see the light of day but I feel like it frees me up mentally and it's quite a cathartic process. It's such an individual thing though and I absolutely believe that it doesn't work for everyone and we have to find the thing that works for us.
Very true. Beautiful countryside by you. I'm sure you are familiar with Kyle McDougall. I believe he lives in a similar area to you. @chrisharveyphotography
Great video Chris. I’m new to the channel and chose to subscribe since I too need to just “get out and shoot”. And a project is something I’ve been mulling over to get me going. I love the photos… they were reminiscent of my great grandfather’s farm that I loved to visit as a young boy. Now, I too am a granddad of 4 grandchildren, so I found your sharing of your own experience with your granddad to be very inspiring. Thank you, and I look forward to the next episode.
Thanks so much for choosing to subscribe and for leaving such a thoughtful comment! I'm very grateful and glad to hear you enjoyed the photos! I find that focus or mission statement really beneficial for my photography these days - I enjoy the sense of purpose and direction it provides me. Otherwise, I often just wander aimlessly, and whilst that can turn out great, it can often lead to frustration. Do you have any projects in mind at the moment?
@@chrisharveyphotography Hi Chris, thanks for your response. I have a couple in mind, however I'm finding it difficult to fully commit to a specific project. To me, not only does the project need to be interesting and challenging, it should also have some underlying meaning to me. In the meantime, I'm going out into a couple of state parks and shooting simply to practice and learn all of the features/menus of my Nikon Zf. Thanks again.
Thanks buddy! Really appreciate you checking out this episode! Still lots of ground to cover and more to talk about but hopefully this video gives a flavour of the subject matter at least! How are you finding your project journey?
Great video mate! So good to hear some of your thought process to how you go about this! There’s some real value in working towards different projects and it can really help to keep you inspired to get out and shoot
Thanks for watching mate! I'm definitely looking forward to documenting this project here on the channel! More than anything though, I'm just enjoying having a bit of a focus when it comes to photography - feels like I now have a bit of purpose when i'm out with the camera - just something to chip away at over time! 😊 No idea how it'll develop or what direction it'll go in but I think that unknown is part of the fun!
I think it’s a great idea Chris. I say this as a 59 year old that is thinking of going back to where I spent the first 25 years of my life and photographing those memories. My issue it’s a large 70’s council estate in Birmingham, a rather scary place.
Thanks for watching Dave! Really grateful of the support! I think that's a great, albeit, I appreciate a daunting idea! I think those sorts of urban landscapes can yield really compelling photos, there are some fantastic photographers who have created work in these sorts of communities. There's a photobook called 'Coalfaces' by Tina Carr & Annemarie Schoene that I think you might enjoy. It focuses on the mining towns/communities in South Wales and is a great blend of street photography, portraiture and the urban landscape. I say this as someone whose dad was from a council estate in South Wales.
Sounds this is going to be an interesting project. Looking forward to see what you are coming up with. I am playing around with some ideas for photo projects but am far from having settlded on one single project.
Thanks for the kind words my friend! That's great that you're at least thinking about a project, it can definitely take time for a project idea to fully materialise but that's where just photographing often and reflecting on your photos can really help. Looking forward to hearing about your project man!
I‘m looking forward to seeing your interpretation of the borderlands concept. I‘m old enough to remember the very physical borders of the Iron Curtain, first in my hometown that was very close to the borders with the then-GDR and the CSSR, later in pre-1989 (West-)Berlin. So my concept of borderlands would be very different.
Great video Chris, as always. Love the title of the project, Borderlands says what it is, but also has a fab feel to it. Where I live we are part rural and 2 miles out of the city and I love to go into the rural locations especially on winter days, fog and frost and for me the ideal shot is crops after harvesting, corn fields where some of the cobs and husks are left behind. Regards colour, black and white, both have their merits, some shots suit b&w and others colour works best. In our location, we are close to fast food restaurants so we are always seeing McDonalds wrappers, boxes and drink cartons in the hedgerows and on the roads. For me that is an interest, as it's a juxtaposition to the landscape.
Thanks for watching Steve and thanks for your kind words on the project! It definitely sounds like you and I look out for similar themes when photographing in these rural areas. Those moments of contrast in terms of subject matter, that juxtaposition, I agree, is super interesting to explore!
Great concept. I do the same thing. I make photos and after a while a theme develops on its own. I've been working on a project of photographing the southern United States, and especially the subjects that represent an image of that region. I noticed I concentrated largely on old things that were iconic of the South and which are being esrased by change bot temporal and cultural. The preliminary title is "The Vanishing South."
Thanks for watching and for leaving such a thoughtful comment! That's a fantastic title, your project sounds really interesting - absolutely a subject matter i'd be interested to see photos of! Giving ideas time to develop will no doubt make your project a success, you're absolutely taking the right approach!
Enjoyed this a lot mate and absolutely love your ideas, especially the line between what people feel is a home to them! Cant wait to see where you go with it! 🎉
Thanks Greg! Really appreciate it mate! I'm feeling pretty motivated to push forward with this and i'm excited to see where I go with it too! 😄 it'll be a journey for all of us! 😂 Lots of ideas to explore and i'm sure it'll take shape this year!
A great idea to get to know a new area! Bit of an aside, but you might enjoy Mike Parker’s book “All The Wide Border” if you haven’t read it already for some reflections on a similar theme.
What a wonderful idea for a project and the reasons behind it, Chris! I love this theme of exploring identity in local landscapes. And you’re off to a great start with the photos you’ve shared here. Be really interesting to follow your journey here, particularly excited to see how you get on incorporating portraits, if you end up trying that. Well done mate.
Thanks so much Max, I really appreciate the kind words mate and it's great to know that it's a subject matter that holds some interest outside of my own interest/reasons for carrying it out. It still feels like very early days but I'm really enjoying the direction and focus it's given me. I think the portraiture aspect is something i'm really interested in exploring as it's not something I do a lot of at the moment but I feel it could help inject some personality and a more human touch to the narrative of the more landscape-focussed imagery.
Thanks Alan! Appreciate you watching this episode! It's great to know that it's a topic you find interesting and if this video has been a source of inspiration, then I'm thrilled 👍🏻
Hope you're doing well Chris! Thanks for commenting and checking out this episode! I'm feeling very motivated to keep pursuing it and i'm already looking forward to creating the next instalment in this series! Haven't figured out how often to upload these episodes but i'm hoping it'll be a regular feature on the channel this year! Hopefully see you in the next one 😊
Thanks so much mate! It's so great to hear that this video has given you a bit of inspiration to pursue your own project! I think projects (no matter how big or small) can be so beneficial.
Thanks so much! Really appreciate you taking the time to watch this episode. Still lots to flesh out in regards to the project itself but i'm confident it'll develop in time.
Great video Chris! Love the concept of your project. I haven't really got an ongoing project at the moment, but I am trying to build on my street photography skills throughout this year. Also where is your fleece from? Love it!
Thanks Chris, appreciate the kind words on the project mate! That sounds like a great idea, and who knows, perhaps a project will come out of that process if you're exploring a single genre or dedicating time to doing street photography in a specific location. haha! 😄 the fleece is proving popular - thanks! It's from the brand Ayacucho
Thanks so much for watching this one, I'm really looking forward to working on the next episode! I haven't figured out how often to feature videos about the project but i'm hoping it'll be a regular feature on the channel this year!
Hi Chris. Will you give yourself a period of time, the four seasons of a year for example, that gives you a deadline to work towards or will it be ongoing over a number of years? Projects are a good way of having a reason to continue taking non commercial pictures. This exploration of place and provenance could yeild many rewards on many levels. Have a good week ahead.
Thanks for watching Colin, and great question! I'll discuss timeframes in more detail in a future episode, but as of right now, I haven't given myself and definitive timeframe to complete the project. Mainly, it's just because I haven't fully explored the seasonality of these landscapes having moved only moved here this winter and not having experienced how the seasons may impact these scenes. It could be that winter is the best season to capture these subjects but I won't know that until later this year. I definitely want to take my time with it and explore all the possibilities. It's certainly proving a welcomed antidote to my commercial work, and it's nice to be able to work on it at my own pace without external influence or direction - just following my curiosity. Enjoy the rest of your week! 😊
Loving your production, Chris - even the talkover to gentle piano music works so well. I should have recorded all my thoughts in life too - could have ended up being an Author by now?? I grew up on farms near these three counties, albeit Wrexham is still in Clwyd to me. My grandfather would hand milk his cows with a bucket floating in the River Vyrnwy floods which entered the cowshed. My gran would carry the bucket out and pour it into the churns.
Thanks so much, I really appreciate the kind words on the production - it's something i'm dedicating more and more time to! 😊 Tell me about it, I feel creative people are just constantly thinking about things and exploring ideas - my mind never stops! 😅 That's why note taking is so important for me - I just need to get them out of my head to free up space! Fantastic, then hopefully the locations, and this project as a whole might be of interest if it's a landscape you're familiar with! I think the area surrounding your grandfather's farm could well fall into the scope of this project so, who knows, there might be some locations you recognise! Do keep in touch and let me know - it's always nice to connect with a local 😊
@@chrisharveyphotography Wrote two more chapters during the last few days. Lost it all many years ago due to a compter malfunction, so started again after being downhearted. Thanks for the lengthy reply - yes, Landscape mainly and I once lived in Maesbrook. Perhaps the area around Melverley church and the bridge over the Vyrnwy could be a topic for your youtube channel?
Interesting concept, I live in south Wales, on the edge of the valleys and their mining heritage, it might be interesting for me to explore that in some way - I’ll let it stew for a bit! I kind of have the opposite approach to ideas though, I don’t make a note of it straight away, if I forget it then it probably wasn’t worth pursuing!
A fantastic part of the country, I was actually born in South Wales and lived there for a few years before we moved up north to be closer to my grandparents. I think that part of welsh heritage is really important and I think we need to create art to keep those stories and that history alive for generations to come. There's a fantastic photobook I've been meaning to pickup based on the mining towns of the valleys - the name escapes me but i'll feature it on the channel when I eventually pick it up. Letting things sit for a while is so important, it's important to give it time to see how you feel about ideas. That's why I keep making notes of things because it's often weeks or months before I start acting on things. I like that philosophy though for not keeping notes - certainly very valid! Thanks for tuning in to this episode, i'm really grateful!
Your farm photos really remind me of james ravillious photography. Check him out he created the beauford archive of rural life in Devon farm life village sceans, local characters, etc
Thanks for watching James, I really appreciate that recommendation too! Not a photographer i'm familiar with but one i'll definitely check out! Thank you!
Thanks for watching guys! Hope you find this interesting and I hope you’ll find this series beneficial for your own photo projects 📸
Brillant miss Trawsfynydd lived for about 15 years there enjoyed everyday, but had to go back to london as my wife got cancer ,. One day will go back there KEEP IT UP “
What a beautiful part of North Wales, i've visited a few times over the years. So sorry to hear that, life can certainly pull us in unexpected directions, that was definitely the case for our move to this area - very unexpected to say the least! Hoping you get back to Trawsfynydd and thanks so much for watching Barry!
Perfect timing, so relatable. I’m thinking about doing my first project. All these pointers are fantastic 🎉thanks. Looking forward to the rest of the Borderlands project.
That’s so great to hear, thank you for watching! That’s fantastic that you’re starting a project, I hope this series will be helpful for you ☺️
Great video man! Love that fleece 🤩. This is something I’ve been thinking about but it’s always resulting in me asking the question ‘why’. And I think that’s something I need to think deeper about. Thanks for inspiring and helping me 🙌🏼
Thanks man, not going to lie, i've been wearing constantly since I got it 😅. Totally understand that feeling mate, I think the 'why' can come later. It's so important to give things time to develop and I think the more you photograph and the more you review your images, the more you'll learn about how you feel about the subject matter etc! Keep at it mate! 📸👌🏻😊
@@chrisharveyphotography ahaha I would be it looks super warm and comfy! Totally agree with you, just need to tell myself that. Thanks man, you too!
Great idea for a project. I’ve been thinking about a project for this year so may copy yours. Thanks.
Thanks Alan! I’m looking forward to exploring the theme this year! 😃 go for it mate, keep in touch and let me know how you get on!
Another great video Chris, this sounds like a brilliant project, with a very personal connection which I think will really enhance the pictures you take, as I believe that you have to have an affinity and emotional connection to your images to produce better photographs. Looking forward to seeing the progress of your project.
Thanks for watching this first instalment Jim, I know it's not my usual video format but i'm hoping it will be a regular feature on the channel this year! That personal connection you mention, is one of my main motivators at the moment, i've uncovered a lot of old family photos this year and it's made me reminisce and reflect on my childhood with my grandparents. We lost my grandad over 10 years ago now, and my grandmother in 2021 so the last few years have made me rely on memories and I discovering these landscapes and scenes just further enhance that feeling of nostalgia.
@chrisharveyphotography a perfect reason and way to remember them.
Pensive video that should help viewers build their own photo projects. My take-always: project basis should have deep meaning; project content can morph and grow organically over time. In sum: let the project come to you - don’t over-think. Notes and map pins good tips.
A current, longer term project of mine is to photograph those automotive “vanity” plates on vehicles. Some are quite clever and can suggest the owner’s work, hobby, sports preference, etc. Some are difficult to interpret. Have to photograph them on the fly as I find them - they disappear fast. Great fun.
You sound kind of nasal in this one, Chris. Hope your cold doesn’t linger. Cheers!
Thanks so much Paul! That is certainly one of my main motivations for creating this series, I hope by watching me go through my process, it might help photographers reflect on their own.
I love your project idea! That's super interesting and very unique! You should maybe try and get some photos of the owners too - would be interesting to see those photos side-by-side!
Absolutely. I think making notes regularly help with developing a clear vision of what you are looking for in the long run. But the downside can be a distraction, if there are too many ideas floating around in your head. Keeping ideas as simple and concise as possible is key I think.
I live in Northwest Florida. Last year I went on a roadtrip to Texas, Arizona and New Mexico. And had so many ideas that honestly it was a distraction. Driving too much and not smelling the fresh air or so to speak. Missing the little but significant things. But alas, we learn as both people and photographers.
This is totally valid and a great point - I think it echoes the sentiments I was trying to make about getting stuck in the planning phase and not dedicating enough time to just photographing. Many of the ideas I jot down don't see the light of day but I feel like it frees me up mentally and it's quite a cathartic process. It's such an individual thing though and I absolutely believe that it doesn't work for everyone and we have to find the thing that works for us.
Very true. Beautiful countryside by you. I'm sure you are familiar with Kyle McDougall. I believe he lives in a similar area to you. @chrisharveyphotography
Great video Chris. I’m new to the channel and chose to subscribe since I too need to just “get out and shoot”. And a project is something I’ve been mulling over to get me going. I love the photos… they were reminiscent of my great grandfather’s farm that I loved to visit as a young boy. Now, I too am a granddad of 4 grandchildren, so I found your sharing of your own experience with your granddad to be very inspiring. Thank you, and I look forward to the next episode.
Thanks so much for choosing to subscribe and for leaving such a thoughtful comment! I'm very grateful and glad to hear you enjoyed the photos! I find that focus or mission statement really beneficial for my photography these days - I enjoy the sense of purpose and direction it provides me. Otherwise, I often just wander aimlessly, and whilst that can turn out great, it can often lead to frustration. Do you have any projects in mind at the moment?
@@chrisharveyphotography Hi Chris, thanks for your response. I have a couple in mind, however I'm finding it difficult to fully commit to a specific project. To me, not only does the project need to be interesting and challenging, it should also have some underlying meaning to me. In the meantime, I'm going out into a couple of state parks and shooting simply to practice and learn all of the features/menus of my Nikon Zf. Thanks again.
Nice video Chris, I'm on a similar journey myself, looking forward to seeing how this develops!
Thanks buddy! Really appreciate you checking out this episode! Still lots of ground to cover and more to talk about but hopefully this video gives a flavour of the subject matter at least! How are you finding your project journey?
Great video mate! So good to hear some of your thought process to how you go about this! There’s some real value in working towards different projects and it can really help to keep you inspired to get out and shoot
Thanks for watching mate! I'm definitely looking forward to documenting this project here on the channel! More than anything though, I'm just enjoying having a bit of a focus when it comes to photography - feels like I now have a bit of purpose when i'm out with the camera - just something to chip away at over time! 😊 No idea how it'll develop or what direction it'll go in but I think that unknown is part of the fun!
I think it’s a great idea Chris. I say this as a 59 year old that is thinking of going back to where I spent the first 25 years of my life and photographing those memories. My issue it’s a large 70’s council estate in Birmingham, a rather scary place.
Thanks for watching Dave! Really grateful of the support! I think that's a great, albeit, I appreciate a daunting idea! I think those sorts of urban landscapes can yield really compelling photos, there are some fantastic photographers who have created work in these sorts of communities. There's a photobook called 'Coalfaces' by Tina Carr & Annemarie Schoene that I think you might enjoy. It focuses on the mining towns/communities in South Wales and is a great blend of street photography, portraiture and the urban landscape. I say this as someone whose dad was from a council estate in South Wales.
@ thanks for pointing me in that direction. I’ll certainly check it out.
Sounds this is going to be an interesting project. Looking forward to see what you are coming up with. I am playing around with some ideas for photo projects but am far from having settlded on one single project.
Thanks for the kind words my friend! That's great that you're at least thinking about a project, it can definitely take time for a project idea to fully materialise but that's where just photographing often and reflecting on your photos can really help. Looking forward to hearing about your project man!
I‘m looking forward to seeing your interpretation of the borderlands concept. I‘m old enough to remember the very physical borders of the Iron Curtain, first in my hometown that was very close to the borders with the then-GDR and the CSSR, later in pre-1989 (West-)Berlin. So my concept of borderlands would be very different.
Interesting thanks - am beginning a first project myself. Helpful to her your thoughts.
Thanks for watching! I’m glad this video helped and hopefully this series will be of use to you! Best of luck with your project ☺️
Great video Chris, as always. Love the title of the project, Borderlands says what it is, but also has a fab feel to it. Where I live we are part rural and 2 miles out of the city and I love to go into the rural locations especially on winter days, fog and frost and for me the ideal shot is crops after harvesting, corn fields where some of the cobs and husks are left behind. Regards colour, black and white, both have their merits, some shots suit b&w and others colour works best. In our location, we are close to fast food restaurants so we are always seeing McDonalds wrappers, boxes and drink cartons in the hedgerows and on the roads. For me that is an interest, as it's a juxtaposition to the landscape.
Thanks for watching Steve and thanks for your kind words on the project! It definitely sounds like you and I look out for similar themes when photographing in these rural areas. Those moments of contrast in terms of subject matter, that juxtaposition, I agree, is super interesting to explore!
@@chrisharveyphotography Great minds, creative minds think a like.
Great video. I also photograph the countryside here in holland where I live.
Thanks so much Edwin! I’ve never been to the countryside of Holland, I’ve only visited the cities but that would be great to explore! ☺️
Great concept. I do the same thing. I make photos and after a while a theme develops on its own. I've been working on a project of photographing the southern United States, and especially the subjects that represent an image of that region. I noticed I concentrated largely on old things that were iconic of the South and which are being esrased by change bot temporal and cultural. The preliminary title is "The Vanishing South."
Thanks for watching and for leaving such a thoughtful comment! That's a fantastic title, your project sounds really interesting - absolutely a subject matter i'd be interested to see photos of! Giving ideas time to develop will no doubt make your project a success, you're absolutely taking the right approach!
Enjoyed this a lot mate and absolutely love your ideas, especially the line between what people feel is a home to them! Cant wait to see where you go with it! 🎉
Thanks Greg! Really appreciate it mate! I'm feeling pretty motivated to push forward with this and i'm excited to see where I go with it too! 😄 it'll be a journey for all of us! 😂 Lots of ideas to explore and i'm sure it'll take shape this year!
A great idea to get to know a new area! Bit of an aside, but you might enjoy Mike Parker’s book “All The Wide Border” if you haven’t read it already for some reflections on a similar theme.
Thanks Chris! Really appreciate the recommendation too! I’m always looking for inspiration so that’s super helpful! 🙏🏻
What a wonderful idea for a project and the reasons behind it, Chris! I love this theme of exploring identity in local landscapes. And you’re off to a great start with the photos you’ve shared here. Be really interesting to follow your journey here, particularly excited to see how you get on incorporating portraits, if you end up trying that. Well done mate.
Thanks so much Max, I really appreciate the kind words mate and it's great to know that it's a subject matter that holds some interest outside of my own interest/reasons for carrying it out. It still feels like very early days but I'm really enjoying the direction and focus it's given me. I think the portraiture aspect is something i'm really interested in exploring as it's not something I do a lot of at the moment but I feel it could help inject some personality and a more human touch to the narrative of the more landscape-focussed imagery.
Interesting project. Look forward to seeing it develop. Thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks Alan! Appreciate you watching this episode! It's great to know that it's a topic you find interesting and if this video has been a source of inspiration, then I'm thrilled 👍🏻
Sounds like an exciting project. Get warm. See you in the Borderlands. :)
Hope you're doing well Chris! Thanks for commenting and checking out this episode! I'm feeling very motivated to keep pursuing it and i'm already looking forward to creating the next instalment in this series! Haven't figured out how often to upload these episodes but i'm hoping it'll be a regular feature on the channel this year! Hopefully see you in the next one 😊
Lovely video Chris. This has definitely made me want to do a little photography project for myself
Thanks so much mate! It's so great to hear that this video has given you a bit of inspiration to pursue your own project! I think projects (no matter how big or small) can be so beneficial.
Look forwards to seeing the project develop.
Thanks so much! Really appreciate you taking the time to watch this episode. Still lots to flesh out in regards to the project itself but i'm confident it'll develop in time.
@ I’m doing South Wales coast this year. As a change from my woodlands obsession 😂😂
Great video Chris! Love the concept of your project. I haven't really got an ongoing project at the moment, but I am trying to build on my street photography skills throughout this year. Also where is your fleece from? Love it!
Thanks Chris, appreciate the kind words on the project mate! That sounds like a great idea, and who knows, perhaps a project will come out of that process if you're exploring a single genre or dedicating time to doing street photography in a specific location.
haha! 😄 the fleece is proving popular - thanks! It's from the brand Ayacucho
Great video……looking forward to future episodes
Thanks so much for watching this one, I'm really looking forward to working on the next episode! I haven't figured out how often to feature videos about the project but i'm hoping it'll be a regular feature on the channel this year!
Hi Chris.
Will you give yourself a period of time, the four seasons of a year for example, that gives you a deadline to work towards or will it be ongoing over a number of years?
Projects are a good way of having a reason to continue taking non commercial pictures. This exploration of place and provenance could yeild many rewards on many levels.
Have a good week ahead.
Thanks for watching Colin, and great question!
I'll discuss timeframes in more detail in a future episode, but as of right now, I haven't given myself and definitive timeframe to complete the project. Mainly, it's just because I haven't fully explored the seasonality of these landscapes having moved only moved here this winter and not having experienced how the seasons may impact these scenes. It could be that winter is the best season to capture these subjects but I won't know that until later this year. I definitely want to take my time with it and explore all the possibilities.
It's certainly proving a welcomed antidote to my commercial work, and it's nice to be able to work on it at my own pace without external influence or direction - just following my curiosity.
Enjoy the rest of your week! 😊
Loving your production, Chris - even the talkover to gentle piano music works so well. I should have recorded all my thoughts in life too - could have ended up being an Author by now?? I grew up on farms near these three counties, albeit Wrexham is still in Clwyd to me. My grandfather would hand milk his cows with a bucket floating in the River Vyrnwy floods which entered the cowshed. My gran would carry the bucket out and pour it into the churns.
Thanks so much, I really appreciate the kind words on the production - it's something i'm dedicating more and more time to! 😊
Tell me about it, I feel creative people are just constantly thinking about things and exploring ideas - my mind never stops! 😅 That's why note taking is so important for me - I just need to get them out of my head to free up space!
Fantastic, then hopefully the locations, and this project as a whole might be of interest if it's a landscape you're familiar with! I think the area surrounding your grandfather's farm could well fall into the scope of this project so, who knows, there might be some locations you recognise! Do keep in touch and let me know - it's always nice to connect with a local 😊
@@chrisharveyphotography Wrote two more chapters during the last few days. Lost it all many years ago due to a compter malfunction, so started again after being downhearted. Thanks for the lengthy reply - yes, Landscape mainly and I once lived in Maesbrook. Perhaps the area around Melverley church and the bridge over the Vyrnwy could be a topic for your youtube channel?
Interesting concept, I live in south Wales, on the edge of the valleys and their mining heritage, it might be interesting for me to explore that in some way - I’ll let it stew for a bit! I kind of have the opposite approach to ideas though, I don’t make a note of it straight away, if I forget it then it probably wasn’t worth pursuing!
A fantastic part of the country, I was actually born in South Wales and lived there for a few years before we moved up north to be closer to my grandparents. I think that part of welsh heritage is really important and I think we need to create art to keep those stories and that history alive for generations to come. There's a fantastic photobook I've been meaning to pickup based on the mining towns of the valleys - the name escapes me but i'll feature it on the channel when I eventually pick it up.
Letting things sit for a while is so important, it's important to give it time to see how you feel about ideas. That's why I keep making notes of things because it's often weeks or months before I start acting on things. I like that philosophy though for not keeping notes - certainly very valid!
Thanks for tuning in to this episode, i'm really grateful!
Hi Chris. Check out photographer Chris Chapman and his work documenting Dartmoor. May give you some ideas for your area.
Thanks for the recommendation Steve, that's really helpful!
Your farm photos really remind me of james ravillious photography. Check him out he created the beauford archive of rural life in Devon farm life village sceans, local characters, etc
Thanks for watching James, I really appreciate that recommendation too! Not a photographer i'm familiar with but one i'll definitely check out! Thank you!
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