I really love the form of the plants in the Umbelliferae family, I’m entranced by the upward sweeping negative curvature of the flowers, which resembles the inverted circles found in hyperbolic geometry. They are found in the British Isles as the native plants Wild Carrot (also known as Queen Anne’s Lace), Cow Parsley, Hogweed and many…
Category: Photography
Hortus
I’ve finally finished my live cinema show ‘Hortus’ you can read a little about it below :) Hortus explores the relationship between natural and urban environments, it takes the viewer on a journey of discovery through the presence, form and processes of vegetal nature found throughout cities but often overlooked and ignored. Urban Nature Part…
New microscope with camera :)
I unexpectedly got a Bresser Biolux NV microscope with USB camera for xmas, it’s a good hobbyist microscope with 4x, 10x and 40x objectives, the kit came with some prepared specimens and even some shrimp eggs and an incubator for growing them, as well as spare slides and cover slips Here are some captures from…
The dark side..
The biology of cells has always fascinated me, I follow a few flickr groups on the subject and have been very impressed by the work of Tatcher a Hainu Flower stalk of a dalia by Tatcher a Hainu I like the way he stains his specimens and and the level of detail in his photography. However…
From Karl Blossfeldt to Lewisham waterways
I was feeling inspired by Karl Blossfeldt today. I love the way he used symmetry, contrast and form to create plant photographs that induce a sense of wonder. So I packed up my tiny compact Lumix DMC-FS30 and headed over to the Bromley to Lewisham cycle trail which includes the recently completed River View Walk…
Harvest moon(ish) timelapse
In September I was looking forward to capturing the Harvest moon in timelapse, this is the first full moon closest to the autumnal equinox and is unique in that it appears early in the evening, and very low on the horizon. This creates an optical illlusion whereby we percieve the moon to be much bigger…
Lee Valley in infrared
My 3rd attempt at infrared along the Lee (Lea) Valley Canal towpath in East London. It was an amazing bright day so i jumped on my bike and headed to east london via the East London Line from New Cross. I had originally intended on filming plants along the waterside for my live cinema show…
Infrared photography – 2nd attempt
As the weather was nice with clear blue skys and just a few clouds I decided to give infrared photography another go. I have a Nikon D70 which is particularly sensitive to IR light, and a hoya R72 filter which blocks out most visible light. I white balanced on some brightly lit grass, then set…
Penshurst Adventure
I took my newly acquired and lovingly restored Raleigh ‘Misty’ Mixte on a mini expedition to the medieval stronghold of Penshurst Place in the Weald of Kent. It’s a 14th century mansion-house built for a former mayor of london and later acquired by the Sidney family in 1552. ‘The original medieval house is one of…
Plant forms 1.0
I have a deep interest in the forms and patterns found in the natural world, with a particular interest in plants. Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) Acquiring a large garden in 2006 gave me the motivation to study plants in greater detail. I’ve learnt much about plant geometry from the blog dataisnature, also the amazing processing code creator…
Phloem 