I have used my isolation walks to make some observational photographs. I initially just used the iPhone to shoot these, but decided to try to make some analogue photographs of some of my walks. I am interested in the tree shapes, their shadows and the patterns I find in these. I have used and contrast and light I have taken the formal aspects of the subject into more abstract compositions. I have experimented with the depth of field, the exposure and the composition within the picture taking. I have scanned the negs to produce the contact sheets below. I plan to get into the dark room to print these, but in the meantime I will scan higher resolution images of the pieces I think are the most successful and see if I can apply some of the rules I am using in my drawings of lines and cells to them. I like the idea of using the darkroom to make feathering out and erasure and will plan to experiment when I have access to facilities.
Photo walk through Priory Park, Hertfordshire, June 2020
Photo walk through Ashridge Park, Bedfordshire, June 2020
Tina Culverhouse 