Light Over Water Photography » Abstract

Salt water

Hamish — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:27:31 +0000

On my return to the UK I stopped off, in the pouring rain, at Arc-et-Senans, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, no less! Designed by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux who realised that it made more sense to build the processing plant – required to obtain salt from the natural salt springs in the Besançon/Jura region – near the fuel (wood) to power everything after the already existing one had exhausted local supplies. What exists today is a semi-circular arrangement of buildings and it was hoped it would become the beginnings of the ideal city layout, unfortunately for the architect the French Revolution prevented further development and many of his works failed to see the light of day.
Ledoux was also responsible for the design and layout of modern theatre seating; with the expensive seats up-front and cheaper seats at the back, rather than the ‘royal boxes’ that often couldn’t even see the stage! Lots of his work was never realised but to see scale models made from his architectural drawings was impressive…worth the stop-over despite the downpour.

Ice and Bubbles

Hamish — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:03:14 +0000

Its not all massive landscapes and snow drifts out here, the low temperatures transform everything. A quick wander into the woods not far from where I’m staying reveals things worth a second glance. Under sheets of ice and mounds of snow a stream burbled away, only revealed in certain places where it flowed over larger rocks that the ice could not grip to. Being careful not to slip and/or fall through the ice I set up this shot, getting in close for a more intimate view of things…

Green drops

Hamish — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:33:42 +0000

Early morning harbourside

Hamish — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:02:33 +0000

…and I was up again this morning to catch a pair of kayakers go by…trust me thats what the somewhat abstracty shapes are!

Sweep

Hamish — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:45:23 +0000