29 years ago when travelling through
Portugal and surfing. Whilst walking to A Praia de Coxos
from Ribama with my 35mm Olympus OM10. I paused and knelt
down in among a crop of straws and Hay to photograph a Red
Poppy and a few Daisy's in amongst the blonde and green
grass which created a backdrop for the more colourful flowers
in the Bouquet. I posed my picture and as I pressed the
shutter, a swirl of wind came dancing through the grasses
and swayed them side to side. At this moment the grasses
stopped and a breeze caught the flowers as my shutter clicked.
When I returned to the UK and my Slide film had been developed
and mailed back to me......that night when I viewed my photos
of my travels............one picture stood out. It was of
a wall of Hay and straws which surrounded a Red Poppy and
Daisy which had blurred slightly in an Impressionistic Bouquet
of colour. I gazed in amazement as ideas flowed through
my mind. 15 years later when SLR Cameras became digital,
I have explored this avenue of Impressionistic photos by
photographing Flowers In The Wind. And since then I have
pursued a few forms of Impressionistic photography exploiting
the Technical Limitations of Cameras and tricking them into
producing Impressions of Beautiful Imagery.
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