ROSES THROUGH THE EYE OF MY CAMERA

I have always been a keen photographer, ever since my Dad upgraded his old box brownie camera, which he gave to me, on purchasing himself a more up to date one. Since those of days of a black and white camera, I have learnt by trial and error what makes a good photograph or not.

I have advanced through various types of camera and in the past have used ones by Pentax, Kodak and Olympus but have come to the conclusion that is it is not the quality of the camera that makes a good photograph, its the person who takes it. These days I tend to use the camera on my phone and take primarily photographs of water scenes, old churches (especially where possible those in ruins) and roses,

I have always said that a photograph is a flat piece of paper and the skill is making people feel they are actually there by creating depth to it. This photograph of some roses on the Castle Hill in Cambridge, which I took many years ago using a digital compact camera, is a good example of this.

You can fine me looking to create depth to photos in various ways. In taking this photograph of Newton Church, I got permission of the gentleman who owned the garden these roses were in for me to come into his garden to take the picture. This allowing me to take my photograph with the roses in the foreground and the church in the background.

As for taking photographs of individual rose flowers I can always use the same trick and it is more of a case of finding the right opportunity, so as this one I took at the Cambridge University Botanic Gardens in which I love the effect made by the spider's web.

I don't claim to be a photography expert and are just to class myself as a keen amateur one with a natural eye for finding the right place and angle to take a good photograph.

Over to you all now,

Happy Snappy,

Stephen.