Retro//Reflection - Issue #1
It's a start :)
Retroreflection is a (give or take) monthly issue that contains a handful of (my) photographs and where I share a bit of insight on them. As an enthusiastic amateur photographer, anything goes.
Maybe you learn something?
Or perhaps it will spark some inspiration?
Well, this is the first issue of Retroreflection and I guess it’s basically screaming into the void since there may be only a few people who signed up. So if you stumble upon this on the Substack website, please feel free to leave a comment, share this issue with your friends or maybe even subscribe ;-)
Nevertheless let’s not overthink this and just do what I’m promising: here are a few photographs. Main relation between these photo’s is that they show a wide view and some sort of closer look at that scene.
The Gileppe lake & dam (Ardennes forest, Belgium) on a very bright and sunny day right at the middle of the day. So yeah, not the best time with the harsh light - however this panorama image turned out quite well. I like the composition and will have to go back some day in the afternoon for a more pleasant light. Take 5 steps back and you’ll get the second image (if you use a wide angle lens that is); it's a bit like looking through the opening of a mail box :) I gave the image a bit of a bleached-faded look (which I think suits the image).
Massive boulders as far as the eye can see. Used to serve as breakwater just south-east of Aberavon Beach (Aberavon / Port Talbot, Wales - UK). It was a windy, gray and overcast day, however it works well in this image and definitely sets the mood of the scene.
Going a bit downwards and you’ll come across these big, massive concrete Tetrapods: a clever way to dissipate the force of incoming waves by allowing water to flow around rather than against them. They make a cool photography subject!
I’ve been thinking what to include further in these posts and I think I’m going to try to mention a photographer or photography-related website or publication each time, simply to shown my appreciation for what they do.
First up is photographer Wesley Verhoeve, because when I signed up to his Process newsletter, that’s how I learned about Substack. Also, I think Wesley creates great work and his Process newsletter contains a wealth of information for anyone interested in photography :-)
That’s it for this first issue!
Feel free to leave a comment or response - it will be much appreciated.
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Cheers,
Ronald
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Love the terapods picture. Great angle. AT first I tried to look beyond them to the landscape/horizon then they just kept grabbing my eye and I had to focus on them. The moss brings them alive.
I'd never think to put it off to the side in the foreground. But thats probably why my landscape photography is so terrible. I just can't *see* this when I am there.
Hey Ronald, it's Jason from Photography Life. You put your link there so I subscirbed. I enjoyed your photographs and your extreme wide-angle style with panoramas. Keep up the good work and I hope to see more from you.