'Obscura - Seascapes on Eden' is a body of work I have been working on for two years, it has been a long and involved process. The collection is made up of coastlines that I have a personal connection with, I have spend much time at these locations over the years. The body consists of coastlines of Guernsey - Channel Islands and the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape of South Africa.

Pinhole photography:
Having to much can be distracting, worrying about what to set and not what to feel is a common obstacle.
Pinhole photography is such a simple form of image making that once the very few basics of winding the film choosing the shutter speed are done you are forced to just look, look properly at what is around you. Spending so much time scouting a location and then thinking, composing and imagining the outcome for just one exposure  is what makes you connect so much more with your subject. Pinhole photography is exciting and rewarding.

Images were all shot on a home made pinhole camera. The camera is made mostly of mahogany and brass. It takes 120 film and shoots on a 6x12cm format. The exposure times range from 3 minutes to 60min

Artist Thought:
Light is an amazing element, the way it interacts, refracts and reflects giving us infinitive possibilities. During a sunset or sunrise it creates a unique event, providing so much beauty and emotion over a short span of time that will never be repeated. If we could just capture the simplicity of the tight over a elapsed time we could see something new.  An interpretation of lighting that creates a story with an combined array of hues and tones that move and  fall upon a clear constant static landscape.