Photographer
‘Soft start’
Looking out across the English Channel from Bexhill.
A fantastic array of rocks is revealed when the tide is out, giving many different options for composition.
The perfect excuse to go back time and time again.
Still waiting to get my perfect shot form here though.
One day.
‘The passing of time’
Pevensey castle silhouetted against a moonlit sky.
Left work, the sky was almost clear.
I always have a camera in my bag.
A lot of the time it doesn’t come out.
But it’s always there when I need it.
‘The past inside the present’
Pevensey castle in silhouette against a moonlit sky.
I took this image last night just after leaving work. As I worked on it, a line from the track ‘Music is Math’ by Boards of Canada entered my head. It fits perfectly.
I have stood and watched for a thousand years.
Through war and peace.
Through hot summer days and cold winter nights.
As time erodes my shell.
Many stories I could tell.
I am the past inside the present.
Silent.
Stoic.
Words by me.
‘All that glisters’
“All that glisters is not gold;
Often have you heard that told:
Many a man his life has sold
But my outside to behold:
Gilded tombs do worms enfold
Had you been as wise as bold,
Your in limbs, in judgment old,
Your answer had not been in’scroll’d
Fare you well: your suit is cold.’ Cold, indeed, and labour lost: Then, farewell, heat and welcome, frost!”
― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
‘Calm (before the storm)’
The air is still.
The waters barely move.
Not a sound to be heard.
Save for my feet upon the stony beach.
I breathe it in.
I breathe it out.
It won’t last long.
It never lasts long.
‘Choices’
Out for a walk, something’s caught their eye.
A bargain or a bit of old tat?
Depends on the individual.
They walked on by.
Dave Wares 