Today I’m not really out on a specific shoot; I am just going to get into the car and see where the road takes me. Ideally I’m looking for a new location that will have a lot of photographic opportunities throughout the year. The weather is a little changeable, the skies are a bit cloudy today and we are having some really strong winds at the moment.
I love these days when I’m just off exploring, I see a place name I like the sound of and I take the road to see what’s there and from there maybe a bending road leads me somewhere else. When you get off the beaten track it’s amazing what beauty you can find; hidden villages or a deserted coastline. I’m fully organised; I’ve got some sandwiches with me so if I’m in the middle of nowhere I don’t have to starve, a compact camera, spare batteries and SD card, notebook and being a woman a hairbrush and lipstick!
I stop for lunch by a bridge over the river Dee. It’s just on the edge of a town that I haven’t been to in years, and afterwards I walk down the riverbank to check the view but there’s nothing doing. Although the church spire that overlooks the river sits very nicely above the bridge there is a signpost right in the way of any meaningful shot and due to the lack of rainfall, the riverbed is exposed below the bridge ruling out any chance of reflections. So let’s move on.
A signpost with the name the ‘holly bush’ has appeared and I’m taking the road. My imagination has been whetted, what will I find? A village built around its green with a holly bush that has been there thousands of years taking centre stage, the houses and villagers decorating the holly bush as a sacred shrine. I drive up and down the road twice, at the other end of the road a sign points back down to where I have come from but alas no holly bush, not even a pub under that name. Where and what it was I have no idea, It’s a little disappointing but I carry on my way. Read More→
Living in the beautiful rural county of Yorkshire it was perhaps natural for Ruth to have an affinity with the countryside and its wildlife. Creativity is Ruth’s driving force finding an outlet in television & radio she worked for many years as producer for BBC & ITV.
However a love of photography and for being surrounded by nature called her to go back to her photography training and bring pleasure and joy to people through her connection with our planet.
Staying in the moment when taking her images allows her to experience the natural magnificence unfolding before her eyes. It is this moment of mediation, of gratitude, that she evocatively conveys through her images.