McKinnell Photography

Feb 25
3 min

The Joy of Printing

Printing is expensive, time-consuming, and fraught with technical challenges - so why do I, and many others, enjoy it so much? Printing...

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Jan 10
2 min

Emotional Connections to the Landscape

Why do certain locations generate an emotional response in us? Long before I ever became a photographer I can recall that visits to...

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Aug 28, 2020
2 min

Why Landscape Photography?

I am sure people have many different reasons for taking photographs of the landscape. Some will be for commercial purposes, others may...

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Apr 26, 2020
2 min

Time for Looking

As landscape photographers we are constantly looking for our next image, but how much do we actually see? Are we looking for something...

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Nov 1, 2019
2 min

Inspiration - Can we find it?

Do we have to wait for inspiration to find us or can we seek it out and create it for ourself? I found myself reflecting on this point...

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Jun 25, 2019
2 min

Embracing Failure

The more photographs I take the more my attitude to failure changes. In my early days as a landscape photographer I would go out on a...

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Apr 22, 2019
2 min

Sleepwalking through Life

I have just read an article on the landscape photography site 'On Landscape' which completely resonated with me and made me reflect on my...

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Mar 24, 2019
2 min

Developing the Creative Mind

Landscape photography is not a competition; it is a form of art, that like all others, is open to interpretation and subjectivity. It is...

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Jan 29, 2019
2 min

February 2019 – Gear Changes!

After a number of months of soul searching and intensive research I finally decided to make the switch from Canon to Sony, and from a...

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