Marc Provins

I take so many photographs that I seem to be developing my own image stock library. It's often a surprise when I see themes emerge without me deliberately seeking them out. This is one such set which I was going to call 'Roar' but I don't think sharks do that. Strangely I've had quite a few dreams/ nightmares about being chased recently, I wonder if there is a connection?

This is part two of the set of pictures from our travels to Exeter this weekend. One of the things that I've been mulling over recently was how my approach to photography has subtly altered the last year or so, going from using a large medium format camera to a pocketable Olympus Pen. Apart from the obvious change from film to digital there is a noticeable shift in how I'm viewed by others. It affords a certain amount of invisibility as it looks like a compact camera, and I use it by looking at the screen rather than through a viewfinder. We are all so used to seeing people gazing at phones or tablets this way that it doesn't mark me out as a photographer. I also like that it separates me from the large camera, long lens brigade!  I was pleased to see that Daidō Moriyama also works this way on the streets of Tokyo with an even more compact camera: www.youtube.com/watch?v=foWAs3V_lkg I was very impressed with The Royal Alber...

It's been a busy weekend, not least because it was Easter, the clocks went forward and now it's April Fools' day. We went to visit friends in Exeter, Devon which can be a bit of a haul normally driving down the M6 and M5, especially at holiday time. However we flew from Manchester airport which is quite amazing, 45 minutes instead of 7 hours. So we got to spend time with our good friends and I think being in a different place and seeing a bit of sunshine over stimulated me as I did make a lot of photographs, so I'll split this blog entry into two parts.  I usually try to avoid joining in the chorus of 'oh it's been a long winter...' but this year it does seem to have gone on for practically half the year. So a blast of sunshine made colours sing and being in a different place really helped me see with a renewed vigour. I think because I don't have children spending time with them is refreshing, seeing the world thro...