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When I think of sand dunes and photography, I think black and white. The natural white environment coupled with shadow areas is just made for B/W interpretation. Here are my attempts to capture the beauty of White Sands National Park in this medium. Most are shot in hard light, but some are early or late in the day, some even approach high key. White Sands looks great in any wardrobe.

In late October, I made a trip to New Mexico to shoot the dunes at White Sands National Park. I hooked up with my close friend and photographer, Sandra Herber. www.flickr.com/photos/sandraherber/ We were at White Sands four days, made eight excursions into the dunes, hiked over 20 miles and shot close to 2,000 photos between us.

We are posting our images at the same time and it will be interesting to see how we handled being in the same locations together. For safety reasons and for the fun of it, we hiked the dunes together, sometimes pointing our lenses in the same direction, other times wandering apart. I am sure we got some similar shots, but it will be interesting to see those that are different as we each have our own way of looking at things, as well as having different focal length coverage. Then there is the processing aspect.

To say White Sands is magical is an understatement. As photographers, we talk about the light, emphasize the light, are critical about the light. The dunes at White Sands react in amazing ways to the change in light, offering different looks, revealing various personalities. It is this diversity of the dunes that I wanted to capture then, and present here now.

Tags:   sand dunes dunes White Sands National Park New Mexico Black and White B/W Light and Shadow Frank Loose

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It's 10 years now since the demolition of the Heygate Estate, so I thought I would share some of my images from the series I shot there back in 2008/9.
These images were exhibited @bartlettarchucl in 2010.
I made this series and exhibited them to launch my career as a photographer, and while my style has moved on, I am still very happy with these as a set of images. 4x5 film always has a special look to it, although I am now using digital medium format which I am very happy with

For those interested in more architectural photography, especially with a focus on London’s ever-changing cityscape, visit my website at www.simonkennedy.net to explore more of my work.

My Instagram

Architectural Photography by Simon Kennedy

Tags:   London Architecture Photography London Architecture Photography londonarchitecturalphotographer brutalism brutalistarchitecture midcenturymodern midcentury largeformatphotography 4x5photography 4x5film 4x5 largeformat The Heygate Estate

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It's 10 years now since the demolition of the Heygate Estate, so I thought I would share some of my images from the series I shot there back in 2008/9.
These images were exhibited @bartlettarchucl in 2010.
I made this series and exhibited them to launch my career as a photographer, and while my style has moved on, I am still very happy with these as a set of images. 4x5 film always has a special look to it, although I am now using digital medium format which I am very happy with

For those interested in more architectural photography, especially with a focus on London’s ever-changing cityscape, visit my website at www.simonkennedy.net to explore more of my work.

My Instagram

Architectural Photography by Simon Kennedy

Tags:   London Architecture Photography London Architecture Photography londonarchitecturalphotographer brutalism brutalistarchitecture midcenturymodern midcentury largeformatphotography 4x5photography 4x5film 4x5 largeformat The Heygate Estate

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When I think of sand dunes and photography, I think black and white. The natural white environment coupled with shadow areas is just made for B/W interpretation. Here are my attempts to capture the beauty of White Sands National Park in this medium. Most are shot in hard light, but some are early or late in the day, some even approach high key. White Sands looks great in any wardrobe.

In late October, I made a trip to New Mexico to shoot the dunes at White Sands National Park. I hooked up with my close friend and photographer, Sandra Herber. www.flickr.com/photos/sandraherber/ We were at White Sands four days, made eight excursions into the dunes, hiked over 20 miles and shot close to 2,000 photos between us.

We are posting our images at the same time and it will be interesting to see how we handled being in the same locations together. For safety reasons and for the fun of it, we hiked the dunes together, sometimes pointing our lenses in the same direction, other times wandering apart. I am sure we got some similar shots, but it will be interesting to see those that are different as we each have our own way of looking at things, as well as having different focal length coverage. Then there is the processing aspect.

To say White Sands is magical is an understatement. As photographers, we talk about the light, emphasize the light, are critical about the light. The dunes at White Sands react in amazing ways to the change in light, offering different looks, revealing various personalities. It is this diversity of the dunes that I wanted to capture then, and present here now.

Tags:   sand dunes dunes White Sands National Park New Mexico Black and White B/W Light and Shadow Frank Loose

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