"Nodau Golau" (Light Notes), Snowdon

The first of just three prints (No 3 of 3) in the largest A1 size edition of "Light Notes" has been purchased by friend and long time supporter of my work, Jen Williams. Anglesey based Jen has been wanting to buy one of my editions for a very long time and now her dream has come true. I finished framing it yesterday and it looks fabulous.

"Noda Golau" (Light Notes) - Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) © Glyn Davies - Click image to buy

From the original blog post ; "Thanks to the earlier shoot I was already in a very positive photographic mood anyway, but sitting here quietly on the summit, just me and my model, absorbing the ambience, the vista, and watching the weather go by, I was utterly blown away by the view and the events. This was one of the best 'mountain light' days for me in ages and I just became very meditative surrounded by the drama of the changing atmosphere. We sat there for maybe an hour, even my model in awe at the scene before us."

http://www.glynsblog.com/2011/11/nude-under-weather-in-snowdonia.html

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Rippled Pink - Aberdesach, last of 3 prints remaining

Today, a seriously committed photographic enthusiast purchased the second of three Limited Edition prints of "Rippled Pink" Aberdesach, Llyn Peninsula. Simon Beesley is looking to come on my Cornish photo workshop but in the meantime he paid a visit to the gallery, where we had a really lovely chat and catch up. Not only did he walk away with a copy of my third book, to accompany the other three volumes he has already bought, but he also purchased No.2 of 3 of just three Limited Editions of Rippled Pink, leaving just one left for sale!

"Rippled Pink" was taken at the quiet and isolated beach of Aberdesach on the North coast of the Llŷn Peninsula. The location was loosely suggested by an interested friend of mine so I made a special trip to explore the place and see what I could come up with. I had a brilliant time immersing myself in the location and came up with some very lush images, see the original blog post HERE.

There is now just ONE large print left of this image. Please ring 01248 715511 (Wed-Sat) to order this very last copy

Thank you

Light Beneath the Waves, Porthcurno, Cornwall

The first of ten A1 limited editions (No.6 of 10) of this dramatic image has just been sold to Jo Davies from Menai Bridge :-) It’s always gratifying when people purchase an image for the sheer beauty or power of an image, not just because they want a memory of place, and for Jo, this is certainly the case here.

This image look like clever trickery or montaging but it is a straight shot using a telephoto lens from sea level. I was crouched as low as I could get on a small sand cusp, which meant that although I was hit by every wave, it was shallower for me than the deeper water and bigger waves in front of and behind me. Fortunately being summer, and in the nude anyway, I was not worried about getting wet but the fear of the camera and I being sucked back out into the Atlantic was very real and very considered as the backwash down the steep beach was extremely powerful. One slip and £7K of camera was going to get fast rinsed.

Of course it’s not just the waves that make a great shot, it’s the light and the content. The intense early morning light was beautiful on my bare skin but was even more amazing as it back-lit the breaking waves in front of me, creating that iridescent jade translucency you see here. Scudding in the sky above were the most amazingly fresh and sculptural rain clouds, which compositionally balanced the choppy sea below. The dark foreboding towers of the Logan Rock in the background, square up against the incoming Atlantic ocean.

Shooting essentials for this exact pic!

People often ask me if I have favourite images, and whilst I like various images for assorted reasons, this image really does rank within my all time favourite ten I think.

There are 9 other Edition prints in this set, plus 10 x A2 prints and unlimited A3 and A4 prints (the last two sizes are available directly from my website here: http://bit.ly/15ju0fr ) whereas editions of this image must be ordered directly from me at the gallery on 01248 715511

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Landscape in a Van

"A Window on Snowdon", Yr Wyddfa - Click image for purchase info

After days of stunning light and the most spectacular snow and ice cover on the North Wales hills, I was finally in a position to get outdoors and take pictures again. The last few weeks have been manically busy preparing for my latest annual exhibition and the launch of the Anglesey Arts Weeks, so my days off have been few and far between. Such is the life of a full time artist/gallery owner, where for me at least, there is no luxury of clocking off paid work, to indulge a hobby. I can't simply close the gallery to go out photographing as customers expect the gallery to be open during advertised hours.

"Pharaoh in a Horseshoe", Yr Wyddfa - Click image for purchase info

So how, I ask you, was it 2.30 pm when we finally set off for the hills then ! Loads of stupid little chores seemed to crop up on this day off including negotiating a Calor gas delivery from an over-stretched company, battling with rations during the coldest March on record. I couldn't reach for the big hills anyway, as Jan neither owns crampons, nor yet knows how to use them, and reports from the met office and mountain rescue teams seemed to suggest that ice coverage was substantial and dangerous. As Jan's a Senior Staff Nurse in ITU, and having to work a night shift, we had to be back by six anyway leaving little time to do anything. So we fired up the van heaters and headed for a short lakeside walk at Llyn Gwynant, over the Pen y Pass, and down along the Eastern slopes of Snowdon. Time was against us but the views were superb and I found myself just pulling over in the van to shoot frames from the window, and ironically enjoyed the deliberate restriction.

"From Warm to Cold", Llyn Gwynant & Moel Hebog - Click image for purchase info

I wondered what it would be like to be elderly or infirm, and unable to walk the hills any more. Would this be my limit? shooting from the car, travel blanket over my knees and a flask of hot coffee. Well being in the luxury of having my health (ish) I realised that I might at least find excitement, enjoyment and even wonder, through memories of what I could do, and that the landscape will continue to excite generations to come, long after every one of us reading this is dead and gone. Somehow, usage the long lens, there was a small sense of being at one with the landscape, of being up close and personal, and leaving the van window open to feel the chill wind just added to the fantasy. I feel now that access to the landscape, though not in the least as exciting as being IN the landscape, would still be far better than disconnection FROM the landscape altogether. So even if I were disabled, I'd HAVE to at least be able to see such spectacular places in spectacular light.

"A Warm Flow", Afon Glaslyn (OK not QUITE from the van!) - Click image for purchase info

This afternoon was disappearing rapidly, even with just a few 5-10 minute stops in lay-bys, and we ended up at Llyn Dinas where we did manage a brief half hour ramble alongside the sunlit Afon Glaslyn tumbling towards Beddgelert. In the sunshine it was warm and comforting, but turning back to the Southern end of the lake, the wind fetching across the vast stretch of water was noticeably Northern and bitterly cold. We JUST made it back for Jan to grab a bite to eat before an eventful 12 hour shift at Ysbyty Gwynedd. Somehow, even with so little achieved, the day remained beautiful and exciting, and that gives me great hopes for my own future, and my own old age.

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