Tag: Seascapes

Location Review: Chapman’s Pool (Dorset)

by Andreas

Chapman’s Pool is a scenic cove near Worth Matravers in Dorset, not far from Swanage. It can only be explored on foot by walking down a steep path from a parking lot, approximately 1.5 miles distance through fields and down to the coast.

Good time to photograph is in the evening with overcast sky and not too high tide. Breezy days may help with interesting water movements. There are some old huts and fishing boats located at the pool, furthermore interesting rocks at the entry of the cove in the water and on location.

The major landmark is a high hill at the left side of the cove, it is dominating the scenery. Low clouds may cover the hilltop.

Equipment related, wide angle lenses, a tripod, neutral density filters and maybe graduated neutral density filters should be appropriate for scenic landscape pictures.

The place develops some interesting “moodiness”, especially at sunset with the sun behind heavy clouds – it is just a joy to make pictures here.

To the Sea
To the Sea
Chapmans Pool
Chapmans Pool

Express Yourself

by Andreas

Photography can be like writing a book. You want to say something. You want to show what impression one place or light made on you when you were there. Like grammar, the photographic skills are your craft to allow you to express yourself, to have some stile. Like authors, even the same sceneries can be described in a different way – depending on your intention what you want to say and your capability to do so. But unlike language, photography leaves more of the message to the interpretation of the audience. Language seems to be a rather precise tool compared to the more subtle ways to express yourself in photography.