Author Archives: Oliver Wood

White Nancy — Painted With Light 0

{ White Nancy, painted with light (LED Torch) and 20 second exposure at 100 ISO f5. Lens: Sigma 10-20mm. } I have been planning this kind of thing for some time now and last Sunday the conditions were just about right. It was a fairly balmy night with a clear sky and a large and [...]

Stormy Days Prestbury 0

{ Last week it was very wet and stormy in Prestbury —- photos were taken to demonstrate this. } I want to try to capture more of these kind of conditions to provide a contrast to my more usual fine weather work.

Prestbury Dreamscape 0

{ Prestbury dreamscape — new stuff on flickr. Recently I have been working on a video promotion for a large jewellers and may have some interesting HDV grabs to show for it — shortly.  }

The Golden Hours 1

Cheshire summer afternoons, lazing in the grass. One of a series of shots that I did on the way home from work, it has been very warm recently. I wanted to try a bit of split tone processing on these and it has worked out well I think. Update: 4th July 2010, I finally have [...]

More Space Jazz Fun 2

The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble Miles Away Discovering quite a lot of interesting new music at the moment. The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble is a project by Jazz, Hip Hop and ‘World’ cross-over supremo Madlib and ventures into the realm of heritage jazz with tracks dedicated to the pioneers. [...]

Voyage To The Outer Limits of Bollington 3

It’s about time I made one of my quirky little videos about one of my favourite local spots, the iconic White Nancy on top of Kerridge Hill overlooking Bollington. This video constitutes something new for me, it is the first (to go online) which actually features a sort of reflexive monologue, it also has a [...]

Prestbury Living — Again 0

Oliver Wood in Prestbury Living Magazine Prestbury Living magazine has done a feature on me this month, essentially following on from a number of photo contributions. I provided all of the content and most of it has been printed faithfully which is very good. I believe I may be the first and possibly the last [...]

Photo Blog Adjunct 0

It is still very cold though most of the snow has disappeared. Things are proving to be tougher than ever for yours truly at the moment but as I always say I am sure I will prevail and better times are just around the corner. Experience has taught me that dark skies never linger! I [...]

Inspiration 0

{Transfigured Norms, A car passes by and the Christmas tree shines out across the way} Snow and ice continue to be the dominant weather theme into the first month of 2010. It is all so photogenic and I have such a lot of work to upload and publish here there and everywhere else. More creative [...]

Prestbury Christmas 0

I seem to have missed my usual pre-Christmas update on here this year so this entry will have to suffice. I’m still running other more ‘business’ orientated blogs elsewhere but have since decided to use the blogger space (may soon move to WordPress) as a sort of overflow for these pages as well as a [...]