{"id":9424,"date":"2020-10-29T05:13:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T09:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/embedded-software\/?p=9424"},"modified":"2026-03-26T17:00:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T21:00:49","slug":"off-topic-observational-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/embedded-software\/2020\/10\/29\/off-topic-observational-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"OFF-TOPIC: Observational photography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For all my adult life, with varying degrees of enthusiasm and commitment, I have been interested in photography. A challenge that I had – until quite recently – was figuring out in which genre of photography I should develop my skills. Eventually, I hit on it and dubbed my style: Observational Photography<\/em>. Broadly, what this means is that I seek to observe<\/em> potential images instead of planning or setting them up. My goal is always to see and capture an image that others may not have seen at all. I contend that, where ever you are, there are images around you; it is simply a question of looking in the right way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of my photography – I would say at least 90% – is executed in an urban or, at least, man-made context. For the most part, other contexts – like wildlife, landscape and portraiture, for example – do not lend themselves to viewing in a different way. But I am not averse to giving it a try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am not sure that any of my photography has commercial potential. Would you pay to put one of my pictures on your wall? I do not have much success in photography competitions etc., but there are other photographers who \u201cget\u201d what I am doing. I was recently commissioned to do a \u201ccoaching\u201d session; a photographer asked me to spend a couple of hours taking pictures with him in a nearby city and he paid me an hourly rate and expenses. I liked this: somebody paying for what I like doing and keeping me company on a dull Saturday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main gallery for my work is www.DrawingWithLight.com<\/a>, which is actually my Instagram feed. I post a new image there just about every day. Here are a few recent examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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