Hi, I’m Jen, a landscape photographer, living in West Cumbria, on the edge of the Lake District National Park.
About
I am mostly self taught in the practical aspects of photography. However, in late 2024 I completed the Professional Diploma in Photography, with the Institute of Photography, and attained a Distinction. This is an accolade currently achieved by only 2% of the Institute’s students and something I’m told I should be proud of 🙂
Regardless, it is the landscapes that inspire the photos that you will see here. I’m passionate about this small island, the diversity of it’s topography, but also the influence of it’s people on the place. So, you will see buildings, old boats and structures, seascapes as well as landscapes, intimate scenes and far reaching vistas.
In recent years I have started to experiment more with my photography, using intentional camera movement (ICM) and multiple exposure (ME) techniques, in the landscape, to create more abstract and impressionistic images. I very much enjoy the freedom of expression and creativity these photographic approaches allow me and the images I am creating are hopefully portraying my emotional responses to the landscapes and representing a sense of place, rather that simply recording what I see.
“The precious moments of life are too rare, too valuable to be forgotten when they have passed; we should hoard them as a miser hoards his gold, and bring them to light and rejoice over them often. We should all of us have a treasury of happy memories to sustain us when life is unbearably cruel, to brighten the gloom a little, to be stars shining through the darkness.”
– Alfred Wainwright
My photographs provide me with those memories. I hope in some way they can do the same for you.
Best wishes,
Jen
