Steve Climpson
Steve Climpson has been a professional photographer for nearly 30 years. In that time he has worked for a great spread of clients both large and small, multinational corporations to one man bands.
I was first drawn to photography in the early 70's through my love of mountains. I was living in the Canadian Rockies at the time and wanted to record the things around me.
Photography became a passion and I soon learnt to print black & white then colour print in the darkroom. Back in the UK I attended art college and afterwards became a freelance commercial photographer shooting everything from cars to jewellery.
Of course, I still took photographs for pleasure but rarely carried a camera around whilst not working. Busman's holiday, etc.
Oddly, I've not really carried a camera in the mountains much. I preferred to have both eyes open!
I was a very early user of digital imaging and made a name as such. I gave up shooting film years ago.
In the last few years I've become interested in my own photography again, mostly shooting locally and often in black and white.
I now shoot quite a few panoramic photographs, I like the letterbox view and believe it's close to what I see with both eyes - long and thin. I also love shooting in the square format as again I believe it's close to what I see with one eye. Maybe it's years of commercial shooting with a square format Hasselblad.
I try to compose with meaning. For instance the image of the giant figure at Cerne Abbas has the figure set within the context of the landscape and the shape of the land leads into the figure. Some people aren't keen on the long, thin crop but that's the way I saw it. I've spent my entire commercial career shooting to tight briefs that now I suit myself.
I hope that you enjoy the images.
I was first drawn to photography in the early 70's through my love of mountains. I was living in the Canadian Rockies at the time and wanted to record the things around me.
Photography became a passion and I soon learnt to print black & white then colour print in the darkroom. Back in the UK I attended art college and afterwards became a freelance commercial photographer shooting everything from cars to jewellery.
Of course, I still took photographs for pleasure but rarely carried a camera around whilst not working. Busman's holiday, etc.
Oddly, I've not really carried a camera in the mountains much. I preferred to have both eyes open!
I was a very early user of digital imaging and made a name as such. I gave up shooting film years ago.
In the last few years I've become interested in my own photography again, mostly shooting locally and often in black and white.
I now shoot quite a few panoramic photographs, I like the letterbox view and believe it's close to what I see with both eyes - long and thin. I also love shooting in the square format as again I believe it's close to what I see with one eye. Maybe it's years of commercial shooting with a square format Hasselblad.
I try to compose with meaning. For instance the image of the giant figure at Cerne Abbas has the figure set within the context of the landscape and the shape of the land leads into the figure. Some people aren't keen on the long, thin crop but that's the way I saw it. I've spent my entire commercial career shooting to tight briefs that now I suit myself.
I hope that you enjoy the images.
See Steve Climpson's gallery HERE
Steve's personal website can be seen at www.steveclimpson.co.uk and at www.imageri.com
Phone 01256 895600
Phone 01256 895600
