Steff Hutchinson ARPS

As the group was set up during the Covid-19 pandemic, our discussions have centred more than once on how our photography has changed as a result of repeated lockdowns and restrictions.

In my case, I have had more time to experiment.

Pinhole Leamington Spa

I received a Lerouge 66 pinhole camera as a present. Its first outings around Leamington’s riverside and canalside showed that guessing the exposure wasn’t too difficult, but there are always surprising outcomes to be had.

Urban and Rural

A pre-lockdown project, comparing the post-industrial landscape of Brandon Marsh with the everchanging cityscape of central Birmingham, via a series of diptychs.

Double exposure

Experimentation with in-camera double-exposure, post-production in Lightroom, printing on canvas and other non-paper supports, and adding stitching, took these depictions of tree-bark from my daily lockdown walks into abstraction.