Panomania
I love the way a camera will dutifully record whatever is in front of it, yet the resulting photograph can look nothing like that. Photography can show us things as they don't appear in reality, and it can show us an exciting alternative way of seeing.

Many of these panoramic photographs are like that. They are 'straight' pictures, made with a Horizon 202 panoramic camera and unmanipulated in the darkroom or computer; but they look really different, and have an energy, movement and colour which make them something more than the simple recording of a scene.

The photography itself is done using long exposures, often in bright sunlight, with a Horizon 202 panoramic camera, pictured. There is always an element of chance with this kind of photography, and this unpredictablility is part of the process. I generally use a colour negative film which gives saturated colours.

Lomography
Lomo cameras such as the Holga are growing in popularity because of the unique way in which they record images on film.

I use a Spinner camera to make hand-held 360 degree panoramic photos which have a spontaneous quality and an unusual colour palette. Moving the camera during exposure or changing the rotation speed give a range of blur and distortion effects.

Horsley Cameras
These are hand made by a small company based near Bristol.

The examples in this section are made with the camera on a tripod, and the resulting images have been desaturated to give a more subtle colour than the Horizon and Spinner photos.

However, I also use it hand-held to make single exposures using a whole roll of 35mm, which if printed 20cm high are 11 metres long...

Print Sales
I sell these panoramic and other photographs through this site and sometimes at art markets and craft fairs.
Visit Panoramic and Landscape Print Gallery.

Links to the Lomo and Horsley websites are on the News & Links page.