Shedding light on landscape
The exhibition is at the John Muir Trust visitor centre A new photography exhibition has opened in Highland Perthshire.
The black and white landscape photography exhibition by Stirlingshire’s Michael Prince, entitled Slow Light, opened at the Alan Reece Gallery in the John Muir Trust’s wild space visitor centre on Pitlochry’s Station Road.
The images, which were captured using ‘old school’ camera technology, were taken by the TV producer during a five-year stint travelling around Scotland, with photographs from ancient woodland, abandoned crofts, mystical standing stones, and ruined castles.
Michael said he found traditional photography techniques well-suited to capturing the spirit of Scotland.
He said: “I grew up with film photography and still find the process exciting - from loading the film, to taking the photographs and then developing the film in my darkroom at home.
“I love to see through the photographic process from start to finish - that’s the excitement for me.”
Some of the photographs were taken using a pinhole camera without a lens. Michael explained: “There’s just a box with a hole, a sheet of film and your exposure and that’s it. I’m blown away by the quality that can be achieved, so I’m hooked on using it now.
“It’s an exciting process to play with because you are never quite sure what you are going to get. There’s no viewfinder so you are really experimenting with everything - with composition, lighting, it’s great fun.”
He continued: “I try and explore as much as I can and get off the beaten track. I like single subject matter a distant mountain, a stone, a rock, a tree - I do love my trees!”
Slow Light is at the John Muir Trust visitor centre in Pitlochry until December 30.
‘Slow Light’ runs until December 30