Alec James

Main Gallery

Winter Open
An open show for local artists.

Also included are the images to be won in the Oriel Q Friends’ Christmas raffle

 

Oriel Fach

This is a continuation of the Winter Open exhibition in the main gallery

 

 

On the stairs

A Voyage Around the Antipodes

4 to 24 December

My interest in photography began at the age of 10, when I was given my first camera for my birthday.

At the age of 13, I learned how to develop and print film but the thought of being stuck in a room with no light and all those chemicals gave me no incentive to follow that route.

During the 1980s, my work took me all around the south-east of the UK, in an area stretching from the Cotswolds across to Lincolnshire and down to the Kent coast. Having so many differing views, gave me the inspiration to take up photography once more. I bought my first SLR camera with a fixed 50 mm lens second-hand, for £25, and, despite its restrictions, I learned how to view light and shade in the way that a camera sees it, rather than the eye, which adjusts to light automatically. My love for colour and imagery led me to work with theatre lighting. I then progressed to working as a cinema projectionist, which taught me about framing a subject.

My photographic style tends to be that of capturing a spontaneous moment, using the light as my inspiration, to obtain a crisp and clear image.

I now own a Nikon D5000 Digital SLR Camera, which went with me on a two-month trip to New Zealand. During that time, I took over 5,000 photographs of landscapes, seascapes, wildlife and birds, buildings, mountains, lakes, rivers, bridges and transport.

This exhibition is a very small sample of my work.

 

Mirror Lakes (limited edition)

Butterfly at Changi Airport

 

Lake Tutira Heron

Kite Surfer at Nelson Haven

I do not have a website at the moment. However, should you wish to enquire about other images, you may contact me via:
email: henllan1@hotmail.co.uk;
telephone: 01437 562165; or
mobile: 07870 578781.

Price list
Mounted prints: £95.00
Mounted and framed in solid oak: £145.00
Limited edition of 250 and panorama mounted: £125.00
Limited edition of 250, panorama mounted and framed in solid oak: £175.00

All images are printed on archival matt (acid-free) paper using pigment dye inks, which are guaranteed non-fade. They come with antique white (acid-free white core) mounts and quality (moisture-repellent) backs, also acid-free.