How to Create Powerfully Evocative and Dramatic Images.

Don’t wait for the sun, shoot moody and atmospheric.

Janice Gill
5 min readMar 6, 2018
Northumberland Ruins in a Sea Mist.

Do you sometimes look at all the bright, happy pictures that abound and think that life just isn’t that colourful?

Does the ‘cut your fingers on the sharpness’ photography that crowds your inbox make you want to retreat to the safety of your misty recollections?

Does the never ending shouting grind like dull toothache?

Are you looking for images with a bit of soul, a gentle spirit, a certain soft dreaminess to soothe a tired mind? Something more evocative, a reminder of a gentler time and pace of living. Something that doesn’t shout among the cacophony of colour but that insinuates subtly.

More than Just a Pretty Picture.

Just as music can wake us up with strident chords or send us drifting in quiet reverie, so our photography can do so much more than paint a pretty picture.

Power from the Rain.

Waiting for the right light and technical perfection can blind us to the possibilities. Yes, we can look at all those pictures of resplendent far off places and awe…

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Janice Gill
Janice Gill

Written by Janice Gill

Award winning Artist and Photographer still learning and evolving. Blogging the journey.

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