This article has resonated with me. Landscape images have changed over the years. For instance the English landscape calendars of 40 or 50 years ago were often of picturesque villages, and now they are much more varied and competitions like Landscape Photographer of the Year have simulated creativity. Charlie Waite, who started that competition and who still drives it, has done much through his own images to develop new ways of seeing and use of colour. In my own case, I have become dissatisfied with my early approach and to see the new ideas coming forward as refreshing. Landscape painting has had a kick with David Hockney's Yorkshire paintings and his use of an ipad to 'paint'. My wife, Jane, would sometimes say to me that my landscape images are empty, and I have now started to include people and the reaction from her and others has been good if only to give a sense of scale. Black and white is also interesting me, and how to decide if an image works better in B&W rather than colour. For instance, attached is an image of Exmoor taken after a light snow fall one night. This had a good reception and restarted my b&w interest. I have also started to be more interested in wildlife and am wrestling with the ideas of producing an image showing just an animal to get its full glory, or to show it in its environment.
So thanks for helping me to continue to be dissatisfied and to want to explore new ideas and to improve.
Best wishes,
Jonathan