Talent is more important than technique

Our 2-month journey took us through France, England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, among other places, for which we had 7 days time, accompanied by lots of wind and rain. Nevertheless it was an unforgettable journey between Titanic & Harry Potter!

The art of a successful photography is that the viewer sees more than just the surface, because most people only look at photos for a short time, and rarely do you look deeper into a photograph, as you do with a painting, for example. How do I get the viewer to do this? More on that later!

Via the Pembroke Docks in Wales we took the ferry to go to Ireland with our LMC motorhome. Instead of Dublin we went to Rosslare Harbour, which was ideal to visit our first destination Rock of Cashel.

This Irish landmark is a unique monument with a long history, which has been worshipped in ancient times as the seat of fairies and spirits.

Afterwards we stayed 3 days at the camping site Killarney, which was the ideal starting point to visit the national park of the same name, as well as the Ring of Kerry.

This is a must for all visitors to Ireland and landscape photographers. The unique coastal road, the Wild Atlantic Way, is the world's longest coastal road and runs for almost 2000 km along the entire west coast of Ireland.

The Cliffs of Moher were our next destination on our trip to Ireland, the scene and location of a Harry Potter scene, but also the most dangerous and for me almost unprotected highest cliffs in the world, where every year some people lose their lives.

Weiter ging es dann nach Nordirland, wo zu einem meiner persönliches Highlights, die “Dark Hedges” zählten – eine einzigartige Buchenallee und deren Anordnung, weltbekannt und täglich von vielen Besuchern heimgesucht auf Grund der Serie “Game of Thrones” , welche diese als Location verwenden. Süß fand ich, dass es hier rund herum nichts gibt, außer Bauern und Wildnis, aber selbst der versteckteste Farmer die Serie kannte.

At the end of our trip through Ireland we went to Belfast, and the day before our ferry was waiting for us, we visited the city and the world famous Titanic Museum, which was built on the very docks where the Titanic was launched.

The museum is very worth seeing and impressively arranged, one should plan at least 3-4 hours here. The city itself has interesting corners due to its history, whereby the forest paintings fascinated me most.

As I promised at the beginning, I will give you a tip on how to get the viewers of your pictures to look at the photographs rather than just look briefly. The talent of letting a picture speak is much more important than technology that is all around.

The recording must stand out from those that already exist from this place! It must not reveal everything, but enough to recognize and arouse curiosity. The picture must be able to tell the viewer a story without becoming boring. The location, the light, the angle of view and the skilful play with the development of the photograph make a successful landscape photograph.

see you soon with my next blog entry, then back in France and a report about Normandy and the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

Your Manfred

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