Michael Scott Photography

Some pictures of my son in the woods at Formby

27 March 2011

My wife and I went to the coast at Formby at the weekend with our little boy. It’s a wonderful place – a dense forest that’s a haven for red squirrels; huge sand dunes and vast, vast open beaches. We had lots of fun, and I couldn’t help taking my camera to get some lovely photos of my boy exploring this fascinating place.

I have made the photos of him in the woods a rich, luscious, deep, saturated green. There wasn’t much sun, but it was bright, and there was a feeling of spring in the air. The forest was an enchanting place that really reminded me of childhood. I wanted some of this feeling to be represented in the images that I took, and I think I have achieved that. The one where he is walking away from the camera into the trees really speaks to me of what it was like as a child to go an explore fun and exciting new places.

In contrast is the one of my wife and him on the beach. It was colder down by the sea, and the uniform grey sky could hardly be told apart from the sea. With the one image from the beach, I was struck by how small he is compared to the size of the landscape surrounding him. I have emphasised this in the image whilst keeping it very grey. The addition of his mother  makes the image not feel sad, which it would have done had she not been in frame.

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