Robert Barker

I think I need a reset.

Well, not the last, by any stretch. But we do not care well for the Hydrangea we inherited; it has nettles and brambles growing through it. It's a challenge to keep a wild garden while still protecting certain plants. We did build a little border to protect it, but it needs massively cutting back from the sprawling motley mess it has become.

The green came out looking far more spooky than intended, but I like the effect!

Very glad that when I got up at 6am, it was not dark! Very much looking forward to longer days and maybe, sometimes, some sunlight!

Quaking grass (which I keep spelling as "Quacking grass", which is something more disturbing entirely)

One from last year. Tiny studio assistant taking a break from lugging massive bottles around the place.

Here's another minimal shot of some berries I grabbed last year, which have survived in the studio surprisingly well!

Sorry not sorry.

I really liked the minimalist flower stalks pic I posted yesterday so wanted to try something new with it. This is the result.

Stand out. Some of the wildflower stalks we grew last year.

It's important to take some time for yourself and step away from the noise, if only for a little bit.

(Christmas) Ink flower, Good morning lovely people of the internet (and beyond), a new Ink-Flower image (made using photos of ink in water I took a while back), which has a tiny hint of being seasonal as it looks a little like a snowflake. Hope you're enjoying your Christmas Eve, I'm off for a wander with TheChild then will take some daft pictures, probably involving fairy lights. xx

Flowers and rain from springtime this year. A yellow poppy from the patch that erupted from middle of our patio. We left the seed heads there and the sparrows are now enjoying them on a daily basis.

Setting sail for the weekend. Nearly there now. Some great news, we are planning on fitting the power lines up to the studio next week so we can have heat and light out there so I can make better use of it in the evenings.

Some more autumnal still life. I'm quite fond of these ones. I really enjoy the minimalism of it, which is something I struggle with, I often end up overloading an image to try and create interest. I avoid plain backgrounds and simple supports, but it works when I get over my fear of them.

These are some honesty seeds we found in the garden when we moved in, I took a small sample of them but sadly no more have flowered since. I'm going to try and grow some next year. At some point I'll post at length about my weird impulse to sneak into other people's gardens to take seed heads.

From one of my occasional delves into conceptual photography, which is something I'd like to spend more time doing.