In and Out of Nightfall.

Familiar areas of woodland photographed at the time of day when natural light levels have dropped so much that visibility becomes impossible. These views were illuminated with a portable studio flash in an attempt to re-illuminate in the increasing darkness, and to light areas that are never normally seen this way. Growing up surrounded by woodland areas, I've always had more than a passing liking for the time in a day when light is fading. That transitional time marks a real change in the senses. Hearing becomes much more important than eye sight, and the familiar can soon become the unknown. Without a torch, and with the trees still in leaf, the woods get very dark, yet I've never felt unsafe or alarmed moving around in this darkness. We have no bears or wolves in these woods, and I like the feeling of heightened senses this darkness brings. It is completely different from the certainty of daylight. With this uncertainty in mind, and without knowing what the camera was pointing at, or capable of recording for many of the images I simply illuminated the scenes with a single burst of flash in a way to make them appear as isolated extracts from the coming darkness without losing a sense of the mysterious in this rather special time of day. Photographed in the last quarter of 2016.