Keep It Simple Says Photographer David Wilson

There’s an old adage in photography: it’s not what you include in an image but what you leave out. In other words, keep it simple. The fewer the competing elements in a photograph, the more powerful it is.

Tretio, near St Davids

Tretio is a huddle of cottages, a farm and a chapel just off the main road between Fishguard and St Davids. Walking around the hamlet, I saw it – the pine end of a whitewashed cottage with a corrugated iron lean-to, almost straight from the 19th century. Bright and angular, catching the wintry afternoon sun. Simple.

 Any photography questions?

Thank you for reading – and if you have any photography-related questions, please feel free to email me. I can’t promise I can give you a definitive answer – or even an answer that makes any sense – but I’ll have a good stab at it! (I can’t give advice on buying a camera, though. The camera I use is ten years old and I have no idea of what is on the market). © David Wilson Photography All rights reserved.

Contact: David Wilson Photography, www.davidwilsonphotography.co.uk.

My love of photography began when I bought my first camera aged 17. I spent many carefree days riding around Pembrokeshire on my motorbike with my 35mm Canon and an Ordnance Survey map, learning to take photographs while exploring the coast and countryside. Due to my habit of colliding with objects, the motorbike is now history, but my passion for photography is as strong as ever. The landscape of Pembrokeshire and Wales provides an idyllic playground for a black-and-white landscape photographer. In my work I seek to capture the country’s many different faces: the windswept coast of midwinter, a derelict farm cottage, the faded grandeur of a rural chapel, or the rugged contours of a mountain pass. The story of Wales is told through its landscape and it is this narrative that I seek to capture in my work.