Biography

“At school, my art was described as bold. I think that is the underlying influence of my photography now. Whilst subtleties have developed along the way, and time smoothes and polishes the raw, I do endeavour to portray clarity in the images I produce”.

Ian Badley
Profile

I try to capture light, and its ever changing effect on the physical world in which we live. Without light there is no colour and we are unable to see. The varying luminescence of light and its temperature alters those colours, from cold blues through warm reds to monochrome at low light levels. I use these physical changes that occur throughout the day, night and seasons, to work towards achieving the aims I set myself.

Locations are researched well in advance and I often spend days returning to the same place and then hours waiting for the correct conditions to capture the scene. This, coupled with the fact that the suns’ relative position moves constantly, and we only get one of each season per year, means that a single image may take months of painstaking work to capture.

I entered the world back in 1957 and now live with my wife Julia in of the New Forest, Hampshire and have two, twenty plus year old daughters who keep leaving home for work and travel – and then return!

I first took up photography seriously in the late 1970’s using Olympus cameras photographing motorsport and now my professional career includes travel photography, commissions, commercial work and photographic workshops primarily. I run Photographic Workshops around the UK including the New Forest, Dorset, Lake District, Isle of Wight, Jersey, and Europe, where I venture to Tuscany, Italy and Provence in France. Together with these, I take guests out on private ‘One to One’ sessions and PhotoTreks, which are workshops designed for beginners and improvers in the New Forest and surrounding areas. Over the past few years, the National Trust and prestigious hotels have contracted me and a colleague to run PhotoTrek style events for them throughout the year, which we shall be continuing in 2010.

My images have sold (thankfully) around the world for travel guides, books, calendars, etc and have been used on BBC news items, national newspapers and numerous magazines, both retail and in house business magazines.

2009 saw the me first book publication, Portrait of the Isle of Wight, which provides a pictorial overview of the beautiful south coast island, with more books planned.

Commissions are also undertaken for magazines, books and commercial clients including Time Out in London.

My cameras change according to the requirements and I use Lee filters with Giottos tripods and of course the excellent Lowepro camera bags and rucksacks. On the rare occasions nowadays that I use film, it is predominantly Fuji Velia or the occasional roll of Provia.

Thank you for your interest. If you would like me to keep you updated with my activities, then please E-Mail Ian Badley Photography here
Ian Badley