{"id":13845,"date":"2019-02-15T08:28:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T08:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pictureframesexpress.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13845"},"modified":"2019-03-15T15:08:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T15:08:53","slug":"ross-folk-photographer-of-the-month-february-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pictureframesexpress.co.uk\/blog\/photographer-of-the-month\/ross-folk-photographer-of-the-month-february-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Ross Folk &#8211; Photographer of the Month &#8211; February &#8217;19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Introduce yourself<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My name is Ross, from Ipswich, Suffolk. I&#8217;m Head Chef in a care home and I do photography on the side. With being a chef sometimes it&#8217;s hard to get out and shoot because of the hours. Although I love it when I do. I also do weddings and street<br \/>\nphotography.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>How did you get into photography?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A few years back I decided I wanted to give photography a go, so I got an entry-level Canon. Although now I shoot with Sony. I started going out shooting in local parks, not really knowing what I was doing. A few hundred YouTube videos later and I learnt a lot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pictureframesexpress.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_1471.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13848 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pictureframesexpress.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_1471-e1550159679490.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pictureframesexpress.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_1471-e1550159679490.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pictureframesexpress.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_1471-e1550159679490-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Do you have any particular style of photography you specialise in?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I love street photography but I have now started to get into black and white landscape fine art photos. I also shoot a few weddings every year but I find that&#8217;s a hard market to break into.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What can you tell us about your entry, &#8221;Edinburgh Castle&#8221;, in January&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Architecture photo competition?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was in Edinburgh for a week away for the Christmas market. Walked to the castle and it&#8217;s a stunning view from there. It was taken on a Sony Rx100 mk 3 edited in Lightroom and Photoshop.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pictureframesexpress.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0589.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13847 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pictureframesexpress.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0589-e1550159706932.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What do you enjoy about photography?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I like spending time outside in a new town or city, and seeing what is around. Looking at the little details that people miss.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Tell us about one of your projects\/your work&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I have a solo exhibition in September 2020,\u00a0it&#8217;s going to be of Suffolk seaside towns, so I&#8217;m looking to do more travelling this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pictureframesexpress.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Ghostships1of1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13846 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pictureframesexpress.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Ghostships1of1-e1550159755113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pictureframesexpress.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Ghostships1of1-e1550159755113.jpg 599w, https:\/\/www.pictureframesexpress.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Ghostships1of1-e1550159755113-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>If you could offer one piece of advice to aspiring photographers what would it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Don&#8217;t worry about gear, just get out there and shoot and develop your skills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Where can we see your work?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rossfolkphotography.com\">rossfolkphotography.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Do you have any plans for the rest of the year?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just try to get out there and shoot a lot more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 2019&#8217;s photographer of the month features Ross Folk, a street, landscape and wedding photographer! 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