Eric Hosking (Photographs)

After looking through a selection of Eric Hosking photographs, my first initial thoughts are how impressive the results are especially being one of the first people to photograph birds and with the camera equipment he was using (especially in the early days). What I have noticed with his photographs is the way he has managed to capture the birds in such natural positions and scenes. This is definitely something I want to show from my photographs of natural history. You can see the changes in camera technology in Eric Hosking photographs as most of his early work is done using flash bulbs and being as close as he could to the subject. This is because the development of lenses in the 30's and 40's would have been limited. I like the way he changed the style of his photographs as technology allowed him to try new things.










Another part of Eric Hosking photographs I am impressed with are his ones of birds in flight, this is something I really want to capture myself. As in previous blogs at Branston water park I have tried to capture this already (and lets just say I have a lot of work t do!!) however this is an element of natural history I would like to capture if possible as I think the results if done right speak for themselves.

One thing I have noticed from the Eric Hosking photographs above, is the background, because in all 3 of the pictures shown here there is either nothing or very plain backgrounds that means you are not distracted by it and that the focus is completely of the subject. I need to think about this when composing my photographs going forward.

To show what I mean about background, if you look at the photograph below of a Greenfinch which is one I have taken you will notice that the background is very busy compared to the photos above and this does distract the focus from the main subject.