What a lovely place. Lovely images as always, thanks for including a pre-PP image, a lot of work went into presenting us with the artworks as seen by you. I did especially like the monogram GH, with the G seemingly hanging onto the crossbar of the H.Thank you.
Wow, you noticed the monogram! It was on the dining room sideboard, just about the only piece of Holt's furniture left. Thanks also for the comment about the paintings and thank you for commenting Clare!
Fantastic place. It's interesting when you look at all this stuff acquired from this person. Course you like to wonder how their daily life was. What were they thinking and goals, but when it comes to material items , it shows that in life, we never truly own anything. It's all borrowed throughout life .. that's what makes any craft, which could be woodworking , photography, etc, leaves a lasting imprint for generations. When I look at these scenes, I could care less about who owned them but who built them . Photography is like that where you can look at an image (minus the bs narcissistic cell phone Instagram age) and wonder what the photographer was thinking when they captured the image. Great video
Thanks Eric, I share your outlook when visiting places like this as I do wonder and compare the daily life of (in this case George Holt) the owner to that of his servants and staff. I have first-hand experience of it and can honestly say that in nearly every case staff were/are treated well, yet kept 'in their place'. Also, yes his collection as you say was 'borrowed' and luckily for us, it remains intact in its original location.
gosh what a stunning place. and you've skilfully showed it off at its best Alan 🙂 mind you, we've come to expect that now!! BTW Dexter started barking when he heard the Carnival of the Animals!!! That's usually his cue to perform for one of my videos!!!
So far I really like it Nick. I just received a filter set for it and now I'm nervous about touching the gimbal head to add/remove them, but I'm sure it will be ok
Hello Alan, expertly filmed as usual, its worthwhile mentioning the value of viewing great art for the photographer. I grew up in a working class family, we knew nothing of art, so a visit to a art gallery sort of went over my head. In later years my interest in photography grew and I began to learn about composition, rule of thirds, leading lines and even the Golden ratio, although I'm still getting to grips with the latter. It was then for me that Art Gallery's became more interesting, I suggest photographers should try to look at a painting as if it was a photo, particularly in Landscapes we start to see how the often highly trained artist was trying to convey the scene using the same principles we often strive for with our photos, and sometimes we think ooh what was they thinking here that doesn't look right. Photography has definitely increased my appreciation of Art. Keep up the good work, the history/ photography format works well. Cheers..
You make an interesting point here Steve, the value in studying art (paintings) to photographers. Not only landscapes but portraiture as well. Skilful artists have always had the ability to both choose a viewpoint, and to emphasise or omit details as they see fit with landscapes; in portraiture, practically every painting is done using natural light, a skill many photographers could do well to learn.
Great job Alan, definitely my kind of “history channel” video, really nice images, especially the indoor “stuff”. Were the indoor shots handheld? not that it matters but I’m curious because of the low light conditions and I know that you're not much into using tripods. Be well and stay safe.
Yes Enrique, all hand-held as they get very very "health & safety" conscious seeing a tripod stood up when there are visitors around ( only 2 others when I was there! ).
