Social shooting
Many photographers aren’t interested in shooting what’s on their doorstep, favouring far-flung destinations. Yet, while some shooters have always loved heading out with a camera for a walk around their local area, the rest of us have started looking for magic closer to home too after a year of Covid-19 travel restrictions.
Living in the beautiful city of Bath, and surrounded by the countryside of the Cotswolds, photographer and videographer Ellis Reed has still found his own share of photographic opportunities over the past year. Ellis is a UX (user experience) designer, part-time pro photographer and a moderator on the Instagram account@igersbath. Living in Bath myself (no travel was required in the making of this piece), it was this stunning Instagram account where I first came across his work.
IGERs Bath – or Instagram-ers to the less savvy – is an active photo community rather than just an Instagram feed of pretty images. Outside of lockdown, the three photographers who manage it – of which
