I gaze through the darkness of my hotel room at the clock on my phone. It reads 2:30am and I make a mental note to myself never to complain about dawn shoots in winter ever again. Compared to this, a 6am wake-up call is relatively pleasant. Nodding recognition to a confused night manager in the lobby, I walk out into the pre-dawn streets of York and instantly the drowsiness fades.
I have visited this wonderful city on several occasions before, but never have I seen it as deserted and peaceful as this. I’m here to meet Chris Ceaser, a local photographer, landscape expert and owner of a gallery in the heart of York. The aim of today’s shoot is to follow Chris all the way from the capture of an image of a location he knows intimately, through the selection and editing processes, to the printing and display of the shot in the gallery.
I meet Chris outside the address on Micklegate and we walk to the Ouse Bridge, our first location of the morning. While I’m familiar with shooting for personal and editorial use, I’m a complete novice when it comes to capturing images for direct sale on the high street, so I ask Chris for his tips on what makes a good image for this destination.
Chris Ceaser
York-based Chris Ceaser is an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society and has won awards at both national and international level. He runs small group photo
