Artist of the Month - Photographer David J. Nightengale

For those who have kept up with my blogs there has been an effort form the beginning to express as close as possible a feeling or a meaning with visuals through the art of photography or art of some kind. From time to time I come across an artist that stops me in my net surfing tracks and I will generally display some of those works in a blog. While surfing the other day I came across a photographer that stopped me with not only one photo, but an entire collection.

In My Eyes
 David J Nightengale

The other day I received from a fellow Zaadzster and a dear friend a list of what has been called perceptics  that included what I was told are values that are a part of any true art. Some that stood out include

 TIME

SIGHT

COLOR PERCEPTION

DEPTH PERCEPTION

RELATIVE SIZES EXTERNAL

SOUND

PITCH

TIME

VOLUME

RHYTHM

SMELL

TOUCH

PERSONAL EMOTION

AWARENESS OF AWARENESS

PERSONAL SIZE

ORGANIC SENSATION

HUNGER

HEARTBEAT

GRAVITIC (self & other weights)

MOTION OF SELF

MOTION EXTERIOR

BODY POSITION

JOINT POSITION

INTERNAL TEMPERATURE

EXTERNAL TEMPERATURE

BALANCE

MUSCULAR TENSION

FIELDS/MAGNETIC

TIME TRACK MOTION

PHYSICAL ENERGY

SELF-DETERMINISM

SOUND DIRECTION

PERSONAL POSITION ON TONE SCALE

AFFINITY (self and others)

COMMUNICATION (self and others)

REALITY (self and others)

EMOTIONAL STATE OF GROUPS

COMPASS DIRECTION

LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS

PAIN

PERCEPTION OF CONCLUSIONS (past)

PERCEPTION OF COMPUTING (past)

PERCEPTION OF IMAGINATION (past, present & future)

PERCEPTION OF HAVING PERCEIVED

AWARENESS OF NOT-KNOWING

AWARENESS OF IMPORTANCE, UNIMPORTANCE

AWARENESS OF OTHERS

AWARENESS OF LOCATION & PLACEMENT (masses, spaces, location itself)

PERCEPTION OF APPETITE

KINESTHESIA

So when I came across the artist and photographer David J. Nightengale I intuitively felt drawn to his work and immediately wanted to display his work for all to see. His work is to me amazing and I think you will feel the same.

He and his wife run the website Chromasia limited, established in the summer of 2005, it  is a fine arts and commercial photographic company run by David and Libby Nightingale. Located in Blackpool, a seaside town in the north-west of England, their company has recieved numerous awards such as

• We were selected as the Weekly Pic-k at VFXY Photos in August 2007.
• Nominated in the ‘Best Western European Photoblog’, ‘Photo of the Year’ and ‘Photoblog of the Year’ categories of the Photobloggies 2007 Awards.
• Winner of the Most Popular Photoblog category of the 2006 Photoblog Awards.
• Nominated in the Photoblog of the Year, Best European Photoblog and Most Popular Photoblog categories of the 2006 Photoblog Awards.
• Nominated in the ‘Best Western European Photoblog’ and ‘Photoblog of the Year’ categories of the Photobloggies 2006 Awards.
• Best European/British/Irish photoblog in the Photobloggies 2005 Awards.
• Third place in the Best Photo/Art/Poetry Blog category of the Best of Blog Awards,

Their equipment is exclusively digital and use the  Canon DSLR’s and lenses (currently a 5D, 1Ds Mark II and a variety of “L” series lenses) and Apple computers.

What I found so unusual about their work is that it is almost exclusively based around their beach town of Blackpool and forms their own little artistic planet.

Little Planet
 David J Nightengale

A planet of beaches, piers, ship wrecks, clouds, sand and people that truly amaze.

Under The North Pier
David J. Nightengale

Whether it is a ship wreck

Wyre Wreck
 David J Nightengale

Wyre Wreck 2
 David J Nightengale

And old Tractor

Age Before Beauty
David J. nighengale

or a couple on enjoying a vacation.

The work is extraordinary. But of all the pictures, I found their work of children's portraits to be the most amazing in their ability to capture the moment . I'll let you judge for  yourself, but I have a good idea that if I ever visit Blackpool with my son, I can tell you I know who I want to visit for a photo-shoot.

Doll Face
 David J Nightengale

At Play On The Beach
 David J Nightengale



Don't Ask Me
 David J Nightengale



As The Wind Blows
 David J Nightengale



Don't Look Up
 David J Nightengale



Those Eyes Again
 David J Nightengale



When You Were Young
 David J Nightengale

The Passage of Time

David J Nightengale

Summer Holiday

David J Nightengale

Winters Arival

David J Nightengale

The Snow Queen
 David J Nightengale



On Waking From A Dream
 David J Nightengale



Time Will Tell
 David J Nightengale



Think Again
David J Nightengale


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