Nature nominee

Still-life photography allows us to marvel at the astonishing details in nature’s grand design. When you magnify flowers you make heroes of them and appreciate them in a new way. These botanical studies are focus-stacked from many shots at different focus points in order to achieve full depth of field in a way that is otherwise impossible when using a macro lens. Detail, form, texture and colour are emphasised in an almost hyper-realistic way. I like to think that these elements combine to create different personalities, which is why I call them portraits.

Tim is an award-winning fine art and advertising photographer who has worked with many global brands throughout his career. He has always been driven by his personal work, which he releases as limited edition fine art prints. In his diverse personal practice, which includes animal photography and abstract floral art, he likes to explore small details that we don’t normally notice, and make heroes of them. Opening up a new way for us to appreciate them magnified at scale as prints. He says: “The closer you get, the more you see. And the more abstract the image becomes. This prompts a uniquely subjective response in the viewer, working at a subliminal level that is more to do with the heart than the head.”