On a cold winter’s day, camera in hand, I caught sight of this flock of geese. The positioning of one against the other was perfect. A second later, it could have been quite different, as nothing livi

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Like many artists, I often develop designs for paintings from photographic reference, despite its still being thought of by many as cheating. They argue that it is only by working directly from the su