The large photography blog, The Phoblographer, did a feature of my work with feathers. On the 29th of June, 2021, they ran “James Henderson Creates ‘Featherscapes’ Using Beautiful Bird Feathers.” I like the term “featherscapes. It reminds me a little of my slip of the tongue where I said “feathergraphs” as I shot my focus stacking tutorial.
In the interview I talk about how I started shooting feathers. I also talk about some of the technique and my thought process: “one day I looked down at it, and it was like I’d never seen it before. That day I knew I had to photograph it. It was curvy and elegant and textural—all the things we look for in a subject. That evening I made my first exposures of that feather, just looking for how to do it in the way the subject demanded. ” You should go over to their website and read the entirety of the interview.
You might remember that I have a previous post about focus stacking using a Peacock feather, as well as a post of when my feather series traveled to Florida.