Tim Baggaley has been taking photos since he was a child and throughout his working life in publishing and broadcasting. He is widely experienced in shooting, directing, producing and editing for print, digital and video publication.
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The Digital Impressionism project is about photographs that look like paintings. This is easily done with retouching software except that is not what Baggaley is doing. He describes these photos as ‘purely documentary’. They have not been filtered, retouched or cropped. The camera is hand-held with no added lighting and the composition is not managed. Each is a candid photo of a fleeting moment and appears here exactly as it came from the camera.
<span class='pic-cap'>Meet Market</span> Tango al fresco at Spitalfields Market, London | August 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
<span class='pic-cap'>Winter's Tango</span> Dancing Argentine Tango at Carablanca milonga in Conway Hall, London | December 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
<span class='pic-cap'>Going Underground</span> Jiving in the Omeara Club under the railway at London Bridge, London | February 2018 | Sony Xperia
<span class='pic-cap'>Stepping</span> Dancing Argentine tango at Tango Terra milonga, Covent Garden, London | January 2018 | Sony Xperia Z5
<span class='pic-cap'>Lynda</span> Cat-walking in Belair House, Dulwich, London | November 2006 | Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T7
<span class='pic-cap'>Red Hot Blues</span> Live Blues music in Club Mojo, Copenhagen | November 2005 | Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T7
<span class='pic-cap'>Foot Loose</span> A milonguera adjusts her shoe by the light of her mobile phone at Negracha Tango Club, Holborn, London | August 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
<span class='pic-cap'>Secret Place</span> Dancing Argentine tango at Liz's milonga in the Quaker Friends Meeting House, Covent Garden, London | February 2006 | Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T7
<span class='pic-cap'>Fan Dancer</span> A disco diva fans herself at a private birthday party, Islington, London | October 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
<span class='pic-cap'>Blue Tango</span> Dancing Argentine tango downstairs at Tito's, London Bridge | September 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
<span class='pic-cap'>Night Light</span> A late night in Venice | November 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
<span class='pic-cap'>Passeggiata con Zelda 1</span> An evening walk with Zelda in the alleyways of Venice | November 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
<span class='pic-cap'>Passeggiata con Zelda 2</span> An evening walk with Zelda in the alleyways of Venice | November 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
<span class='pic-cap'>Night Walk</span> When the day-trippers are gone, all is quiet, Venice | November 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
<span class='pic-cap'>Hold That Tiger</span> Kate and Dave swinging at the Tiger Rag, Shoreditch, London | September 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
<span class='pic-cap'>Milonga Mood</span> Dancing Argentine Tango at Corrientes, Russell Square, London | May 2006 | Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T7
<span class='pic-cap'>Red Dress On</span> Dancing Argentine tango upstairs in the Tango Terra milonga at Seven Dials Social Club, Covent Garden, London | March 2018 | Sony Xperia Z5
<span class='pic-cap'>Disco Retro</span> Private birthday party with a Studio 54 feel, Islington, London | October 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
<span class='pic-cap'>Embrace</span> Dancing Argentine tango at Tango Terra milonga, Covent Garden, London | April 2018 | Sony Xperia Z5
<span class='pic-cap'>On Reflection</span> Undisturbed at night, the canals become mirrors, Venice | November 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
<span class="pic-cap">Tango In Berlin</span> Dancing tango at Max and Moritz, Berlin | October 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
<span class='pic-cap'>Graveyard Shift</span> St James Mount cemetery and gardens, Liverpool | August 2020 | Sony Xperia XZ2
<span class='pic-cap'>Light Up</span> Light at the end of the day on Hilly Fields common, Brockley, London | November 2020 | Sony Xperia XZ2
<span class='pic-cap'>Birthday Girl</span> The birthday girl celebrating and Swing dancing in The Junction, London | January 2018 | Sony Xperia XZ2
<span class='pic-cap'>Night Vision</span> Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool | August 2020 | Sony Xperia XZ2
<span class='pic-cap'>Photo 6</span> View of central London from Nunhead railway bridge | December 2020 | Sony Xperia XZ2
<span class='pic-cap'>Snow Progress</span> Snow falling on Bunker Hill, Quarndon, Derbyshire | January 2021 | Sony Xperia XZ2
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When I said I could not construct my Digital Impressionism photos at will, I was lying. Well, sort of. With digital zoom, low light and camera movement, I know I will get some interesting results. This nighttime view of central London seen from a railway bridge, gave me a good vantage point from which to …
Like a vision of the Virgin Mary appearing in the mould growing on a slice of stale bread, my Digital Impressionism project was not so much a carefully constructed work of art but more a chance discovery down the back of the sofa. It had been growing for a number of years before I realised. …
I inherited my love of photography from my father, Mike. I cannot remember a time when he was not carrying a camera and, likewise, I can’t remember when I did not either. My earliest memories are of him with his twin-lens Rolleiflex and me with a Kodak Pocket Instamatic. Mike didn’t teach me how to …