Clients & Testimonials

Exhibitions

Annwyl Glyn -- I was at the Nant this past summer when your photos were on display and fell in love with them.Unfortunately they could not fit in my suitcase.This was my second time there and you captured the magic of the place so beautifully - especially the pic of the cottages through the tree - my favourite...Your photo of that tiny iron piece on the beach is sheer genius --- as you can see-- I am a big fan..... I would love to order a copy of your book. Congrats on such a terrific capture of the "Place of Enchantment"

GLYNS BLOG: "You keep amazing me with your images, part of me envies you for living in such a wonderful part of the Isle, the other part respects you for your ability to compose and capture such bloody wonderful images. Keep it up, Glyn."

"Glyn is a highly talented photographer with a stunning portfolio of work. His drive to succeed is admirable and he's always willing to go that extra mile to produce the best results possible. Highly recommended as a photographer and as an approachable, yet professional businessman"

GLYNS BLOG: "This has been like a bloody good read, not being able to put it down. I recommend you all take a look, I have waited for each entry with anticipation and eagerness. The impressive way you describe each detailed entry is fabulous, I almost felt I was there with you. Now sad you have finished and the book [Nant Gwrtheyrn - The Enchantment] is ready. You must continue the blog, it is fascinating. The pics along the way have been beautiful. Thank you for the fascinating insight into your world xxxxx

"We met at your gorgeous gallery just some three weeks ago.We exchanged a few comments about photography, your kind of "enigmatic" lovely titles and how they demanded a thorough thinking which would sometimes surpass the time spent on the shots themselves. I simply admire your awesome work!"

BOOK REVIEW Anglesey Landscapes/ Tirluniau Môn Whether you’ve had the pleasure of visiting this stunning part of the world or not, Glyn Davies’s photographs serve as a wonderful introduction to the best photographic locations in the area. Each photograph is of exquisite quality, demonstrative of the range of possibilities open to the landscape photographer, whatever the weather. Davies annotates each image in English and Welsh, revealing his emotional response to the dramatic landscape and the elements within it. Whether you’re a photographer or art lover, you’ll be delighted by this.

Wonderful photography, Glyn, will do my best to get to the exhibition. No.16 on this sequence is my favourite, beautiful composition and tone. Based on the BBC website link for Isles Apart.

Inspiring and inspired work from someone who can clearly see beyond the obvious, and produces images that demand a close look. I must try to get to the exhibition to see the work in the flesh thing! Based on the BBC website link for Isles Apart

"Just to say thank you for talking to us today. We all enjoyed listening to you and looking at your superb photographs"

"Your pictures are just awe inspiring, absolutely breathtaking, one day I will (WILL) be privileged to own something, I just need to save up, I know exactly where it’s going to go!" Private View of new collection for Anglesey Arts Weeks 2006

'Salt n Ships', an exhibition of maritime drawings and photographs by the father and son team of Welsh artists Gareth & Glyn Davies. This marks the end of the year of the sea (Hurrah!) and is possibly the best one I've seen over this past year of boring pictures of boats and more boats. Glyn's photographs are well composed and focused and, most importantly, interesting. You can see more of his stuff on his website at www.artphotowales.com . Gareth's paintings or drawings are similar in size and composition to the photographs but are created using water based crayon and ink. There's a lot of detail in most of them and the colours are strong. A really nice, well presented show.

We saw you on TV last night. It was a very good show, we always watch Jamie Owen's programme. Well done, we thought you were very informative and interesting. Good luck Glyn, we wish you every success.

I really enjoyed the exhibition by the way, some friends were with me and they were blown away by some of the photographs. I liked all of them, but out of curiosity I'd like to know how many people chose the same one as me as the best one in the collection. I really liked the small fishing boat on the bottle green water in St Ives. I thought it was extremely clever the way the complementary colours worked to keep your eye moving within the image

I loved seeing your superb maritime prints at the Williamson and was also very impressed by the quality of the prints

Just a short note to say that it was great to meet up yesterday and also to view those superb images; very much enjoyed!

Just to let you know the reason i've visited your website is because I viewed your works in Penrhyn Castle last week whilst we were visiting and i was very impressed with al the pics. You've inspired me to get my SLR out again and work out how to use it properly!

Gallery

From an Amazon.co.uk review: Glyn Davies has a special way of painting with his skilled eye & camera - the pictures astound, can take your breath away, stop you in your tracks & make you want to visit the places he has seen through his lens, & of course hang on your wall. I have visited some of these locations, with some holding extremely special memories in my heart, & I have taken pictures there too - but nothing compares to a Glyn Davies image when he has been there & captured the light 'just right' & the moment in time that was his! I have my eye on a few...

Hi Glyn, don't know if you remember me .... Still love your work, when I last saw you, thought it could not get any better, but it has!"

"Can I just say I think your photography is absolutely amazing!! I will definitely be making a stop off to your gallery. My family and I have been travelling to Anglesey for many many years to camp mainly and explore the island. Your photos capture the spirit of the island superbly, love it love it love it!"

"Hi Glyn. We were really really impressed by your work on Saturday. The shot of the lost Valley down the Llyn is amazing. Keep up the great work!!!!"

Anglesey Landscapes books 1 & 2: "I've had a look through the books and what can I say? The only time I've seen any number of your digital works was when we visited you at your original shop/gallery in Menai Bridge but what's great to see from the images in the books is that although the medium is now digital the images are still instantly recognisable as Glyn Davies. When we were at your gallery there was one image that caught my attention, "Telford's Rain" and several times since I've thought, "I should have bought that", so it's really nice to see it print. As always the images don't dissapoint. It's obvious that you know and understand your subject matter, particularly the light. As I've known you from the early days, knowing the hard times you've had and the amount of hard work you've put into your work and art it's fantastic to see you growing and being so successful. I feel really proud to call you a friend. We've always bragged about our wedding photographs, now we can tell everyone they were taken by a famous photographer :-) And finally I think the conclusion for me is that you're still a smart arse when it comes to great photography!

ANGLESEY LANDSCAPES BOOK - VOLUME 2. "Thanks for the beautiful images Glyn!My favourites are the more monotone images such as 'mystical isles', 'search for lost souls', 'light appeared in the darkness', etc - stunning, atmospheric photographs of mysterious places - lovely titles too :-) Again, my only disappointment is that I cannot see the real prints in something like A2+ sizes. I'm sure they are something special. Bravo!

ANGLESEY LANDSCAPES BOOK - VOLUME 2. The Books are superb, I have scarcely put them down and have taken great pleasure in studying your words alongside the images, I can see myself returning to them over and over. To have so much to discover on your immediate doorstep and to capture in such a powerful way must be so satisfying. Your dedication and motivation is an inspiration.

I love Anglesey. It's a long way to drive and it's been photographed within an inch of trans-mutating the landscape itself into a pixels. My favourite Anglesey photos come courtesy of Glyn Davies [ http://www.glyndavies.com/ ]. His landscapes are so good they make me want to burn my own eyes out. A bit extreme. And a lie. They're very good. Very very good.

From "Linked-In" testimonials: "It was hard to choose only three attributes for Glyn's work. Glyn took the commission to provide a wide range of mainly North Wales images for the new £14m Management Centre, part of Bangor University Business School. We have received high plaudits from all centre visitors regarding the work, which we hope will provide a showcase for these images. As well as providing images displaying superb artistry and talent, Glyn has been a pleasure to work with; he has a deep knowledge of his craft but also adopts a clear business-like approach to the client-supplier relationship. All the work was delivered on time and to agreed budget."

ANGLESEY LANDSCAPES BOOK: I am delighted with your book. Not only do you have impeccable artistic antecedents, but you also have the eyes and the soul of an artist. Daliwch ati.

ANGLESEY LANDSCAPES BOOK: Hi Glyn, the book smells lovely! I just love it. the images are a lovely reminder of memories and places once visited, and of course a reminder of the highest standards you achieve. I would really really love to see a book of your industrial work. Well done, its a great book that I will always look to for inspiration and guidance.

ANGLESEY LANDSCAPES BOOK - PUBLISHED REVIEW: Not one to be missed! If you don’t get one for Christmas don’t wait ‘til your birthday (unless its in January!) because you can forget the weather outside and while away the winter blues with this wonderful collection of images. By enveloping yourself in the alluring and captivating images, you can loose yourself page after luxurious page, as you browse ‘Anglesey Landscapes- Tirluniau Mon’. Glyn’s images range from evoking the ‘hiraeth’ to dynamic - even querky - and are a testimony to his creativity and love of landscape. With 120 luxurious pages filled with fine art photography, stunning locations, mixed with the creative talent of this respected artist, at £29.99 this book is definitely one for every landscape loving person’s bookshelf. Coastline, mists and seas – Glyn has created a tantalising look at Anglesey’s Landscapes

ANGLESEY LANDSCAPES BOOK: I love the book, it really is a beautiful thing! I am looking forward to really giving it the time it deserves. My Mrs saw it on the side and said," wow, why can't you do things like that?" Nice. I'll drop you line when I have looked at it properly without the noise of my babies banging pots and pans. Thanks again Glyn, beautiful work.

ANGLESEY LANDSCAPES BOOK: I have been meaning to write to you ever since I took the new book home following the evening launch. May I congratulate you on a truly excellent publication. The quality of your work goes without saying but in addition I really enjoyed the text and narrative which supports the images. Glad to see that North Wales Fire and Rescue Service get a mention also!

ANGLESEY LANDSCAPES BOOK: I've been sitting here for over an hour, coffee, chocolate bar and Glyn's book, thought I'd just have a quick skim through before getting on with work. Glyn, you live in a gorgeous part of the country and your pictures are truly beautiful. You must be very proud of this book, really well done. Impossible to pick out one favourite above the others but 'Dusk pushes forward' is certainly in the top league, a fabulous shot.

ANGLESEY LANDSCAPES BOOK: I've had a good week to read your book. Having spent quite a bit of time at the Anglesey Race Circuit in recent years, mainly in driving rain and howling gales, I was amazed at how calm North Wales can be! Beautiful book Glyn, good on you for taking a personal project this far - I can see why your tail is wagging! Next time I pass that way, I too would like to see the images 'for real.'

ANGLESEY LANDSCAPES BOOK: Although I received your book within two days of ordering it over the phone about two weeks ago, I have only just now found the time it deserved and to thoroughly immerse in your words and images (a rapid glance and knee-jerk comment is not my style). Well, Glyn, talk about bare your soul! You haven't just compiled a set of truly beautiful images with dialogue, you've included a very interesting prologue of what drives you and why it drives you. I am not a landscape photographer but I am left inspired by (and somewhat jealous of) your vision and approach and I am sure any reader will feel likewise. In a word; "fantastic". To everyone else, I cannot recommend this book too highly - if you haven't yet bought a copy, you are depriving yourself of a visual feast. If you ask Glyn nicely, he might even personally sign a copy for you! (No - Glyn is not paying me any commissions!)

ANGLESEY LANDSCAPES BOOK: Thank you so much for the book, and your message! It's absolutely gorgeous - so beautifully designed and presented - I'm sure it will sell very well indeed and I wish you the best of luck with it. You've had some great feedback on your book so far too - all thoroughly deserved, it's a gorgeous book - everyone I've shown it to agrees!

ANGLESEY LANDSCAPES BOOK: Gorgeous is a good word, if a tad inadequate, bloody well done you. Some specifics: a) Can't find a shot I don't want to look at for a long time,hmmmm, this is probably "a good thing" but I'm no critic! b) Have you met Joe Cornish? (This is a subtle compliment!) c) My faves are "Red Hot", "They Hear No More Prayers", "Sky Inversion", "Wind Formed 1" and (especially) "Reflecting Old Times". What really rocked my boat was the fact that there are no 'fillers' in this book. To put together a collection of 100% beautiful images takes some doing and you deserve all the plaudits you will doubtless get for this work.

ANGLESEY LANDSCAPES BOOK: What can I say!! I think thats the best 25 quid investment I ever made! The Images are both stunning and inspirational! The book is sitting pride of place on our coffee table, and the Missus cant keep her hands off it! I did try to sell her on the idea of a limited edition Glyn Davies fine art print!.. ) Anyhow thanks for the inspiration to get out of the studio and go for a wander with my xpan.. A wonderful, wonderful book.. congratulations and kudos to you.

ANGLESEY LANDSCAPES BOOK: I spent yesterday evening browsing through your excellent book, read all of it too, except the Welsh bits! You can be very proud of this creation, a fantastic set of images in a well produced book along with evocative text. Very very difficult to pick favourites, but I tried to narrow it down to three images. If I looked through again I know I'd be tempted to change my mind! Aberffraw Storm absolutely stopped me in my tracks. A really super work, landscape, seascape, skyscape, all reduced to their bare essentials. An image to die for. Beautiful Silent Danger. Fantastic light, and I think even without your text one would feel the danger from the water. The way the stones gradually fade into the depths of the water, and the surface texture, gives one the clear impression of water flowing relentlessly out to sea. The large white stone with its spooky looking seaweed 'fingers' clasping it is such a magnetic draw for the eye! A wonderful piece of composition! Wind-formed 1. A feast of contrasts in light and shade, and in texture, reduced down to black and white tones. I guess this might have been a close call as to whether to leave the colour in it, or make it monochrome? I love the contrast from the gritty wind shaped sand, the spiky dark grasses, and the soft luminous sky. A masterwork. Many thanks for the book and the inscription, I'll get lots of pleasure looking at it again and again.

ANGLESEY LANDSCAPES BOOK: Mum and dad sent us your new book as a Christmas present and I've just been though it cover to cover yesterday and enjoyed it SO much. The photos are amazing, and it makes me miss Anglesey a lot! It's on the coffee table now for all Australian visitors to see.

Thank you, your talent is amazing, you are able to capture mood, time and space with spiritual echoes that stir memories on the back roads of one’s mind. I first saw your work some three years ago and tried to track you down. I now have met you and own one of your beautiful images, which to quote Keats “A thing of beauty is a joy forever”.

"Stunning Sea Scapes to die for - the passion of the photographer is amazing"

"I absolutely love 'Rock Bottom'! It's something I will always enjoy and treasure for years to come .... I can already tell it will prove to be a talking point with visitors! Thank you both for such a really special present."

"Enclosed is a complimentary copy of the book for which you kindly provided images....Thanks for being so helpful and professional in your approach. It has been a pleasure working with you"

I am writing to offer my congratulations on your recent success in gaining a silver award in the London Photographic Awards series competition 2005. I know it is well deserved and I will most certainly visit your gallery when I next visit Menai Bridge. Once again, congratulations for this achievement

"North Wales Fire & Rescue Service have recently procured a new headquarters building on the St Asaph Business Park. In order to add character to the building Art Photo Wales was selected to provide a wide range of photographic prints of Welsh landscape. Throughout the collaboration, North Wales Fire & Rescue Service found Art Photo Wales to be professional, accommodating and producing work of an exceptional standard"

The images look fantastic on the walls. well worth the money

Portraits

"A true professional & a lovely guy. Glyn took Frocked’s first ever photo-shoot & was a true pro, guiding & advising us on our steep learning curve. He manages to catch the moment, the colour & the feeling. His images are truly beautiful to look at, whilst also creating a real desire to visit places he has captured on camera. Glyn’s passion is truly illustrated in his photographs & you know that he thoroughly enjoys his work...& my, doesn't it just show!!"

Thanks again for your expertise, I really was most impressed with the end result

Weddings

"I can't recommend Glyn enough. He was the photographer at my wedding. He was brilliant on the day and the results were out of this world. Everyone we show the photos to is astounded at both their quality and the way in which he managed to capture the special day."

"We just wanted to say thanks so much for the wedding photos - they are amazing - we keep taking them out of the box to look at them - I think Nic even wanted to take them into work today to show everyone!"

"I just wanted to thank you for taking pictures for us. They are absolutely, positively beautiful! You captured the emotion of the day in a way that I couldn't have imagined. It makes me cry tears of joy all over again! Thank you, thank you, thank you"

Thank you for doing such an amazing job, the photos are wonderful! We picked about 90 but have to realistically narrow it down to 30! .. Thanks again!

Right, just so you know, the task of choosing less than nearly all of the pictures you took nearly caused Kyle & I to divorce!! But after much deliberation we feel we have chosen some crackers!!

Thank you Glyn, Very much indeed, both Elizabeth & I really appreciate the care and effort with which Beeza & Chris were afforded by you on their wedding day. Your professionalism, friendship and indeed remarkable aptitude to put people at ease were great to behold. Best wishes & thanks

Thank you so much for being our photographer Glyn. I would like to thank you for all your help with my photography, I don't know what I would have done without you!