Friends Clump on Ashdown Forest was planted in 1973. It is a collection of a few dozen Scott’s Pine within a clearing in Ashdown Forest. 1973 was the Year of the Tree and it was […]
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The Stream – Scafell Pike
After a tough climb up Scafell Pike and a descent that really tested my knees, it was lovely to be able to slow things down and get the camera out. The Stream that runs alongside […]
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Climbing Scafell Pike
Climb Scafell Pike? This was not something we had planned on this brief trip, but after a beer or two at the Wasdale Head Inn we were suddenly considering tackling a mountain! After a brief stint […]
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Trip Guide – Lanzarote
Mixing Work and Play We were only just back from 10 days of work/exploration in the gorgeous Hebrides. My wife had previously made it clear that she needed a holiday in the sunshine too. To be specific she […]
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Visual Impairment – The Important Lenses
Visual Impairment – The Important Lenses We take a lot for granted in life. It is not a conscious decision, it is just how we are wired. As a photographer, there were numerous times when […]
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What is Landscape Photography?
What is ‘Landscape Photography’?I was asked last week ‘What is Landscape Photography’? It was a simple question with perhaps a simpler answer but to me it is a personal thing , so the answer wasn’t […]
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Coastal Parking – Dorset
Coastal Parking – Dorset Dorset is a beautiful county. We visit regularly, drawn mainly to the Jurassic Coast. Something that I found increasingly annoying is the greed of some landowners in our coastal locations. You […]
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Looking but not seeing.
Take your time Occasionally we find ourselves within the landscape looking for inspiration, waiting for that all important creative spark. We can find ourselves ‘looking’ but not really seeing. When this strikes I’ll focus more on the component […]
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Don’t keep to the path.
Passing Places? Landscape Photography is a flexible genre. You can photograph the land, the sea, rural, urban, wild, tamed, you can shoot wide and you can pick out the detail in what I call ‘micro […]
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Photographing The Thames Barrier
I’m not sure why I thought The Thames Barrier was further East? I’m looking at a map and of course it is just down the river from the O2. It looked like there might be a […]
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Landscape Photographer of The Year 2013 – LPOTY
I popped along to the Landscape Photographer of the Year 2013 Exhibition at the National Theatre on Saturday. It was great to see the exhibition space so busy and such a varying range of people […]
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Neutral Density Filters – A Simple Long Exposure Calculator
Neutral Density Filters – Long Exposure and Calculating Shutter Speeds Every photographer should have at least one ND filter (Neutral Density Filter). ND filters allow us to control the amount of light entering the lens […]
