A recent obsession with Tewet Tarn
I have an image in my head which I would love to capture at Tewet Tarn, to achieve this I need some early morning light, and a clear view of...
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My Last Photography of 2024
Right after Christmas we took ourselves off to Glencoe for a few nights stay, it’s a beautiful part of the world, we love staying at the Kingshouse Hotel, and I...
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Family Photograph Photo Shoot
I have photographed families and children before, but never recorded how I approached this. Admittedly, the previous family shoots have caused me a degree of stress and anxiety, why is...
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Using my new Camera for the first time
The proof is in the eating, so they say, so after waiting for several weeks to trade my old photography system and receiving my new, Its finally time to try...
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Time to Change.
I have been reviewing my photography exploits for 2024 and found that this year has been the lowest number of location visits and number of images that I have taken...
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This Scene is worth the trip across the Atlantic.
This Scene is worth the trip across the Atlantic. (Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd U.S President, 1783) I recently visited my son and his wife who now lives in Frederick, Maryland,...
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Ullswater: My Nemisis
Ullswater is a bit of a nemesis for me, I've visited it many times, but rarely have I come away with many portfolio images. This weekend was a fine example,...
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Crummock Water, Changing for Ever
During a recent photo session at Crummock Water I did a little research for the news feed on my web site, what I found was a bit of an eye-opener,...
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Crummock Water – A summers sunrise
Having spent the last 6 weekends on short holidays, visiting family, or attending concerts, it was time to drag my backside out of my bed and get out with the...
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Our visit to the Isle of Harris and Lewis. Part 2.
Day 3 A day of planned travel to a couple of far-off places, we were intrigued by the Callanish Stones and the history that are associated to them, so this...
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Our visit to the Isle of Harris and Lewis: Part 1
After many months in the planning stage, we finally got to visit the magical Isles of Harris and Lewis., because of the distance and travel time, we decided to break...
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Our holiday to the Scottish Highlands is no more!
We had planned a 5 day visit to the Glencoe area of Scotland some months ago to fall in line with the February half term school holidays in England. Unfortunately,...
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Trying to find the mist
The forecast was for a hard frost during the night, but mist was scheduled to appear just before sunrise in several locations, not wanting to drive to far in case...
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The first two mornings photography of 2024.
Wishing you all a Happy New Year. After the recent appalling weather that we have endured during the Christmas holiday period, it was refreshing to see a reasonable weather forecast...
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A Magical Mornings Photography
As the 2023 autumn season comes to an end, the weather forecast for the weekend was looking very promising. Mild daytime temperatures with cold nights and the prospect of frost...
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My one and only Autumnal photography of this Year
This years Autumnal season has passed me by in a blink of an eye. I was astonished to find that it was over a month since I was last out...
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A visit to the Cumbria Woodland Photography Hide
I have visited the hide on many occasions over a period of 18 months or so, the development of the hide during this period is astonishing, a sign of the...
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Visiting the Northumberland Coast
Our visit to the Northumberland Coast was to be based at Blyth, staying in the highly recommended Commissioners Quay Hotel/Restaurant. During our stay the hotel staff were fantastic, the food...
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Waterfalls in and around Glencoe
We have spent five days visiting Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands, the weather being what is expected during the winter months, the weather was a tad rubbish, strong winds and...
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Festive trip to Glencoe
We were fortunate to have a short visit to Glencoe planned between Christmas and the New Year where we would be staying at the Kingshouse Hotel. The forecast for the...
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