Tag: tony-tomlinson-photography

Whilst mooching around the home, I casually looked at the weather apps, they all indicated favourable conditions for mist and possible inversions around the Lake District the following morning. I was eager to follow the indications of the weather forecast, but where to go, I had recently spent a morning in the Lorton Valley in … Continue reading “The most intense Inversion I have witnessed”

As summer heads towards Autumn, from my least enjoyable season to my most eagerly awaited season, photography wise, I planned to be out on two consecutive mornings, the first was to get to Crummock Water for an image that I wanted to re-capture in more pleasing conditions, and the second morning would be decided on … Continue reading “Frustrating Summer Mornings.”

For some time, I have been aware that my home computer was reaching its storage capacity with the number of digital photographs that I stored on it. The machine was showing signs of impending problems, reacting very slow to inputs, taking a long time to start-up, and move between programs etc. I am no computer … Continue reading “The Turmoil of Upgrading to a New Computer”

Out of the blue, I received a telephone call from Matthew explaining that he and his wife Rachel were visiting the Lake District the following week, and that they were expecting their first child, and would like some photos taken to record the event. Over the following couple of days, a time and date were … Continue reading “Maternity Photo Shoot”

As I have mentioned previously, I always find the summer months a difficult time of year, photography wise. So, what have I been up to during the months of June and July, you could be thinking, not much, but here is a brief record of my summer exploits. 11 June 2025 Early June saw me … Continue reading “My June & July Photography Journey”

We have been experiencing exceptionally warm weather in Cumbria over the last couple of days, I decided to head to Wasdale for a sunrise session, not realising that the day was the summer solstice. Upon approaching Wast Water, I could not believe my eyes, every parking place was taken with cars of campervans, I drove … Continue reading “Summer Solstice Sunrise”

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 this, people ask, well it’s the responsibility of this being a one-off situation that needs to be right, and acceptable photographs need to be produced. … Continue reading “Family Photo Shoot”

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 the camera and lenses out. The light as been pants for the last two weekends, but I had to bite the bullet and get out, … Continue reading “Using my new Camera for the first time”

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, the forecast for Saturday was ideal, but my glass back ensured that I was unable to make the trip, so the second best option was … Continue reading “Ullswater: My Nemisis”