If you are the planning type of landscape photographer then you might be interested to know that the upcoming full moon is a ‘super moon’ and, for those of you who have ‘real jobs’ it also falls on a weekend! On Sunday the 26th of May the moon will be at perigee (meaning that it [...]
The writing was on the wall. On numerous occasions I have left a bit of camera gear when I’ve moved on to take another shot. When I’m ‘in the zone’ I’m not entirely functional and I often forget things. Fortunately it’s been pretty rare that I’ve left anything in an inconvenient or hard to find [...]
I know pricing is this ‘dark art’ that nobody talks about and consequently many photographers have no idea what the going rate is for images. Moreover, lots of photographers give their images away for free as if it’s the done thing (it shouldn’t be!). So rather than tow the party line too much and rant [...]
When Emma asked me whether I’d had a good trip in Snowdonia I had to respond ‘kind of’. That’s probably the best way of putting it. Close but no cigar. I’d hoped originally to make use of the Bank Holiday weekend by heading up to Torridon with a friend of mine, Stephen Sellman. Whilst my [...]
Running up Pew Tor at 5.45 on Sunday morning desperate to reach the top before the red light disappeared from the sky I was being pushed forward by the fear of failure. Nearly all of my photography trips are built on excitement about a particular area, or the potential weather, but so often what propels [...]
With the Easter weekend approaching I had planned to travel to Arran with Emma for a 4 day backpacking trip. As it turned out work got in the way a bit and the forecast for Arran at least didn’t look especially promising. With heavy snow the week before and a great forecast in Snowdonia we [...]
I’m a great advocate of wild camping for the purposes of landscape photography. The possibilities it opens up to be in the right place at the right time are second to none. However, it does require a level of commitment to the end goal. When the weather is bad it can be a somewhat depressing [...]