When I started this blog many years ago, it was to share my photography experiences using mirrorless cameras. At the time, mirrorless cameras were much smaller and lighter than the typical DSLR camera, hence the name of the blog. They also weren’t popular; I remember a lot written in the photography press saying Mirrorless was … Continue reading Swapping To A Nikon Z7II For My Landscape Photography
I was out earlier this week again with my camera. This time, I was up at Burbage Edge South, hoping to photograph more heather in the Peak District landscape. Burbage Edge South isn’t anything like as popular with people as Higger Tor and Stanage Edge. This is good, as having ventured up to Owler Tor … Continue reading The View From Burbage Edge South
Last Saturday evening, the weather looked good and promised a sunset. Rather than head to my usual locations, I visited Carl Wark in the Peak District. I hadn’t been to Carl Wark in the evening for perhaps a couple of years. It’s a great location with many unusual, weathered rocks and a lot of heather. … Continue reading Photographing This Amazing Sunset
I often reflect on some of the landscape photos I captured 10 or more years ago. This is an interesting exercise because I can see how my tastes have changed over the years. Like a modern-day miner, I’m now finding gold amongst my previously discarded RAW files. But I don’t think my changing tastes are … Continue reading Changing Tastes in Landscape Photography
It’s fast approaching my favourite time of summer for photographing the landscape: when the heather is out. But as the weather has been a little unsettled this year, it’s difficult to know how advanced the flowering will be. Therefore, I decided to take a trip out on Monday evening to Surprise View to take a … Continue reading Photographing Heather in The Landscape
The Lightweight Photographer 