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
I didn’t post anything last week as I was on holiday in the Isle of Wight. Although the weather was mixed, there were a few bright, sunny days. That’s fortunate as I had decided to pack an infrared camera. It’s an old Olympus EM5 that I had converted around 10 years ago. The company that … Continue reading More Infrared Photography
It’s infrared landscape photography time again. Actually, any time of the year can be good for infrared landscape photography. It’s just that in the summer months when the landscape doesn’t look as good for regular photography during the day, infrared can be a wonderful alternative. I have a couple of infrared cameras. By infrared, I … Continue reading Infrared Landscape Photography Workflow and Image Processing Tips
I recently realised that I’ve gathered far too much camera equipment. As a result, I have great cameras and lenses sitting on a shelf doing nothing. This has made me contemplate selling or trading some of these kits, but where to start? Before deciding, I wanted to check the image quality to ensure I didn’t … Continue reading Appreciating the Fuji XT5
My knee is finally on the mend, although it is still giving me problems at times. I did manage to get out for a walk during the week and climbed up to the Trinnacle rock above Dovestones, and then along the edge above the reservoirs. I took this snap of the Trinnacle with my iPhone … Continue reading Making a Slow Recovery
Last week, I shared some recent images I’d taken during bad weather on a mountain in the Lake District. As I haven’t been able to get out to do any photography this week either, I thought I would try to process more of the images. This was a worthwhile exercise. I say this because I … Continue reading More Bad Weather Landscape Photography
The Lightweight Photographer 