Last week, I shared some photos from the first day of my trip to Northumberland. This week, I want to share some from the following morning. This started with a trip down to the beach at Bamburgh to photograph the sunrise. The plan was to get up well before sunrise and head directly to the … Continue reading Northumberland Beach Photography: A Sunrise Experience
Last week, the Peak District's weather forecast was for mist and fog first thing in the morning. However, all the signs pointed towards excellent photography conditions, with broken clouds replacing the mist mid-morning. All the weather forecasts agreed. The following day, I got up early and made the journey, meeting a friend around 8:00 a.m. … Continue reading Unexpected Weather In The Peak District
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
Last week, I shared a disappointing sunset photo that turned out to be one of the best of the evening. I haven’t had time to get out with the camera this week, so I thought I would look through some old photos instead. That’s where I found this shot. Misty sunrise on Higger Tor, The … Continue reading More Disappointing Photography Saved
Earlier in the week, I headed to the Peak District for some landscape photography. I love this time of year for photographing the landscape; at least I do when it isn’t raining. But if it’s cold and frosty, the conditions can be excellent. Sometimes, the cold weather will bring a freezing fog, but on other … Continue reading Spectacular Winter Light For Landscape Photography
Yesterday, I was wondering what image to share in today’s blog post. At the time I was rewriting an old tutorial for my website on stitching panoramas in Lightroom. This got me thinking about publishing a YouTube video on the subject (which I’m now working on). As part of developing the video idea, I began … Continue reading The Scottish Highland Landscape Panorama
Whitby Pier at sunrise, Sony RX100, ISO80, f/5.0, 1/30". I know that most if not every photographer reading this post will be aware of the benefits of shooting in RAW format. Despite this, I still wanted to emphasise one point by sharing this image. The image is from April 2013 which is a long time … Continue reading The Benefits of RAW Format Photography
Higger Tor sunrise in the Peak District National Park. Fuji XT3 with 16-80 lens. See below for full details. It’s Friday again and I want to share another image from a recent trip. Last week I shared a shot from Burbage Edge in the Peak District, looking back to Higger Tor. I shot the image … Continue reading Better Panorama Stitching
Winter sunrise on Curbar Edge, Peak District. Fuji X-T3 with 10-24mm lens. Further details in the blog post. Over recent years I’ve become increasingly unhappy with my photography. Well it’s really my photo editing that I’m unhappy with. I feel that I’ve somehow become victim to the trend of colourful and overly saturated landscapes. But … Continue reading Changing my Photo Editing Approach
Friday Image No. 221 The Highlands of Scotland at dawn. Five images stitched. Fuji X-T3, Fuji 55-200 lens at 55mm. ISO160, 1.3" at f/11.0. 3 stop soft ND Grad. I headed out last night to meet up in the Peak District a good friend. The intention was to visit one of the dramatic stone formations … Continue reading Scottish Highlands Again
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