Yesterday, I was shooting some new photography material in Blackpool with a friend. Much of the day was spent around the town, photographing with the iPhone. Interestingly, a lot of the material we photographed 12 months earlier has gone or is inaccessible due to demolition work, but I’ll save those photos for another day. Today, … Continue reading Capturing Blackpool: Sunset and Starlings at the Pier
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
Have you ever had the experience of watching a spectacular sunset unfold? Then, as the sun nears the horizon and the light should be at its best, it simply dies away. I seem to find myself in this position quite frequently. And so it was on my recent trip to Blackpool. If you look back … Continue reading When It’s A Disappointing Sunset
This week, I headed over to Blackpool and met up with a friend for some photography. The weather looked very promising. I love the idea of photographing old seaside towns out of season, so this looked ideal. We met up around midday and grabbed some fish and chips for lunch (when we found a chippy … Continue reading Photographing Blackpool
You may already know but I recently purchased an Olympus EM5 Mark III camera. So far, I’ve found the camera a joy to use, and I’ve been delighted by the images and colours produced. One disappointing area however has been the High-Resolution mode which I recently suggested was the camera’s weak spot. When used in … Continue reading Olympus EM5 Mark III High Resolution Mode
On Wednesday, the weather forecast was looking good, so I decided to head out for some landscape photography with a friend. Following the recent reopening of a local car park (it’s been closed for over a year), we headed onto Marsden Moor at Standedge and followed the Pennine Way. This is only a 10-minute drive … Continue reading Landscape Photography Near To Home
Last week, I shared a landscape image that I’d taken from Burbage Edge on the Peak District. I used it to talk about the quality of my Panasonic G9 micro four thirds camera and Leica lenses. But the real reason that I was on Burbage Edge wasn’t to test the quality of the G9. It … Continue reading Sunset Photography on Burbage Edge
Earlier this week, Tuesday to be precise, I headed over to Blackpool with a friend. Blackpool is a great location for photography and often produces amazing sunsets at this time of year. As the conditions looked promising, we thought this would be worth trying. Whilst I enjoyed the morning, my shots weren’t up to much. … Continue reading A Photo Day Trip to Blackpool
In September 2020, I was fortunate to witness the best sunset I’ve ever seen. Whilst I have seen lots of dramatic and beautiful sunsets, this one sticks in my memory as the best. The colours were so vivid and lasted so long. I remember the sky colouring up at least an hour before sunset and … Continue reading The Best Sunset
Here we are in mid-July, and I find myself eagerly looking forward to September already. Since the end of March this year, I’ve been over-committed and stretched in many directions. Unfortunately, I can see the situation continuing until September which is why I’m looking forward to it. Many of the things taking up my time … Continue reading Looking Forward to September
The Lightweight Photographer 