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I recently published my 'Winter in Iceland' blog on my website which features thirty new images that I captured in Iceland two weeks ago. I shall be sharing those images here on this page for everybody to see.
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Ever since I first visited Iceland back in February 2016, I have longed to witness and photograph a stunning aurora above Kirkjufell. Sure it's an iconic scene that lacks originality but for those who have yet to see a stunning display of the lights, this does not matter. I will take a scene like this all day long.
I arrived on location late at night to find perhaps a dozen photographers all lined up ready and waiting for the show to start and it wasn't long before the green stuff arrived. The display was mesmorising and I always find it somewhat heartening to hear the cries of joy and excitement that the aurora brings to those watching on for the very first time. I liken it to a child's eyes lighting up on Christmas morning.
Canon EOS R
Canon 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm
f4
30"
ISO1000
Benro TMA48CXL Mach 3 Tripod
Arca Swiss D4 Geared Head
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Light-trails at Tower Bridge.
Technical details
Exposure 15 seconds @ F11 ISO 100
Canon EOS R8
Canon RF Adapter
Canon 20-35mm F3.5-F4.5 USM
Manfrotto 190 XDB tripod
Hahnel Remote Capture remotes
Hyperion camera strap
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Sunset Over Falasarna, Crete Greece
Falasarna is a seascape photographer's paradise with high cliffs, lots of coastal rock sections to photograph, and a gorgeous sandy beach to boot. What's not to love about that?
On this particular morning (after just a couple of hours sleep), I ventured into the main city of Chania to photograph the harbour, the lighthouse and the buildings in the area before it got busy after breakast.
Canon EOS R
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 II @ 70mm
f/8
4"
ISO100
Kase (0.6) 2 Stop ND Soft Grad Filter
Kase 6 Stop ND Filter
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Benro TMA48CXL Mach 3 Tripod
Arca Swiss D4 Geared Head
3 Legged Thing Ellie Short L-Bracket - Copper
Mindshift Backlight 26L Bag
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JOIN ME on my Five Day Northern Lights Iceland Workshop
15th - 20th October 2020
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I love black and white images and Iceland offers so many opportunities to create black and white images in the winter months that it's almost impossible to decline them.
One of the things that I love Iceland for is the variety and sheer numbers of beautiful little wooden churches. I could spend one month visiting and photographing them all. There's a wonderful charm about them and of course they make great subjects to shoot.
Iceland is a country that captures your heart a thousand times more than you're able to capture it and for me personally, I feel as though I leave a part of me behind every time I return home but that I connect with the country every time I arrive again. It really does create life long memories.
Canon 5D MK4
Canon 24-70mm f4 @ 31mm
f8
1/30 sec
ISO100
0.6 Medium ND Grad filter
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Southbourne Sunset.
A beautiful evening at Southbourne in Dorset, UK.
Technical details
Processed in Canon Digital Photo Professional for Raw processing and Lightroom Classic.
Exposure 1 seconds @ F11 ISO 100
Canon EOS R8 & Canon 20-35 F3.5-4.5mm
EF Lens Adapter
Sirui tripod
Hahnel Remote Capture remotes
Formatt Hitech Filters, Firecrest CPL, ND 0.6 SE
Mindshift by Think Tank Filter Case
Southbourne, Dorset, 2020.
Technical
Canon EOS 60D
Sigma 10-20 F4-F5.6 at 14mm
Manfrotto 190XDB
Format Hitech Filters, Firecrest CPL and GND .6 SE
Hahnel Remote Capture releases
3.0 Seconds at F11 in Manual mode.
ISO 160
Come and join me on my Harris and Lewis Photography Workshop 2nd-8th March 2019 £1,395
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Just when I thought I had seen it all, Lewis goes and shows me something extraordinary in the form of Garry Beach at Tolsta. On first arriving this one mile sandy beach looks idyllic, calming and unspoiled then you spot the amazing sea stacks of Caisteal a' Mhorair and I feel like a child on Christmas morning, all excited and restless.
How on earth am I supposed to do the outstanding scenery justice. It really was mindblowing. In the end I decided to shoot six vertical portrait format frames with the intention of stitching them together to create one hell of a panorama. Now bearing in mind I shoot with a 50mp monster (Canon 5Ds) so I knew immediately that I was going to spend more time editing the image than it took me to shoot it.
So here it is in all its glory. Beyond amazing detail and quality that its 363MB file size would indicate.
Enjoy
Canon 5Ds
Canon 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm
f11
30 secs
IS100
6 images stitched together
LEE 0.6 ND Soft Grad filter
LEE Big Stopper filter
Gitzo GT3543XLS Tripod
Manfrotto 405 Tripod Geared Head
Mindshift Backlight 26L Bag
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A brand new edit of one of the most iconic river stretches anywhere in the UK and for me, my favourite section of river anywhere in the UK. Glen Brittle River has it all, too many waterfalls to list, plunge pools, underwater arches, and aqua green water all set against one of the most dramatic backdrops of the Black Cuillin.
This gorgeous little double waterfall is perfectly positioned to allow Waterpipe Gully to feature heavily in the background while the impressive terrain surrounds me. If there's a more impressive river view in the UK, I'd love to know it.
Despite my love for Skye though, I have decided to leave it off my 2020 workshop list if just to give me a rest from the beautiful island. Sometimes in order to keep yourself motivated to photograph a location, you must rest it for a while and that's what I shall be doing with Skye throughout 2020. I shall continue to run my Harris & Lewis and Assynt workshops though.
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Canon EOS R
Canon 24-7mm f4 @ 24mm
f14
1.6 secs
ISO100
0.6 Medium Grad Filter
6 Stop ND Filter
Benro TMA48CXL Mach 3 Tripod
Benro GD3WH Geared Head
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Mindshift Backlight 26L Bag
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Post Sunset, Solkan Railway Bridge, Solkan, Slovenia
Having visited this location during the day time, I opted to return to capture a long exposure image just after the sun had set and the traffic intensified as people headed home after work.
The image turned out better than I had dared to hope due to numerous roads and the main railway bridge being lit. I think that the light is beautiful and really showcases the various bridges off wonderfully well.
The railway bridge at the bottom of the image is the Solkan Bridge, and with an arch span of 85 metres, it has the world's longest arch span of any railroad bridge (or so I believe anyway), mainly because later construction technology used reinforced concrete to build bridges (thanks Wikipedia :D ).
It was built in 1905 but restored by the Italians in 1927 after a horrific blast saw the arch fall into the Soca River below. It measures 220 metres in length and 36 metres in height. It spans the gorgeous green coloured waters of the Soca River, itself a river measuring 138km in length and running through Slovenia into northeastern Italy.
Here is the link to the daytime photo version
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And here is the link to a timelapse of this scene developing
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I hope you enjoy .
Canon R5
Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 @ 151mm
f/9
60"
ISO100
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WOW, WOW, WOW. I thought I knew Australia until I recently ventured back for ten days at the end of May. Hell, I even spent nearly a year backpacking around just some part of the country way back in 2003-04 and I thought I knew pretty much what it had to offer, that is until I started discovering some utterly magical locations in Queensland.
Here's a photo I captured of the gorgeous Morans Falls, an 80 metre waterfall that drops down into the valley floor of Morans Creek in a subtropical rainforest. This place is so high that the views ahead are staggering. It only took me and my good friend Alina perhaps 45 minutes to arrive here but oh my, the walk is more than worth it wouldn't you agree?.
I set up the camera on the tripod and positioned it to include this small but perfectly formed waterfall coming in form the bottom left corner after which is simply disappears over the edge. That's quite a sight I can tell you. I loved the lush foliage that was all around me and the trees were just amazing. The wildlife wasn't bad too either.
I hope you enjoy looking at this scene as much as I did photographing it. Have a great Sunday evening everyone :D
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Canon EOS R
Canon 24-70mm f4 @ 28mm
f14
3.2 secs
ISO100
Kase 0.9 Medium ND Grad Filter
Kase Magnetic Circular Polariser
Kase 10 Stop ND Filter
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Taken on my recent visit to the Canadian Rockies last Sunday when I drove 90 minutes north to Abraham Lake. It was incredibly cold (-39°c) and reasonably busy although on arriving an hour or so before sunrise, there were only a couple of other cars parked up by the roadside but within five minutes of us arriving, a dozen others arrived. News of my visit must have spread quickly, ha, ha.
So I wandered down onto the ice, complete with micro-spikes on the bottom of my snow boots for grip. Trying to find a section of ice that had perfectly formed methane bubbles was tough but I eventually settled on this shot. It lent itself perfectly to portrait format although I opted to shoot several images focusing on various parts of the scene followed by focus stacking them in Photoshop CC.
I think it worked out rather well. What do you think?
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Canon EOS R
Canon EF 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm
f8
1/10
ISO100
Kase Polariser Filter
Kase 0.6 Medium ND Grad Filter
Four images focus stacked in Photoshop CC
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I spent a really enjoyable day on Wednesday in the Lake District with a lovely lady on a 1-2-1 tuition day.
The weather was spring in full flow, sunshine, blue skies and the odd cloud or two. I decided on four locations to cover our 12.30pm-8.30pm day including stints at the beautiful Blea Tarn, Cathedral Cavern (huge man made slate cave), Hodge Close Quarry and to finish Millerground at Windermere complete with a couple of lovely photogenic wooden piers.
Krystal has an Instagram profile and I suggested that she stand at the end of the jetty and to remain still for fifteen seconds which she duly did. The sky illuminated pink at sunset with some beautifully subtle clouds to boot along with the unmistakable profile of the Langdales in the background.
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Overall a great day was had with plenty of instruction given, four wonderful locations offering amazing scenery along with some good humour and a few stories thrown in for good measure. Thank you Krystal for a great day. I hope to see you again in the future.
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Canon EOS R
Canon 24-70mm f4 @ 53mm
f11
15 secs
ISO50
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Sunset Glow, St. George's Parish Church, Piran, Slovenia
A little over three weeks ago, I visited the coastal town of Piran and for most of you who were not aware that Slovenia has a coastline, it does. In fact, it has over 40km of coastline, and Piran is perhaps considered the most popular of the coastal towns.
I arrived around 10am and spent the day walking around the harbour, and the narrow, alleyways of the lower section of the town before making my way up to the top roads where this church stands high up, dominating the landscape.
For sunset, my good friend Ian Middleton, an English photographer now living in Ljubljana, advised me to head over to Strunjan harbour and shoot this scene (thanks Ian, I owe you one). I arrived a good hour beforehand and set up, using these metal railings as a foreground feature.
Once the composition was complete and the camera set up, all I had to do was wait, and boy was I rewarded for my patience. The colour started to build and by the end of the golden hour, the sky lit up in a feast of glorious colours. I was so happy to have witnessed a gorgeous sunset over the ocean and furthermore, enjoy my time by the seaside.
You see, I was born in Blackpool and being based in Preston in the UK, I am never far away from the coast but here in Slovenia, I have to drive two hours to see it and because it had been three months since I had seen the ocean, the experience in doing so was made all the sweeter.
I hope you enjoy the image as much as I did taking it 😃
I ❤️ sLOVEnia
Canon R5
Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 41mm
f/14
90"
ISO100
Kase 0.9 Medium Grad ND Filter
Kase 6 Stop ND Filter
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A beautiful evening on Southbourne beach in Dorset August 2023.
Technical details
Exposure 2.5 seconds @ F11 ISO 100
Canon EOS 60D & Sigma 10-20 F4-F5.6 mm
Manfrotto 190 XDB tripod
Hahnel Remote Capture remotes
Formatt Hitech Filters, Firecrest CPL, ND 0.6 SE
Mindshift by Think Tank Filter Case
Optechusa camera strap
August Sunset
Technical details
Exposure 0.8 Seconds @ F13 at ISO100
Canon EOS 60D & Sigma 10-20 F4-F5.6.
Manfrotto 190 XDB tripod
Hahnel Remote Capture remotes
Formatt Hitech Filters CPL, ND 0.6 SE
Mindshift by Think Tank Filter Case
Optechusa camera strap
Glorious Sunset.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
Ocean liners parked off Dorset during the pandemic in 2020.
Technical details
Exposure 2 seconds @ F13 ISO 100
Canon EOS 60d
Sigma 10-20mm at 20mm
Manfrotto 190 XDB tripod
Hahnel Remote Capture remotes
Hitech Polarizer
Hitech 0.6 ND SE
Sunset at Groyne 21.
Technical details
Exposure 6 Seconds @ F11 at ISO100
Canon EOS 60D & Sigma 10-20mm F4-F5.6.
Manfrotto 190 XDB tripod
Hahnel Remote Capture remotes
Formatt Hitech Filters CPL, ND 0.6 SE
Mindshift by Think Tank Filter Case
Optechusa camera strap
Boscombe Pier Sunset.
Technical details
Exposure 0.6 Seconds @ F11 at ISO100
Canon EOS 60D & Sigma 10-20 F4-F5.6 at 14 mm.
Manfrotto 190 XDB tripod
Hahnel Remote Capture remotes
Formatt Hitech Filters, Firecrest CPL, ND 0.6 SE
Mindshift by Think Tank Filter Case
Optechusa camera strap
Summer skies.
An idyllic night on Boscombe beach in Dorset 2023.
Technical details
Exposure 5 seconds @ F11 ISO 100
Canon EOS 60D & Sigma 10-20 F4-F5.6 mm
Manfrotto 190 XDB tripod
Hahnel Remote Capture remotes
Formatt Hitech Filters, Firecrest CPL, ND 0.6 SE
Mindshift by Think Tank Filter Case
Optechusa camera strap
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What an amazing day I've had today running a workshop at the beautiful Holme Fell and Hodge Close Quarry with six fantastic clients.
Here is a shot that I quickly captured while giving my clients time to set up their cameras. The low sun slowly rose up from behind the fell while the heavy mist gave an ethereal and hauntingly beautiful feel to Holme Fell. This wonderful tree made the perfect subject to shoot but timing is everything and I had to wait a couple of minutes to ensure that the sun was in just the right place behind the tree itself.
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Canon 5Ds
Canon 70-200mm f4 @ 200mm
f11
1/6400 secs
ISO100
Gitzo GT3543XLS Tripod
Manfrotto 410 Tripod Geared Head
Mindshift Backlight 26L Bag
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Shot during our first morning of my Assynt workshop here in Scotland in 2019. I decided to start the workshop at the lovely remains of Ardvreck Castle and despite the changing weather which included a little rain, this gorgeous double rainbow appeared right over the castle itself.
I made sure everyone got a shot of it for themselves at the same time. I love nature when it produces scenes like these.
Canon EOS R
Canon 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm
f11
1/30th
ISO100
Kase Polariser
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Beautiful Sunset at Boscombe Pier.
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Exposure 3.2 seconds @ F11 ISO 100
Canon EOS 60D & Sigma 10-20 F4-F5.6 mm
Manfrotto 190 XDB tripod
Hahnel Remote Capture remotes
Formatt Hitech Filters, Firecrest CPL, ND 0.6 SE
Mindshift by Think Tank Filter Case
Optechusa camera strap
Despite only having claimed an hour's sleep at 3am on the ferry from Holyhead to Dublin overnight and feeling absolutely shattered, I wanted to share this image of the wonderful Great Pollet Sea Arch that I shot at sunset.
I felt a long exposure time of 30 seconds was required in order to smooth out the water enough to isolate the sea arch. The tide was coming in and the absence of some great sunset colours was missed but actually, I think that I have captured something rather nice myself.
What do you think?
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Canon 5D MK4
Canon 16m-35m f4 @ 16mm
f8
30 secs
ISO250
LEE 0.6 Medium ND Grad
Haida 10 Stop Filter
Gitzo GT3542XLS carbon fibre tripod
Gitzo GS3121LVL low profile levelling base
Manfrotto 410 tripod geared head
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I was woken at 4am by thunder and lightning this morning whilst sleeping in my minibus so I hurridly got dressed and drove the half mile journey to the pier and quickly set up.
Firing off dozens of images between five and thirty seconds, I was hoping for some lightning action over the pier and this is one of a handful of images where I captured the lightning and the best one of that handful.
I packed up once it started raining and it was a good move as no more lightning was seen.
Right place, right time and with the pier having a high tide at the time, the lit pier lamps reflect nicely in the water. A really fantastic way to spend an hour or so first thing in the morning.
Canon 5D MK4
Canon 16-35mm f4 @ 18mm
f11
4 secs
ISO100
Nisi 0.6 ND Hard Grad filter
Nisi 0.3 Stop Filter
Gitzo GT3543XLS carbon fibre tripod
Gitzo GS3121LVL low profile levelling base
Manfrotto 405 geared tripod head
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I ventured down to Rannoch Moor recent to photograph this lovely lonely tree in the mist when all of a sudden this unbelievable fogbow appeared. It is a colourless rainbow that is made up of tiny water droplets that cause fog. It's an amazing thing to witness and can generally only be seen if the sun is behind you when you are looking at it.
As soon as I saw this wonderful isolated windswept tree, I knew that it had to be framed by the fog bow. Freshly fallen snow set the scene all around. It was just beyond magical and one of those days that you'll remember for a long time to come.
Canon 5Ds
Canon 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm
f8
1/1000th sec
ISO100
LEE 105mm Landscape Polariser
Gitzo GT3542XLS Tripod
Manfrotto 410 Tripod Geared Head
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With the sheer heartbreak that Italy is going through right now, I cast my mind back to that wonderful morning back in October 2019 when I was stood on the Ponte dell'Accademia, only one of four bridges that span the Grand Canal in Venice, to watch the stunning sunrise and bathe the domed majestic Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute in a wonderful warm light.
It really was a magical way to start my day and it is one of those moments that I shall cherish from my time in Venice. For now, the canals are empty, the alleyways are silent and Venice rests from the visitors that wish to experience their own little piece of magic for themselves.
Well here is mine captured on camera and thank heavens I did. This photo makes me smile and warms my heart. Venice like the rest of Italy shall shine once again in time.
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Sigma 100-400mm @ 100mm
f8
1/1250
ISO100
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The Aurora Borealis Lights Up Lofoten, Flakstad, Norway
WOW, what a beautiful display of the ever mesmerising northern lights as they put on a beautiful show last week.
I took my six clients along to perhaps the most popular spot to shoot them from, Flakstad Beach. This is such an easy location to reach, it's pretty central, has a big car park and even toilets for those waiting hours to see the green stuff in the sky appear.
We arrived at 10pm and stayed a couple of hours. It's a very quick two minute walk down to the beach where wonderful reflections of the nearby mountain can be seen in the water. All of my clients (and I of course) had huge smiles on our faces as we witnessed the eight wonder of the world (in my eyes anyway) and for some, it was their first time seeing the aurora.
Seeing how happy the aurora has people feel always makes me smile and feel good. It is just such an amazing phenomenon to see with your own eyes.
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f2
10"
ISO400
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Dawn at the Chapel of St. Nicholas, Georgioupolis, Chania, Crete, Greece
Taken on my week spent touring the gorgeous island of Crete back in April 2019. This beautifully simple yet perfectly positioned chapel stands at the end of a long, rocky walkway out to the ocean. Knowing that the sun was due to rise behind it, I arrived a good hour beforehand to capture the lovely, warm tones of dawn before positioning myself close to the lighthouse nearby to capture the sun rising centrally above the chapel.
What a stunning morning this was although it looks peaceful and tranquil, I most certainly was not. Knowing that I had very little time between capturing this angle and the one with the rising sun, I ran around like a headless chicken to be sure that I got what I came for. Mission accomplished, phew.
Little wonder why I am considering running a workshop in Crete in the near future.
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Canon EF 16-35mm f/4 @ 16mm
f/14
10"
ISO100
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I wasn't entirely sure what to expect on arriving at Slap Savica yesterday afternoon but after taking the hiking trail for 20 minutes, I was amazed at just how beautiful the waterfall was.
Firstly, the dual waterfall drops down 78 metres into the most wonderful emerald green colour pool and the whole setting is amazing, especially the gorge that it is located in.
It is said that this waterfall (Slap in Slovenia means waterfall by the way) is Slovenia's third most visited tourist attraction and yet I had the whole place all to myself.
The pandemic has provided me with some wonderful opportunities to visit and photograph some amazing places all alone and I am so grateful to have the opportunity to do so.
What is the most impressive waterfall you have visited?
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Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24mm
f/8
1/13
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Delicate Light & Dramatic Skies, South Lakes, Cumbria
Here are three images captured during a great day out with a couple of friends of mine yesterday. The weather was crazy. One minute breezy with the sun shining hard, the next complete grey skies with snow showers pounding me in the face.
The dramatic skies made for some wonderful scenes as the squalls battered the Lake District ahead of me. These fantastic trees gave me a clue as to which way the wind normally blows but it was incredibly exposed upon the limestone pavements.
But if you want dramatic images, you have to be out in dramatic weather. To be honest, it was just great being out with friends again after such an incredibly long time. Life feels like it is getting back to some sort of normality and for that alone, yesterday would have been a success regardless of what I managed to capture on camera.
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Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24mm
f/8
1/320
ISO100
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Canon EOS 60D Sigma 10-20mm F4/F5.6
Manfrotto 190 XDB tripod
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Formatt Hitech Filters Firecrest CPL, ND 0.6 SE
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Evening light at Hengistbury Head
Taken in September 2025, a stunning evening after a sunny summer day.
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Exposure 2.5 seconds @ F8 ISO 200 at 20mm
Canon EOS R8
Canon RF Adapter
Canon 20-35mm F3.5-F4.5 USM
Sirui tripod
Hahnel Remote Capture remotes
Hyperion camera strap
Format hitech 0.6 SE grad
KF Concept 3 stop ND
Yesterday I had the pleasure of Andy's company, a new 1-2-1 client. I decided to take him to the gorgeous little woodland of Millerground at Windermere where on arriving, the most wonderful misty morning greeted us.
We spent almost four hours in just this location alone working quite a few compositions. There were quite a few swimmers practising for the Great North Swim that's taking place 8th-10th June.
I hope you all like the image. Have a wonderful weekend everyone. I am back up to the Lake District tomorrow to run a one day workshop at Rydal. If you're in the area and see me, come say hi :D
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Canon 70-200mm f4 @ 73mm
f11
1/125 sec
ISO250
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Sunrise, Over Owler Tor, Peak District
This image was captured on the final day of my four days spent shooting the Peak District recently. This image was taken at 5.38am so it was an early start, and the brisk 15 minute yomp up to the amazing 350 million year old gritstones of Over Owler Tor paid off when the pre-dawn colours started intensifying with each passing minute.
I had spotted this viewpoint the night before when shooting the sunset and sleeping in my makeshift campervan complete with mattress and camping stove (Merc Vito minibus minus all the seats) was a great idea.
Once I had sized up my exact position among the gritstones, it was just a matter of standing and waiting for the magic to happen.
Canon R5
Canon EF 16-35mm f/4 @ 16mm
f/16
1"
ISO250
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Rydal Falls & Grotto, Rydal, Lake District
Last Saturday, I ran a one day Lake District workshop which had us visit and photograph Rydal Cave (always a treat), the boathouse and this gorgeous small waterfall.
The foliage in the summer is plentiful and verdant and the greenery always allows the image to be wonderfully framed. This lovely little stone Grotto below was built in 1668 and is wood panelled inside and complete with lighting and wooden benches to sit and admire the view of the waterfall (as there is a window looking out on the far side of the stone hut).
You could at one time remove the window and store it in a special recessed cupboard that is set into the wall but sadly, it is no longer removable. Still, what a beautiful place this is to sit and watch the views.
I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend :D
Canon R7
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4 @ 30mm
f/8
30"
ISO250
Kase Armour Polarising Filter
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Sunset at Boscombe Pier.
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Exposure 5 seconds @ F11 ISO 100
Canon EOS 60D & Sigma 10-20 F4-F5.6 mm
Manfrotto 190 XDB tripod
Hahnel Remote Capture remotes
Formatt Hitech Filters, Firecrest CPL, ND 0.6 SE
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A shot I have been after for a while now which had me visit it at 4am a week last Thursday morning having driven overnight from Preston to get there before sunrise.
What a place this is, truly stunning with some fantastic views although at 4am, you can see bugger all except for the towering cliffs that you have to walk around along the very tight path. I was careful not to fall into the water below while trying to decide on a place to shoot from.
This is an image made up of three different exposures as it is almost impossible to shoot and keep detail in the shadow and highlight areas. I am very happy with how it turned out. If you get a chance to visit it for yourself, do so. The south-east coastline of Scotland (East Lothian) is a really beautiful and dramatic part of the world to photograph.
Coordinates of the car park at St Abbs Lighthouse 55.915990, -2.140593
I will be emailing out a blog tomorrow of my five day roadtrip to Scotland last week. I'm just writing it up now (I hope you all book a week off work to read it, ha, ha).
I hope you've all had a great weekend. Let me know what you've been upto if you fancy :D
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Canon 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm
f8
Between 2 and 15 seconds
ISO1600
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Last light at Southbourne.
A beautiful evening at Southbourne in Dorset, UK.
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Exposure 5 seconds @ F11 ISO 100
Canon EOS 60D & Sigma 10-20 F4-F5.6 mm
Manfrotto 190 XDB tripod
Hahnel Remote Capture remotes
Formatt Hitech Filters, Firecrest CPL, ND 0.6 SE
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A glorious morning during my three-day workshop in the Lakes between Christmas and New Year. I was explaining the joys of composition to my three clients when I spotted a wheelbarrow in the water a hundred yards up the lake. I don't need asking twice. In I went and positioned it perfectly (to my mind anyway). I mean who does not love a wheelbarrow in the middle of a long exposure image of a beautiful little bay in the Lake District in winter?
Exactly.
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Canon 16-35mm f4 @ 24mm
f8
30 secs
ISO200
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Taken last night during a glorious sunset. I had driven an hour south to the gorgeous ancient medieval hill town of Sorano, of which it hangs from tuff stone over the Lente River.
I parked the car in the small gravel car park and walked ten minutes to the viewing platform that affords one of the finest views I can remember of a town in full show. As the sunset behind me, the light fell from the tops of the buildings until they were all shrouded in shade. Of course, I was waiting for that perfect ten-minute window when the sky still retains colour and cloud while the lights in and on the buildings illuminate lighting up the town for the evening.
Cameras set and ready to fire. I had my smaller Canon M50 mirrorless camera filming a timelapse over 90 minutes (you can watch it in my next post) while my trusty Canon EOS R was tasked with capturing still frames of the town. I was completely alone during my 90 minutes there with no other soul around.
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3.2"
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Dramatic Skies, South Lakes, Cumbria
Here are three images captured during a great day out with a couple of friends of mine yesterday. The weather was crazy. One minute breezy with the sun shining hard, the next complete grey skies with snow showers pounding me in the face.
The dramatic skies made for some wonderful scenes as the squalls battered the Lake District ahead of me. These fantastic trees gave me a clue as to which way the wind normally blows but it was incredibly exposed upon the limestone pavements.
But if you want dramatic images, you have to be out in dramatic weather. To be honest, it was just great being out with friends again after such an incredibly long time. Life feels like it is getting back to some sort of normality and for that alone, yesterday would have been a success regardless of what I managed to capture on camera.
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Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 @ 70mm
f/11
1/200
ISO100
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I looked at the weather forecast last night on my 'Clear Outside' weather app and the promise of mist until around 9am was predicted. I thought long and hard about where exactly I wanted to be and yet despite having shot Lake Bled on around five occasions recently, I really could not resist returning, not least because it's only a five minute drive for me.
However this morning I opted not to return to my usual vantage point, the wooden boardwalk, but to try and capture a selection of images that as others put it 'classic Nicholson'. So on arriving at the car park next to the campsite (3 EUR an hour, ouch), I wandered down to the wooden jetty opposite and set up the camera. There are a couple of beautiful, simple, wooden Pletna boats by the lakeside and so I started with them but noticed a couple of minutes later the rocks and wooden posts that line the edge of the walkway.
So I turned my attention to them while continuing to feature the iconic church island in the centre of the frame in the background. The mist was very prevalent which provided me with seemingly endless compositional possibilities. It is fair to say that I was in my element and I am never happier than when capturing images that are intrinsically mine in style.
The colour in the sky was subtle this morning but the church was visible for most of the time that I was there but I have a couple of images where it disappeared altogether. Once I had finished with this particular area, I drove up the road to another car park which allowed me a brisk ten minute walk down to the water's edge to photograph the island 'head on' as it was. The composition has the entrance to the island visible, along with the countless number of steps that take you up to the church but I shall share that another day.
To finish my morning's shoot, I took the steps to the Cafe Belvedere, which enjoys an elevated position over the lake and it gave me a lot of enjoyment watching life continuing below me. Pletna boats being powered by an electric motor around the lake, fishermen trying to land the odd fish or two in their small boats, and kayakers taking an early morning cruise around the island while ducks quacked, birds sang and life, in general, felt great. Oh, what a time to be out enjoying nature.
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Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 28mm
f/16
5"
ISO100
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High Tide at Marine Lake, West Kirby, Merseyside
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So, on Monday, I spent a couple of hours at a place that I have been wanting to photograph for some time now, Marine Lake at West Kirby in Merseyside. A very high tide of 9.9 metres was forecast so I ventured off to capture the tide breaching the rocks and walkway. I was not to be disappointed but it was a challenge as is a lot of coastal photography at high tide.
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f/9
30"
ISO400
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Dusk at Man o War Bay in Dorset.
Canon EOS 60D & Sigma 10-20
8 Seconds at F14 at ISO160
Color checker passport & Callibrite Display 123
Processed with Lightroom Classic & Photoshop
I am a firm believer in keeping images that perhaps years earlier I may not have had the knowhow to best serve it in the post processing of it.
Always keep your work, as ones you may have discounted, may just surprise you in the modern day.
Storm at Sunset.
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Exposure 3 Seconds @ F11 at ISO100
Canon EOS 60D & EF 28-135 USM at 33 mm.
Manfrotto 190 XDB tripod
Hahnel Remote Capture remotes
Formatt Hitech Filters, Firecrest CPL, ND 0.6 SE
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Stunning Sunset.
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Exposure 1.5 seconds @ F11 ISO 100
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Manfrotto 190 XDB tripod
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I LOVE coastal scenes, I should do, I was born and bred in Blackpool after all and this location excited me on arriving late in the afternoon a couple of weeks ago.
Fanad Head Lighthouse is surrounded by some magnificent rocks that are so full of detail, colour and texture that trying to decide on a composition were nigh on impossible. In the end, I settled on a low position looking up at the lighthouse with a four portrait panorama stitched in Photoshop CC is the way forward. I could have shot the scene landscape format with a single image at 16mm on a full frame but I would not have quite got all of the rocks in on either side.
The sound of the ocean as it crashed in against the rocks below me felt invigorating and the soft glow of the end of day light gently lit up the rocks just beautifully and delicately. It is wonderful views like these that has me feel like the luckiest man alive in being able to shoot landscapes full time.
This location will feature during my September 2017 based five-day North-West & Giant's Causeway, Ireland Workshop that I will be launching tomorrow (those who have subscribed to my newsletter will be notified first ahead of the general public and those on social media. So if you want to be the first to be notified, simply sigh up at the link below. It's free and only takes thirty seconds).
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f16
2.5 secs
ISO100
LEE 0.6 Medium ND Grad filter
Haida 6 Stop filter
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Glorious Sunrise Over Luskentyre Beach, Isle of Harris, Scotland
I remember this morning like it was yesterday yet it was back in November 2019. It was the start of day three of my week long Harris & Lewis photo workshop and I and my six clients ventured down to the world famous Luskentyre Beach before sunrise.
With the promise of a decent sunrise from the weather apps, we set up in good time in the water of the incoming tide and waited for the colour to arrive and boy did it arrive.
Here's what I managed to capture while we were all stood there waiting patiently for the magic to happen. Isn't it just a stunning view? Little wonder why Harris and Lewis is my most popular workshop at the moment.
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f/11
30"
ISO50
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