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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
Kase 10 Stop ND Filter
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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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f/8
1/320
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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.
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Canon 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm
f11
1/30th
ISO100
Kase Polariser
Kase 0.6 Medium ND Grad Filter
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Evening light at Hengistbury Head
Taken in September 2025, a stunning evening after a sunny summer day.
Technical details
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
Glorious Sunset.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
Ocean liners parked off Dorset during the pandemic in 2020.
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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
August Sunset
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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
Sunset at Groyne 21.
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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
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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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Canon 24-70mm f/4 @ 24mm
f/11
30"
ISO50
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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 70-200mm f4 @ 200mm
f11
1/6400 secs
ISO100
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Manfrotto 410 Tripod Geared Head
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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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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 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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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
Kase Armour 10 Stop ND Filter
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Boscombe Pier Sunset.
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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
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Foliage and Rock Detail, Cathedral Cavern, Langdale Valley, Lake District
Something a little different from me today. An interior shot of the fallen rocks inside the wonderous Cathedral Cavern in the Lake District. I took this on a 1-2-1 that I was running with a lovely lady called Niki yesterday.
I was demonstrating how I would set up a shot inside the huge, man-made slate cage utilising the lush green ferns above. I love the lighting, the composition and of course, the subjects in this photo. I hope you do too.
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Maybe I'll see you one day who knows. Have a great Tuesday everyone.
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Sigma 100-400mm f/5-6.3 @ 100mm
f/11
2.5"
ISO100
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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
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
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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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Come and join me on my Harris and Lewis Photography Workshop 2nd-8th March 2019 £1,395
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This beach that you can see here was photographed on my last day there back in January and it is typical of the stunningly beautiful sandy beaches that you see on Harris. The colour of the water is aqua, the sandy lovely and golden and the skies either bright blue or full of the most vibrant clouds known to man.
Scotland is sure one hell of a place to visit with a camera and I never tire of doing so whatever the weather/time of the year but late autumn should produce some stunning colours whilst still being mild. The temperatures were ten degrees in the middle of January which happened to be the warmest in Europe at the time. Apparently Lewis and Harris does not suffer extreme cold weather in the winter.
Anyway, I hope you all like the image as much as I did taking it :D
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Canon 24-70mm f4 @ 35mm
f8
0.8 secs
ISO50
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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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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.
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Canon 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm
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1/1000th sec
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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Sigma 20mm f1.4 ART
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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Back Alley Arches, Piran, Slovenia
One of the most enjoyable aspects of travelling is discovering new locations/cities/towns and the beautiful coastal town of Piran on the west coast of Slovenia very much impressed me. Yes, Slovenia has 46.6km of coastline for those of you who were unaware that Slovenia had access to the sea.
Piran is often referred to as the Slovenian Mediterranean, in part due to its Venetian architecture, its narrow cobbled streets, and its beautiful harbour that houses a plethora of shiny boats of various sizes but it really is a lovely medieval town and worthy of spending a day or two there.
I took delight in exploring the many back alleyways, complete with interesting doorways and undercover arches. This one, in particular, caught my attention, and no sooner had I set up the camera and tripod, did this colourful chap rounded the corner at exactly the same time as I hit the shutter cable release. Talk about great timing but then again, luck generally plays a part where landscape photography is concerned.
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0.6"
ISO100
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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
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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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Taken yesterday during a quick three hour stopover before heading to our hotel for the evening. The lochs on Rannoch Moor were covered in ice despite the seven degree temperatures.
The views of Lochan na h Achlaise were just beautiful and having finally settled on this composition (which took me around twenty minutes to get right), I was more than happy to get it in the camera.
I used a Nisi polariser to darken the water closest to the camera, so that you could all see the detail of the rocks under the water, a couple of grad filters to control the brightness in the sky and to finish a Nisi six stop filter.
I hope you all like the image. I am now about to set off for the ferry at Uig, on Skye to head over to Harris and Lewis for a week's workshop. I know what you're all thinking. Melvin, you have such a hard life. Believe it or not I agree :D
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A beautiful evening at Southbourne in Dorset, UK.
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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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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.
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What an amazing scene we were treated to on the workshop I led in the outer Hebrides last week. I just love this place.
Standing high up on the very edge of the cliff with the wind blowing and me standing right up against the camera to prevent buffeting while shooting a thirty second exposure is the stuff of dreams, especially when the views are as good as this.
If you have yet to visit the Outer Hebrides, let me urge you to go. Lewis has the dramatic views, the high cliffs, the pounding waves and the dominant sea stacks while Harris is the complete opposite. Harris is all about peace and tranquillity with its gently sloping golden sandy beaches and stunning aqua coloured water. There really is nowhere quite like the Outer Hebrides in the UK.
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Storm at Sunset.
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Yesterday afternoon, I returned from a challenging sixteen days in the Canadian Rockies. Challenging because during my time spent there, I witnessed and endured temperatures down to -40° plus windchill and this was a whole level of cold that I had yet to experience.
This brings about its own issues when trying to photograph the scenery and I like others I know, fell ill due to the weather. I still am having a doctor confirm yesterday that I have a chest infection but for all the challenges posed, there is no doubting that the scenery looks spectacular.
This image here was the very final one that I took on the last evening before jetting home. I arrived with my clients in tow to find the cafe's interior lights on (which is hugely important in capturing this scene) but thirty minutes before dusk, the staff turned them off so I walked to the Emerald Lake Lodge around the back and kindly asked the staff if they could turn them back on and I am delighted that they did just that.
You really need the interior lights on to have the cafe offer up the warmth in the setting of the blue hour. This turned out perfectly and I am so pleased with the finished edit.
Regarding equipment, I have had so many of you message me privately asking how my Canon EOS R copped in such cold temps and I am delighted to confirm that the EOS R never missed a beat. I have been so impressed with this camera and how it has handled everything that I continue to throw at it. Canon has made a bulletproof mirrorless camera it seems.
Anyhow, I shall be sharing more images in the coming days. I hope you enjoy looking through them.
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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?
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Stunning Sunset.
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Another image captured during my couple of hours spent down at the estuary at Lytham, St Anne's recently.
On arriving in Lytham around 8pm, I went for a wander along the shoreline of the estuary and I noticed a partially submerged sailing boat as the incoming tide was doing its best to hide it from view and within forty minutes, it did just that but this boat piqued my interest.
It was perfectly positioned upside down in its own pool of water. The tide was coming in and starting to infiltrate the water pool and the water level was rising as I took this shot. The sun was setting much further round to the right and out of view but I had hoped for more colour would show itself but alas, it sadly did not.
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ISO250
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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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This image was shot back in mid-February 2020 and it feels like a lifetime ago now.
I, along with six lovely clients, went aurora chasing at night during my Lofoten workshop. After a couple of no shows earlier in the workshop, a kp4 aurora was predicted so we ventured down to a popular local hotspot, Skagsanden Beach. It is a location that allowed us to park up in the free car park and sit in the minibus in comfort until the lights showed at which point we dashed out and onto the beach to capture the lights while the rocks on the beach reflected in the water.
Oh, how I wish I was back there right now. Still, I have a couple of places left for my November 2021 workshop, so I shall look forward to returning then.
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Mary's Shell is a wonderful art sculpture located on the beach in Cleveleys. High tide was due at 3.35am which allowed me plenty of time to set up at 2am and wait for the incoming tide to surround the base of the sculpture.
I experimented with various compositions and shutter speeds ranging from just two seconds to thirty. The lovely warm glow of the lights to my left emanated from the street lights but I do not mind the inclusion of the light pollution for it helps to give the sky a lovely warmth about it.
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ISO500
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Lofoten Winter Workshop : 7th-13th February 2020
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Oh my, Lofoten is the gift that keeps on giving. I am still editing new images taken way back in February this year when I spent a very enjoyable week touring around this gorgeous collection of islands linked by numerous bridges in some of the most beautiful conditions and when lit at night, looked almost romantic I'd say.
This gorgeous 259 year old wooden church (built 1760) sits in Flakstad which enjoys ocean views and is located by the main road from Ramberg to Leknes. Every time I saw it lit on my way back to the guesthouse, I thought that I must stop one night and on this particular evening I did.
Isn't it just lovely and the way it has been lit, it looks like it's made out of gold. I can only hope that the town does not replace the lights for modern LED ones.
Anyhow, if you would like to join me on my Lofoten winter workshop next February, jump on board sooner than later as places are starting to fill up. If Lofoten remains on your bucket list of locations to visit, now would be the perfect time to join me and at £1,495, it has never been more affordable.
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September is one of the best times to visit Tuscany due to the magical mist that swirls and rolls through the gorgeous valley of San Quirico d'Orcia.
On this morning back in Sept 2019, I was blown away by the stunning scenery as the sun rose and illuminated all that lay below while the pre-dawn colours radiated in the sky.
This morning ranks as one of my top three finest sunrises since I first picked up a camera way back in February 2007. It was an absolute privilege to photograph this gorgeous and iconic farmhouse.
Arriving on location at around 6.20am (sunrise scheduled for 7.04am), I wandered over to a clearing in the olive trees that afforded a stunning view of the farmhouse below. There were copious amounts of mist swirling around in the valley below, revealing trees and buildings as it went before concealing them as quickly.
The whole scene was alive and changing every few seconds. It was bloody magical and the kind of conditions that I and every landscape photographer prays for. I felt so lucky to have witnessed this and the other three mornings during my week in Tuscany.
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Well, here is an image of the iconic and world famous three near 10,000ft monoliths of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo as uniquely seen from the remains of a World War 1 tunnel.
During my workshop to the truly stunning Dolomites last October, I took my lovely clients into the UNESCO World Heritage Site for a day's wander around some of the most impressive landscape I have ever witnessed. En-route to the Rifugio Lavaredo, which we shot at sunset, I came across this wonderful tunnel with window sections that offered up some quite outstanding views. I simply had to set up the camera and tripod and take a few shots.
The contrast proved difficult and the lighting conditions were vast but the Canon 5D MK4 coped wonderfully well as this is a single exposure capture. No HDR going on here.
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Beautiful Sunset.
An idyllic night on Boscombe beach in Dorset 2023.
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Having now returned home from a fantastic week's landscape photography in the truly beautiful region of Assynt in Scotland (far north west, have a look on the map. I stayed in Lochinver), I am now trying to edit an image or two.
Here's a capture of a gorgeous boulder bay at the hugely photogenic Achnahaird Beach. The water level was just right to have me shoot it at five seconds which not only softened the water down just beautifully, but also retain texture in it too which was important for me. I could have shot it at thirty seconds and gone for a complete long exposure but I find myself steering away from extreme long exposure shots these days. I certainly do not use my ten stop filter half as much as I use to do that's for sure.
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I rolled into the twilight zone that is Holywell Bay. I call it the twilight zone because I had neither internet reception on my mobile OR phone signal which is somewhat surprising considering the popularity of the place on the coast.
I walked the fifteen minute wander down to the beach from the main car park, met a couple of other photographers standing there shooting the beautiful sea stacks before they left as the light faded. I decided to stay on and capture the dramatic stormy skies post sunset. This is a panorama of six vertical images with an overlay of around 30% to allow Lightroom CC to work its magic (Photoshop CC did a slightly lesser job in stitching this together for some reason although there wasn't much in it between the two programs but when you're after the best quality you can produce, any little improvement is a help.
Canon 5D MK4
Canon 24-70mm f4 @ 29mm
f4
2.5 sec
ISO1600
Six vertical images stitched together in Lightroom CC then edited in Camera Raw, Photoshop CC & Nik Colour efex
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Sunrise Sea Fret at Steetley Pier, Hartlepool
Last Monday, on day 33 of my 33 day road trip around the UK, I dragged myself out of bed at 3.45am and ventured down to the hugely photogenic (not to mention huge), Steetley Pier in Hartlepool for sunrise.
On arrival, the colours on the horizon were wonderful and vibrant and a decent sunrise was promised. However with just ten minutes to go before the sun was due to rise at the end of the pier, mass amounts of sea fret rolled in to completely obscure the view of any detail.
I stood there and looked at Lee, my photography buddy I met down there, and said, "What the hell has just happened?" "Where's the sunrise gone?" Lee laughed, and I eventually did as I realised that it is rarer to photograph the pier in heavy sea fret (sea fog) than it is during a decent sunrise. There was also a high tide, which allowed the pier to be completely isolated from everything.
So here is an image of Steetley Pier that was as captured in camera. Nothing has been cloned out and I especially love the inclusion of the slightly blurred birds that sat on top of the large circular tubes on either side of the pier.
Canon R5
Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24mm
f/8
30"
ISO100
Kase 10 Stop ND Filter
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Turquoise Waters, Uttakleiv Beach, Lofoten, Norway
Lofoten in Norway has many, many iconic and well known locations to photograph. Reine, Skagsanden Beach, Flakstad to name but a few and of course the most famous of them all, Hamnoy but while Uttakleiv Beach is also on that list, it is so notably because of the 'Monster's Eye' (see the first comment box below for my photo of the Monster's Eye).
However, I rarely see other images from Uttakleiv Beach so I spent an hour or so capturing the wonderful array of rocks close by as the tide surged backwards and forwards, filling these lovely little channels. I had to manoeuvre carefully as I did not want to fall in and I had to take extra care of my camera equipment from the saltwater of the ocean but apart from that, it was an absolute pleasure to photograph this gorgeous stretch of coastline.
I aim to give my future Lofoten workshop clients even longer at this beach to capture their own images as I feel that there's so much potential to be had. In this image, the light was fading fast as the end of the day arrived all too quickly. The skies darkened a little with what appeared to be a possible impending storm brewing. I felt energised, excited and enthused to just be standing there witnessing such beauty. It was at this very point that Lofoten captured my heart, mind and soul. What an experience.
Have a great day/evening everyone. If you like the image, please feel free to SHARE. Thanking you in advance.
Canon EOS R
Canon EF 16-35mm f/4 @ 16mm
f/13
30"
ISO50
Kase Polariser Filter
Kase 6 Stop ND Filter
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I am going through my back catalogue to edit some fresh images to upload onto my website to promote my range of workshops for 2019.
I am currently putting together a three day residential Northumberland photography workshop for March 2019 when I came across this image of one of the most amazing sunrises I have ever witnessed.
I was all set up on the beach at Bamburgh waiting for the magic to happen when the sun quickly rose above the horizon just off to the right of the Farne Islands. I was mesmorised and as happy as a child on Christmas morning for I knew that I would capture something truly beautiful and having just found the image, I knew that I was right.
p.s. The colours are correct and have not been enhanced in Photoshop.
Canon 5D MK3
Canon 70-200 f4 @ 200mm
f11
1/125 sec
ISO100
Landscape Polariser
0.9 ND Hard Grad filter
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Benro TMA48CXL Mach 3 Tripod
Benro GD3WH Geared Head
Mindshift Backlight 36L Bag
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