Jan 6New year’s eve wanderWell happy new year to you. My new year will be largely taken up with restocking after a bumper set of Christmas markets and starting to ...
Dec 20, 2019The last of Holme FellThis is positively the last set of shots currently in my catalogue from Holme Fell. It was such a beautiful autumn afternoon that I could...
Dec 18, 2019Torver greyFinally deciding it was time to move on from my obsession with Holme Fell I tried a new area for the first time. Driving north alongside ...
Dec 11, 2019First shots with my new lensLangdale Pikes This was the first day’s shooting with my new Panasonic lens for my Olympus OMD-EM10 and I was excited by it. Also the fir...
Dec 5, 2019Man-made landscapesHere are a few more shots from Holme Fell, the location I’ve been visiting so much recently. I’ve been asked to give a talk to a local na...
Nov 26, 2019Wharfedale overnight – the next morningI just found this post in my Drafts folder in WordPress and realised it had been there since early summer and never posted. I think I hel...
Nov 25, 2019Holme Fell part threeI’m still catching up processing the shots of Holme Fell I’ve been taking over the last few weeks. The autumn colour is now largely gone ...
Nov 21, 2019Using graduated ND filters on mirrorless camerasmy new lens a couple of posts ago. One very useful side-effect is that it has a 52mm filter thread which just happens to be one of the si...
Nov 19, 2019Holme Fell part twoIn Holme Fell part one I wrote about finding this fantastic location between Ambleside and Coniston. Two days after that visit I went aga...
Nov 15, 2019Holme Fell part oneLingmoor Fell and Bowfell I’ve been all around this area of the Lake District for many years and thought I knew it well but there is a sq...
Nov 13, 2019A new old lensMy camera equipment is always on the leading edge of the technology curve – I’ve just bought a second hand Panasonic 14-45 mm zoom lens, ...
Nov 6, 2019Autumn is here – Tarn HowsTarn Hows is one of the most beautiful lakes in an area renowned for beautiful lakes – the Lake District. In the Lake District there are ...
Oct 13, 2019Sunset at The RoachesWow, it’s been about six weeks since I last posted. Holidays, laziness, and generally not actually getting any good pictures for a while ...
Aug 23, 2019From Bytes to TerabytesEvery thursday I go to the Museum of Science and Technology in Manchester to volunteer as a demonstator on the SSEM replica, also known a...
Aug 12, 2019Askrigg and Bainbridge – around WensleydaleWensleydale Another trip around Wensleydale, this time through the meadows and fields at the bottom of the valley around the villages of ...
Aug 10, 2019Lee ND Grad Filters colour accuracyOnLandscape magazine has had a series on neutral density graduated filters, with one part on colour accuracy. Tim Parkin, editor and auth...
Jul 24, 2019Eskdale overnight – the morning afterI wrote last week about my overnight wild camp to Eskdale and the wonderful viewpoint of Border End. The evening before had been good but...
Jul 24, 2019Wharfedale overnightI had an overnight trip to the Yorkshire Dales last week, camping in mid-Wharfedale above Conistone. I’d previously scouted this area and...
Jul 16, 2019Eskdale OvernightA mountain wild camp made easy. An overnight trip sleeping out on top of Border End in the Lake District with magnificent views of Eskdal...