From Kings How looking south I did my first wild camp of the year a few days ago, in the Lake District. The intention was to camp on one...

Mawddach Estuary A couple of years ago I did an overnight wild camping trip to Barmouth, southern Snowdonia. This is a truly spectacular...

Swaledale My last post had photos from a drizzly day in Swaledale. I camped overnight (in a campsite, not my usual bivvy bag) and set my...

Swaledale Meadows Each year in late May and early June a natural wonder occurs in the Yorkshire Dales. The meadows come into flower....

Some considerable while back I read an article about Alfred Stieglitz. The photographs that were included were quite beautiful and I was...

I had a washed out day yesterday in the Lake District. I expected some light drizzle but it was just too much. You should never give up...

There is a geologic period called the Devonian. One characteristic of it was the formation of extensive forests, with ferns being one of...

These three shots are not new but I’ve revisited the processing for two of them. I wrote a few weeks ago about how I found how effective...

I talked a few posts ago about our perceptions of image sharpness. I illustrated that post with an example of extreme sharpness – showing...

I did a walk on wednesday starting at Castlerigg Stone Circle, near Keswick in the Lake District. The weather was perfect for walking –...

It is my view that there are no magic secrets to getting a good photograph and that subject matter and composition always trump technical...

Visiting the northern Lake District I’d intended to walk round the bottom end of Derwentwater but the lake had other ideas. Heavy rain...

Llanberis Pass Seeing the Llanberis Pass in Snowdonia in heavy cloud is pretty common. Even on a bright day it doesn’t see much sun, the...

By coincidence I exchanged comments a day or so ago with a reader from Helsinki who had posted a YouTube link showing his driving in...

I made this trip nearly three years ago but the shots have languished in the catalogue ever since, untouched and unloved. The day was far...

Duddon Valley Ulpha is a small Cumbrian village in the heart of the Duddon Valley. This is a little-explored part of the Lake District....

The welsh tourist town of Llanberis, at the foot of Mount Snowdon, is not dominated by the highest mountain in Wales and England, nor by...

Grey Christmas We spent the Christmas week this year in Cumbria, in a rented cottage in a little village called Brigsteer. This is near...

I read a quote yesterday attributed to Michael Kenna to the effect that photographers think of their work as acquisition when they should...

Llyn Tecwyn Uchaf I was going to title this post “Llyn Tecwyn Uchaf” but that would look like I’d just dropped a book on the keyboard....