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Jun 11, 2016
Roughing it for my art
I’ve been threatening for a while to spend the night on the hills to get the late sunset and early sunrise and Joy has been sceptical at...


Jun 9, 2016
Harris is more than tweed
Do yourself a favour and make a trip to the Isle of Harris. We’ve seen a lot of lovely beaches while we’ve walked the south-west coast...


May 19, 2016
Ullswater evening
Richard and I went strolling along the shores of Ullwater last saturday night, after our first (fruitless) day exhibiting at the Cumbria...


May 9, 2016
Blade Runner
I’ve just been watching Ridley Scott’s film of Blade Runner. The photography and production design are incredible. Sometimes when you...


Apr 26, 2016
Photographs are always real
In response to the WordPress Daily Post challenge <a href=”https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/abstract/”>Abstract</a>...


Mar 14, 2016
Olympus OMD-EM10 monochrome conversion
The Olympus OMD-EM10 (mark 1) has a built-in monochrome preset called “monotone”. If you select this preset (menu -> Shooting Menu 1 ->...


Mar 14, 2016
Grasmere sunset
£7 for car parking??? I really need to get better at finding free parking in the Lake District. My plan was for Grasmere and I realised...


Mar 6, 2016
My Amazing OMD-EM10 kit lens
I’m continually nicely surprised and impressed by the results I’m getting from the unassuming 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 m.zuiko kit lens on my...


Mar 6, 2016
Llangollen
A walk round the hills above Llangollen yesterday. Changeable weather is good photo weather but I’d forgotten my waterproofs! A good day...


Feb 20, 2016
Wrynose Pass, 15th February 2016
Perfect walking weather in the Lake District. Sparking snowy tops, clear blue sky. Actually, I’d prefer worse weather for taking good...


Feb 13, 2016
Langdale Pikes, 10th February 2016
I need to apologise for the number of pictures in this gallery post. One of the rules of presenting your photographs is to edit...


Feb 3, 2016
Snowdonia Rain
Landscape photographers have to take their chances where they can get them. I went over to Snowdonia yesterday knowing that the forecast...


Jan 27, 2016
Bwlch Tryfan, 19th January 2016
This was Joy’s last hurrah before going back to full time work so we made the effort to get to the mountains and find some snow. We did a...


Jan 26, 2016
Ambleside to Troutbeck, 17th January 2016
Joy and I made the journey to Ambleside in hopes of catching the snow at its best and we weren’t disappointed. We did the very popular...


Jan 14, 2016
Llyn Idwal and surprise snow
The first time I’ve been in the mountains for a few months and this time it’s Snowdonia, which is now nearer to me than the Lake...


Jan 7, 2016
Cheshire Grey
Since I started photography I’ve been used to colourful winters. I’ve spent all of them in the pennines, either in the Yorkshire Dales or...


Jan 3, 2016
End of year B&W
While visiting relatives and doing some walking I’ve taken some black and white shots. #photography #omdem10 #landscape #gallerypost...


Jan 2, 2016
WordPress Daily Photo Challenge – Circle
In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Circle.” Walking home on Christmas Eve we saw the moon in the centre of what...


Dec 18, 2015
Rochdale Canal Autumn Colour
Some strong autumn colour from back in November. The dark overcast and wet weather are good for emphasizing the colours, a good tip if...


Dec 18, 2015
Dee Estuary
A couple of shots from the Dee Estuary, taken from the Wirral side at Thurstaston beach, just by Shore Cottage Studio The first shows,...
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