2020
Where to start? Obviously, 2020 hasn’t been the best year for Landscape Photographers! Confined to our four walls for most of the year. Amidst the turmoil I did find a few opportunities to venture out and about with the camera. Not as far afield as I would of liked, to Scotland for our yearly holiday would have been the dream. So, sorry to disappoint, no beautiful glens and mountains in the collection. So here they are, my favourite 12 from […]
A fresh delivery from K&F Concept this week, something I’ve been looking forward to trying out for some time. The K&F Concept Arca-Swiss Quick Release Plate. So, what is an Arca-Swiss Plate anyway? Back in the 90’s a company called Arca-Swiss decided to create a secure, standardised locking mechanism for cameras and tripods. The system consists of a mounting plate for the camera with 45° dovetail edge which fits securely into a corresponding vice like clamp on the tripod head. […]
Photography has been hit and miss over the last few months during these turbulent times. Not a lot of opportunity to venture much further than the local lanes and footpaths to walk our Border Collie. This evening whilst wandering the footpaths overlooking Rastrick we were gifted some lovely sunset colours. Silhouetted against the sunset a little feathery visitor came by to tweet at us. It’s little moments like this when you have the camera to hand that really make […]
This year I’m taking part in a 53 week photo challenge. One subject per calendar week. Aside from the more planned out landscape and portrait work, sometimes it’s a struggle to find inspiration in the every day. Having a pre-designed list of subjects is a big help and will hopefully stir up some creativity. I’ll be posting the weekly shots in a gallery on this blog post, as well as on my regular social media feeds. The posts will be […]