Shutterspots

Shutterspots No. 7: Salt’s Mill, Saltaire

[rl_gallery id=”17091″] Just on the outskirts of Bradford is the idyllic little town of Saltaire.  Saltaire was built in 1851 by Sir Titus Salt, a leading Yorkshire industrialist.   The name is a blend of the founder’s name and the name of the local river Aire that runs nearby. The town is picturesque and can be a source for some wonderful street photography opportunities. Photography Subjects Long exposure, water, sunrise, sunset, reflection, weir, flowing water, architecture, history, industrial, mills Key Locations […]

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Shutterspots No. 6: Brighouse Weir and Sugden’s Mill

[rl_gallery id=”16940″] Staying very local for this shutterspot.  My local town, Brighouse.  It hosts the distinctive towers of Sugden’s Mill which in recent years have been purchased by the Rokt Climbing Gym.  The main Mill building backs on to the River Calder beside a weir.  At full flow, the weir is an impressive site. Photography Subjects Long exposure, water, sunrise, sunset, reflection, weir, flowing water Key Locations See the google map below for my points for nearby parking and for […]

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Shutterspots No. 5: Loch Lomond

[rl_gallery id=”12229″] Loch Lomond.. it’s Scotland, don’t really need to single out one Loch, every single one is a photography treat. But anyway, let’s focus on this one, and my limited exposure to what is actually available. I’ve not been lucky enough to have been able to spend a great deal of time around the Loch so I only have two locations, but at each I managed to capture an image that I was really pleased with, one is perhaps […]

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Shutterspots No. 4: Chemical Beach, Seaham

[rl_gallery id=”11401″] Chemical Beach, Seaham is a beautiful little cove just South of Seaham town centre. It’s not the main visitor beach so it’s always very empty, just the occasional beach fisherman or dog walker. The beach was at one point a tipping area for spoils from nearby Dawdon Colliery, and it’s the ‘Chaldron’ wheels from one of the colliery wagons which makes this location so famous. Along with the famous chaldron wheels, there are many other natural structures and […]

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Shutterspots No. 3: M62 Motorway Trails

[rl_gallery id=”11355″] Long exposure, light trails, great fun! Being so close to the M62 motorway has been a constant source of inspiration for long exposure vehicle light trails. By no means are my suggested locations the only great places to capture the M62. I’m sure almost any bridge over the M62 will provide a suitable location for capturing some fantastic light trails. I would say that the Pennine area will obviously provide some fantastic landscape backdrops, but equally there are […]

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Shutterspots No. 2: Lumb Hole Falls

[rl_gallery id=”11070″] Lumb Hole Falls is beautiful waterfall nestled in Crimsworth Dean, high above Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.  It is a wonderful natural bowl into which the waterfall pours below and old stone bridge.  There are many great vantage points to capture the main waterfall.   The public footpath which winds it’s way across the dean and crosses the waterfall over the stone bridge offers ample locations for capturing the falls without too much strenuous effort. For those of a more […]

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Shutterspots No. 1: Clarence Dock, Leeds

[rl_gallery id=”11048″] Clarence Dock sits on the River Aire, just to the South East of Leeds City Centre. The dock was constructed for boats using the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the Aire and Calder Navigation to ship goods and commodities from Leeds city centre in 1843.  In 1996 the construction of the purpose-built Royal Armouries Museum marked the start of the area’s redevelopment.  The area now houses many tech businesses, hotels, restaurants and bars. Photography Subjects Water, Canal boats, Water reflections, Modern […]

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