Category: Landscape Photography
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Week 3: Busy work life? Here are ten questions I ask myself before I head outdoors.
If you work a 40 hour week in an office, how can you best prepare for a weekend outside? And does that preparation actually make a difference? Here are ten questions I ask myself before heading out. They help guide me towards an objective and minimise missing out on crucial outdoor time. I’m using pictures…
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How to hike Helvellyn for Sunrise and Sunset shots
There’s noting that beats getting some great photos from your mountain adventures. But how do you give yourself the best chance of getting some great shots? Here are my top tips, using Helvellyn in the Lake District as an example. Scroll down for a YouTube video too! I can’t emphasise this enough. Plan a route…
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Madman or Poet? A Night on Cadair Idris
There’s a saying in Welsh mythology that if you spend a night on top of Cadair Idris, South Snowdonia, you wake up as either a madman or a poet. I lived in Wales for the best part of four years, and for whatever reason never got round to it. Always had an excuse of some…
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An Ilkley Circular – Winter has arrived!
What a way to kick the cold season off! I must have hiked across Ilkley Moor nearly a hundred times in my life, but never in conditions as amazing as those I saw today. Crisp winter perfection. So why was I there for the hundredth time? Why not head to somewhere new? Well, as you…
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Getting a sunrise shot – Grindslow Knoll 11th November
I’m making a calendar at the minute, and one of the images I want to capture and include is a sunrise shot. So, how do you do it? What goes into the planning, and then the hiking to location? Planning the shot: With any creative, artistic activity (photography included), it always pays to do a…
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