Unexpected Creativity from a Dreary Dartmoor

Sometimes landscape photography can be hard and this was certainly true of my most recent visit to Dartmoor in Devon.  However, even when you are feeling creatively challenged, inspiration can appear to come from nowhere.   Read on to learn how I got inspired on that dull, grey evening on Dartmoor!

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How I Backup my Landscape Photographs

Every landscape photography I take is unique to me and so I want to minimise the risk of data loss at every step.  In the blog this week I show you how I protect my data from the moment I press the shutter button up until the point I'm ready to format my memory cards again.

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Photographing Britain's National Parks

In the blog this week I’m very happy to share with you the story of my latest adventure. Check out the images and video I captured as I travel to three different national parks, across three countries and all in one day!

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Creating Coastal, Long Exposure, Panoramic Images with the Nikon D850

Have you ever taken a coastal, long exposure, panoramic image before?  Well, that's just what I did in my latest video.  Sometimes you need to see a scene a little differently to get inspired in a big way.

 

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Friends, Fun and Landscape Photography

In the blog this week I share with you my latest video where I head out with a couple of landscape photography friends to capture sunrise photographs of Start Point lighthouse on the south Devon coast.  Those 3am alarm calls don't seem so bad when you are having fun with friends!

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I Missed Spring but Hello Summer!

In the blog this week, I share with you my disappointing experience of photographing spring this year.  However, I remain in a positive mood as the first shoot of summer goes a little better.

 

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OnePlus 6 Landscape Photography: A Mobile Phone Photography Challenge with Chris Sale

Can you capture a good landscape image using a mobile phone?  Well, that's the challenge fellow photographer Chris Sale set me.  In the blog, I share with you the video I captured when I headed out to Dartmoor National Park with my new OnePlus 6 mobile phone to capture some landscape photographs.

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Focus Shift / Stacking with the Nikon D850: Capture and Processing

In the blog this week, I finally put the Nikon D850 Focus Shift feature to work by heading out to  Dartmoor National park to capture a focus stacked landscape photograph of the waterfalls at Venford.

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A Landscape Photographers Basic Guide to Calibration and Profiling

How do I calibrate my monitor?  How do I profile my printer?  How do I improve the quality of the photographs I print?  You don't need to be a colour expert to improve the way your images look on screen and in print.  In the blog this week I show you how.

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Grey Mare's Tail and Loch Skene: A 5 Minute Photo Adventure

In this blog post, I share with you the story, photographs and video of my time photographing Loch Skeen and Grey Mare's Tail.  This is another location I discovered just off the M74.

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Dawn with Danks - A Mini Adventure with Gareth Danks

In the blog this week I share with you vlog I made when fellow photographer and YouTuber, Gareth Danks paid me a visit. We headed down to the south Devon coast for a bit a coastal photography and a chat.

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On My Bookshelf: From Dawn to Dusk - Interview and Giveaway

In this very special blog post I share with you the latest episode of On My Bookshelf. In the episode I interview Mark Bauer and Ross Hoddinott about their latest book on landscape photography, From Dawn to Dusk. I also tell you about a giveaway where you can win all three of their books.

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