About me

Before I made the switch, I already owned some nice equipment that I was using for night scape astro photography. I owned a Canon 5D mklll, a Canon 24mm to 105mm F4 L lens and a Canon 14mm F2.8 L prime. With this in hand, I slowly made the gentle transition from astro to landscape and soon realised that this type of photography was going to be far more rewarding than the astro could ever be. For the record, I now shoot with a Sony A7Rlll.

Over the last 5 years landscape photography has turned into a mild obsession. It’s not just the photography that excites me, it’s everything that landscape photography has to offer. Such as being the only person on a beach at sunrise or hiking the valleys and mountains of Snowdonia and the Lake district. Shooting in colder climates like Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Wrapping my hands around a cup of steaming hot coffee while I wait for the sun to rise above the horizon… that’s absolute bliss to me. Although landscape photography can be a solitary hobby at times, I find being out behind the camera extremely therapeutic as it helps me unwind and totally relax.

As I type this ‘About’ page’ for the website, I’m currently sitting in my motorhome in Betws-y-Coed, Snowdonia (the weather is pants, by the way!). This is a region I’ve been visiting a lot just recently and with the help of my good friend Dave Griff, I’m building up a good mental map of the area. Getting to know an area is important to a landscape photographer as it increases the chances of obtaining a good shot when the conditions are right. Norfolk and Suffolk are two other areas I’m concentrating on as they have great coastal locations and they’re only an hours drive from where I live.

The hardest part about landscape photography is trying to convert what we see with our eyes into a pleasing image.  Sometimes a great view or vista just can’t be converted, but with a little practise and knowledge it soon becomes apparent what makes for a good image. I’ve found the web and social media platforms such as YouTube invaluable for learning about photography, but none of the online tuition comes close to actually learning in the field. In the early years putting in the hours behind the camera pays huge dividends for the later years, as images become easier to achieve because it becomes muscle memory when out and about.

Printing my images is another aspect that has helped me improve. Holding a hard copy of an image is extremely rewarding, but it also lends itself to be scrutinised. I like to pin them on my large noticeboard and really look at them over a period of time and question the composition, light and mood. If after a period of time I’m still extremely happy with the outcome, I’ll either get them framed to sell in the shop or just sell them as prints online.