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For the Love of Water
August 01, 2026 - As a photographer I'm a real lover of fell top photography. I can often but found on a hill trying to piece together a b...
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Blea Tarn - The Victim of Its Own Beauty??
July 19, 2026 - 'I'm never coming here again' I said to myself as I stood on the shoreline of Blea Tarn....one of the most iconic and be...
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Doing it in Style.....High Stile
June 21, 2026 - High Stile is the middle of three fells which makes up one of the Lake District's finest, in my opinion, ridge walks. Th...
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Hardknott To Love This Place
March 21, 2026 - There are many wonderful locations for photography in the Lake District. For such a relatively small area, it is jam pac...
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My Favourite Images of 2025
December 28, 2025 - So all the usual cliques apply here regarding the passing of time and another year coming to a close. I shall not bore y...
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Simply a Privilege
November 30, 2025 - There are many times I've stood on a mountain top with eyes wide open, pupils dilated and a smile extending from ear to...
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Taking Inspiration or Taking the Mick?
October 24, 2025 - Over the last year or so I've heard the dreaded 'plagiarism' in landscape photography talk rear its ugly head yet again.
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A Brief Encounter - I nearly Mist It
October 04, 2025 - I, like many landscape photographers, are part time/enthusiasts/hobbyist etc and have to juggle their photographic adven...
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Dale Head - The Return
July 30, 2025 - I don't believe you get the best of a location from the first time you visit. It takes multiple trips to get a feel for...
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The Greatest End........But I Nearly Threw In The Towel
July 06, 2025 - I first visited Great End in 2022. A splendid mountain and one I have fallen deeply in love with since our first equaint...
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Portrait Landscape Photography
November 23, 2024 - Traditionally we all associate landscape photography with sweeping vistas in a horizontal orientation right? Well the an...
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Summer has a Little Trick up its Sleeve and Heather be thy Name
September 07, 2024 - Summer is the bane of ALL landscape photographers or so we are told. Personally I quite like summer but I do understand...
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Is Summer Landscape photography Worth It?
August 04, 2024 - As season go summer is pretty great. Holidays, warm sunny days, BBQs, beer gardens.......I could go on. However for Land...
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Lightroom - Beginners Editing Guide
July 14, 2024 - One of the biggest 'light bulb' moments I had with my photography was when I edited my first image in Adobe Lightroom. I...
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The Greatest Show on Earth??
May 26, 2024 - As many of you will know on Friday 10th May we where treated to the most spectacular showing of the Aurora Borealis or N...
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Spring Vibes - A productive Few weeks in one of my favourite Seasons
May 20, 2023 - Ask most photographers what their favourite season is and they will probably say Autumn and/or Winter. These are wonderf...
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My Top Tips for creating easy Panoramas
May 14, 2023 - First things first, I'm a very lazy photographer. I don't like too much technical faff. If I can get an image in a oner...
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The most important skills you need for landscape photography
June 03, 2022 - I often get asked what skills you need to become a good landscape photographer and my answer is usually greeted with a l...
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Shooting Outside of Golden Hour
April 19, 2022 - If you want awesome landscape images then you MUST shoot in the golden hour. It is without doubt the best time to be out...
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Winters Final Hoorah?
April 06, 2022 - I don't think its been a vintage winter, well not from my point of view anyway. Ok, don't get me wrong, I've experienced...
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The Importance of understanding Light and How I use it in my photography
January 16, 2022 - There are many elements which make up a visually appealing image....subject, composition, editing but without doubt the...
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NEWS: January Sale - 20% off ALL Prints
January 08, 2022 - I pleased to announce that I will be offering 20% off all my Lake district Photography fine art and standard prints and...
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My Favourite 10 Images of 2021
December 26, 2021 - I cannot believe that it's that time of year again, it really doesn't seem that long ago that I was compiling my choices...
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The First Snow of the Winter Arrives
December 04, 2021 - It was rather a bitter sweet feeling as we were gifted the first snow of the winter in the Lake District last weekend. T...
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The Day that Saved Autumn
November 20, 2021 - Last year I shared a series of blogs about an ‘Autumn to Remember’. I regaled stories and basked in the triumph of my mo...
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Landscape Photography can be so FRUSTRATING!!!!!
September 24, 2021 - I adore landscape photography, the sense of well being, stimulation and enjoyment I take from being out with my camera i...
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Rediscovering my Mojo
August 08, 2021 - I've heard a lot of photographers saying that they have lost their mojos at the moment and there motivation is at an all...
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LAKELAND - A YEAR IN FOCUS 2022 CALENDAR - MY 12 IMAGE CHOICES
July 31, 2021 - Well that time of year again and time for me to release preorders for my 2022 Calendar. This has been the forth year I h...
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Lake District photography - Its all about the effort
June 06, 2021 - My photography journey has been a multitude of light bulb moments. Times of extreme clarity, the final piece of the jigs...
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Tripod or Handheld.........Which is Best for Landscape Photography?
February 18, 2021 - If you want the highest quality images then the humble tripod is a must have piece of kit in the eyes of many photograph...
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Lake District Photography - A gift from Nature and timely boost from the Lockdown blues
January 25, 2021 - Ahh back in lockdown again...in fact for the third time in a year. I don't know about you but this time it really does s...
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Lake District Photography - What Did I learn in 2020
January 18, 2021 - I've always enjoyed the persuit of improving my photography skills, its something that really drives me forward. 2020 ha...
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NEWS: 25% OFF ALL LAKE DISTRICT PHOTOGRAPHY PRINTS
January 18, 2021 - I will be now offer all my Lake District fine art and standard photographic prints at a crazy 25% off for the rest of Ja...
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My Top 10 Images of 2020
January 10, 2021 - Hoorah!!!! 2020 has made its timely departure and I think I speak on behalf of most people when I say thank god. However...
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NEWS: New Prints added to the shop for 2021 and 10% Discount during January
January 07, 2021 - New Prints for 2021 and 10% Discount during January I've been adding some new images to my online shop and also made a c...
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Goodbye 2020 and Hello 2021.....it must get better....surely?
January 05, 2021 - 2020 what a year eh? Ok, its not been a vintage one and I think the quicker we can sweep it under the carpet, tuck it in...
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Lake District Photography - An Autumn to Remember Part 2
December 21, 2020 - With a successful and very moist scouting session the previous week, I once again found myself in Borrowdale for the day...
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Lake District Photography - An Autumn to Remember Part 1
December 11, 2020 - Well time seems to have hurtled past at a rate of knots as we transition from Autumn through to the Winter months. I've...
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Lake District Photography - Can I be original?
September 30, 2020 - The Lake District is, arguably, one of the most beautiful places in the UK and attracts millions of visitors each year....
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Lake District Photography - Bringing the Image to life
September 21, 2020 - I'm going to start taking some of my favourite images and running through how I captured them and also how I bring them...
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A Challenging couple of months but making hay while the sun shines.......
September 16, 2020 - Hello everybody,
Its been a long time since I sat down with a brew and wrote a blog, so I thought I best pull my finger...
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The Making of LAKELAND - A Year in Focus 2021 Calendar
July 15, 2020 - While I've had a little time on my hands over the last few weeks, I've put together my Lake District Calendar for 2021....
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Holme Fell - A return to one of my favourite locations
June 29, 2020 - I always said the first place I would visit after lockdown was eased would be Holme Fell, without question. It has becom...
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Elterwater loving.......
June 11, 2020 - It was another early morning shoot for me on Tuesday. I'm still staying off the high fells for the time being and this i...
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Learn: Shoot in RAW for better Images
May 18, 2020 - There is no doubting in my mind that if we want to improve our photography and move away from being a casual snapper, we...
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Covid-19 Lockdown - How I've been keeping myself busy
April 10, 2020 - I hope you are all well, safe and staying at home. So we are now into week three of lockdown and its certainly felt like...
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Discover: Beginners Lake District Photography Location Guide - Kelly Hall Tarn
March 29, 2020 - This is my second installment of my Beginners Lake District Photography Location Guide and this location is certainly on...
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Fair weather photography....who needs it!!!
March 10, 2020 - So January and February have come and gone and for the most part the weather has been pretty awful....well no pretty abo...
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Getting back in the Groove - 2020 Photography
January 17, 2020 - I’ve photographically charged into 2020 with, well…….a little bit of a whimper to be brutally honest. Usually New years...
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The Process of Creating a Landscape Photography image
December 18, 2019 - Landscape Photography – from concept to print
When I started to delve deeper in to the world of photography and wante...
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Autumn in the Lake District.........The Good and Bad
October 30, 2019 - As a landscape photographer it really doesn’t get much better than Autumn, it is and will always be regarded as one of t...
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Summer Loving.......Not!!!!!
July 25, 2019 - We all love summer......those long warm sunny days, BBQ's, beer gardens, Ice Cream's......and much much more...We all lo...
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My top tips for improving your photography.
June 15, 2019 - Lets be honest, learing a new skill isn't easy and it takes time. It can be frustrating, overwhelming and you just want...
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Location Scouting and February heat wave................
March 02, 2019 - It's been crazy weather in the Lakes over the last few days and we've seen some pretty 'unseasonal' weather..... I mean...
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Grasmere Workshop........behind the images.
January 26, 2019 - Last week I held a landscape photography workshop in Grasmere for Paul and Karen Simpson from Northallerton. It was a ve...
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