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May 14

An afternoon of perfection and reflection? What I found at Belper River Gardens.

There has to be something said about the lure of the water, the sun in the sky and something of a breeze on a Friday afternoon in May. I had found myself in the town of Belper, a quirky town to say the least that on the one hand has…

Landscape Photography

10 min read

An afternoon of perfection and reflection? What I found at Belper River Gardens.

Apr 19

The “Heron takes flight.” How being in the right place at the right time makes for perfection within photography.

Chances, waiting, patience and timing are some of the most important things within landscape photography and for many landscape photographers getting that perfect shot is down to one thing which is “being in the right place at the right time.” Yes along with chance, waiting, being patience it is also…

Landscape Photography

5 min read

Apr 18

A quiet afternoon walk through a “picture postcard.” The delights of a canal.

Easter Monday is one of those “peculiar and strange days” really, whilst it is first and foremost a Monday it feels like a Sunday and that is enough to confuse the mind really, but confusion aside, what else is there to do on an Easter Monday — Afternoon? Well a…

Landscape Photography

11 min read

A quiet afternoon walk through a “picture postcard.” The delights of a canal.

Mar 2

Sometimes it is all about the timing. “Rainbow Lake End.”

Within landscape photography it is simply “all about the timing” and very often being within the moment and a lot of landscape photographers will seek to visit a location either A). planned or B). not planned and simply wait until the perfect conditions occur before capturing the scene that is…

Landscape Photography

8 min read

Sometimes it is all about the timing. “Rainbow Lake End.”

Feb 26

When a picture tells a thousand words.

“Fractured” is possibly the best way to describe planet earth, this piece of rock that circles around “The Sun” that humanity call home — although whilst we call it home we do not exactly carry out a lot of respect for it, and just when we thought hypothetically that the…

Press Photography

4 min read

Feb 23

Great article about Ilkeston with a refreshing positive spin.

Chris Appleby

Thankyou, yes Ilkeston is one of those places that is slightly battered by media reports and…

Thankyou, yes Ilkeston is one of those places that is slightly battered by media reports and portrayals - yet it is a town that has so much more, including history and architecture which is often ignored, and the park itself is something else.

1 min read

Feb 19

The simple magic of the skies.

Life is strange and as a species, so is the human race to some extent and the human race itself is more focused on looking down, mainly at screens and never what is happening around them. Of course though thanks to a global pandemic that is slowly beginning to transit…

Landscape Photography

3 min read

Feb 15

The magic of a Bandstand. Interesting compositions within suburban surroundings of a former Spa Town.

Upon first appearances the town of Ilkeston — in Derbyshire might come across as being “ever so slightly ragged around the outside” and to some degree it is, although once you eventually scratch below the hypothetical ragged elements of the town, it is one steeped within history, sadly though the…

Landscape Photography

7 min read

Feb 4

The odd and somewhat strange first month of the year 2022. A month of sunsets and colour.

And just like that January 2022 has “been and gone” yes the first month of any new year is slightly “meh” one could say and January as a month has a bit of a reputation for being grey, wet and miserable to say the least — at least that is…

Landscape Photography

8 min read

The odd and somewhat strange first month of the year 2022. A month of sunsets and colour.